Resident of the Year

OSTEOPATHIC RESIDENT PHYSICIAN OF THE YEAR

The AAO Resident of the Year Award is conferred by the Academy to recognize a resident who has contributed to the AAO, who has contributed to osteopathic principles and practices at his/her residency program and who has participated in Academy events, including, but not limited to, the AAO Convocation, AOA conference and/or AAO educational programs. 

Nominees should meet the following criteria:

  • The nominee has contributed to the Academy.
  • The nominee has contributed to osteopathic principles and practices at his or her residency program.
  • The nominee has participated in Academy events, including, but not limited to, the AAO’s annual Convocation, the American Osteopathic Association’s annual Osteopathic Medical Conference and Exposition, or other AAO educational programs.

Nominees must have a residency completion date after January 1, 2024, and residents are invited to nominate themselves. One nomination per year is accepted from any osteopathic-approved residency program or AAO component society. An application with a brief essay of why the nominee deserves the award is submitted to the AAO’s Awards Committee, and the recipient is named in advance of the AAO’s annual Convocation, where he or she is honored at the annual business meeting.

Individuals nominated should exhibit osteopathic principles and practices at their residency programs and encourage other residents, faculty and students to continue to use osteopathic principles and practices during their residency career and practice. An applica­tion with a brief description of why the individual deserves the award should be submitted to the Awards Committee. Only one nomination per AAO component society, the RAAO or individual residency program is permitted. Nominations are due in the AAO office by November 30.

Nomination forms must be accompanied by a brief essay on the nominee’s merit, a personal statement from the nominee and the nominee’s current curriculum vitae. This packet of information must be submitted in one complete application by the nominating organization and must be postmarked by November 30.

Mail completed nomination packets to American Academy of Osteopathy, Attn: ROY Award, 3500 DePauw Blvd., Suite 1100, Indianapolis, IN 46268-1136, or send them via email ([email protected]) or by fax (317-879-0563). Nomination forms must be postmarked by November 30. 

Year

Recipient

2024

Benjamin J. K. Greene, DO, MSU ONMM
Nicholas W. Salupo, DO, HEC-C, Nephrology/Hypertension Fellowship at Cleveland Clinic

2023

Nicole A. Fremarek, DO, MBA, HCA Healthcare LewisGale Hospital-Montgomery/VCOM Program

2022

Amber Brown, DO, MS, Maine Medical Center Pediatric Residency in Portland

2021

No recipient

2020

Frank Patrick Goodman, DO, Oklahoma State University Family Medicine in Tulsa

2019

Malinda M. Hansen, DO, University of North Texas Health Center in Fort Worth

2018

Jacob J. Cukierski, DO, Millcreek Community Hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania

2017

Lauren J. Leslie, DO, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in East Lansing

2016

Kristie M. Petree, DO, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in East Lansing

2015

Catherine B. Donahue, DO, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in East Lansing

2014

Eileen M. Conaway, DO, Florida Hospital East Orlando

2013

Michael A. Chipman, DO, Kingman Regional Medical Center in Arizona

2012

Leslie M. Ching, DO, Doctors Hospital Family Medicine Residency in Grove City, Ohio, and Oklahoma State University in Tulsa

2011

Sarah J. James, DO, Columbia St. Mary’s Family Medicine Residency in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

2010

Teodor Huzij, DO, University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine in Biddeford, Maine