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July 1, 2025Tuesday
professional updates
Recognition

Advancing osteopathic medicine: Leadership, mentorship & legislative wins

The FSMB presented the Distinguished Service Award presented to Geraldine T. O’Shea, DO, and Patrick F. Leary, DO, was named AOASM’s 2025 Mentor of the Year. Nevada’s SB 78 did not pass, preserving DO-led regulation in the state.

July 1, 2025Tuesday
OMMUNTHSC
Life-changing care

How OMM solved a year-long mystery in 15 minutes

After a year of debilitating ear pain with no clear diagnosis, this patient found unexpected relief through two chance encounters and the healing power of OMM.

The DO Distinction By UNT Health Science Center
July 1, 2025Tuesday
advocacyemergency medicineosteopathic medicine
Changing the narrative

ER meets IRL: How one DO is making medicine more human

Owais Durrani, DO, blends emergency medicine with advocacy, policy and media to make health care more patient-centered and accessible.

DOs to Know By Angel Green, DO
June 23, 2025Monday
In Memoriam
A life in medicine

In Memoriam: June 2025

View the names of recently deceased osteopathic physicians.

June 17, 2025Tuesday
OMED25
News in brief

OMED25 registration now open

The world’s largest gathering of osteopathic physicians, residents and medical students takes place Sept. 25-28 in Nashville.

June 16, 2025Monday
150 years of DOshistory
History

Learn more about the involvement of A.T. Still, MD, DO, in the abolitionist movement in Kansas

Dr. Still served in the Kansas State Legislature and provided critical support to help establish Kansas as a free state.

June 16, 2025Monday
environmental medicineoccupational medicine
Leadership

As CMO for the US Department of Energy, this DO is strengthening worker health

Lt. Col. (Ret.) Scott Everson, DO, MPH, discusses his new role, how his time in the Air Force prepared him for it and what he loves about working in occupational and environmental medicine.

June 6, 2025Friday
emergency medicineresearch
Historical narrative

The DO Book Club, June 2025: ‘American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America’s First Paramedics’

Author Kevin Hazzard tells the story of the Freedom House Ambulance Service, a community organization in inner-city Pittsburgh that in 1968 became the first emergency medical service with advanced paramedic training.

The DO Book Club By Joan Naidorf, DO
June 3, 2025Tuesday
News in brief

Leading physician groups issue statement on Senate reconciliation package

“We urge lawmakers to protect patients’ access to affordable health insurance, maintain full access to loan borrowing and student loan forgiveness programs to ensure a path for aspiring physicians, and meaningfully reform Medicare physician payment to safeguard access to care in underserved rural and urban communities,” the statement notes.

May 30, 2025Friday
OB-GYNwomen in medicine
OB-GYN

Doctor, podcaster, advocate: Meet the DO redefining women’s health care

Sadaf Lodhi, DO, blends osteopathic care with bold advocacy for women’s health. In this month’s DOs to Know column, she shares how she aims to empower and inform women through her clinical practice and her podcast.

DOs to Know By Alex Sher, DO, MSN, ARNP-BC

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Editor in Chief
Vania Manipod, DO
AOA Board-Certified Psychiatrist
Orange County, California
Advisory Board
  • Mahi Basra, DO
  • Parul Chhatpar, DO
    Preventive medicine resident
    UMass Chan, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
  • Alyssa Cole, DO
    Assistant Professor of Cancer Rehabilitation
    Charlottesville, Virginia
  • Laura Dalton, DO
    Retired OB-GYN
    Boynton Beach, Florida
  • Jennifer Gaertner-Otto, DO
    OB-GYN resident
    York, Pennsylvania
  • Angel Green, DO
    Internal medicine resident
    Johnson City, Tennessee
  • Tristan Hazebrook, DO
    Psychiatry resident
    North Carolina
  • Deborah Herchelroath, DO
    OB-GYN hospitalist
    UPMC Magee Womens - Harrisburg Hospital, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
  • Rachana Kolli, OMS IV
    Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Patrick Leary, DO, MS
    Director, Sports Medicine
    Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Stephanie Lee, DO, MS
    Psychiatry resident
    Corvallis, Oregon
  • Saahir Mukherjee, DO
    Internal medicine resident
    Asheville, North Carolina
  • Ahmed Nahian, OMS III
    Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine at Seton Hill
  • Joan Naidorf, DO
    Emergency Physician, Author, Speaker
    Alexandria, Virginia
  • Aerial Petty, DO
    Family medicine health policy research fellow
    Washington, DC
  • Miko Rose, DO
    Psychiatrist and Founding Dean of Indiana University of Pennsylvania's proposed college of osteopathic medicine
    Indiana, Pennsylvania
  • Jeanne Sandella, DO
    VP for Professional Development Initiatives and Communications at the NBOME
    Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
  • Steve P. Sanders, DO, MBA
    Recently retired internal medicine physician
  • Akshay Sharma, OMS IV
    California Health Sciences University College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Alex Sher, DO, MSN, ARNP-BC
    Psychiatry resident
    BayCare, Lutz, Florida
  • David O. Shumway, DO
    Internal medicine resident
    Biloxi, Mississippi
  • Ian Storch, DO
    Gastroenterologist and podcaster
  • Ilana Stukal, OMS IV
    Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Gene Tekmyster, DO, MBA
    Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopedic Surgery
  • Undine Vallejos, DO
    Internist
    Aunt Martha’s Health and Wellness-Carpentersville Community Center, Carpentersville, Illinois
  • Daniel J. Waters, DO, MA
    Author and retired surgeon
    Mason City, Iowa
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