NATIONAL OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION ELECTS 12 MEMBERS TO BOARD OF GOVERNORS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 11, 2025
Indianapolis— Twelve members of the American Academy of Osteopathy (AAO) were elected to the Board of Governors by the membership on March 27, 2025 at the AAO’s annual business meeting during Convocation 2025 in Orlando, FL.
The newly-elected AAO Governors are listed below.
- Millicent King Channell, DO, MA, FAAO, FNAOME (3-year term)
- Regina K. Fleming, DO (3-year term)
- Rebecca E. Giusti, DO (3-year term)
- Laura E. Griffin, DO, FAAO (3-year term)
- Sean J. Moloney, DO (3-year term)
- Judith A. O’Connell, DO, MHA, FAAODist (3-year term)
- Stacey L. Pierce-Talsma, DO, MS- EdL, FNAOME (3-year term)
- Sajid A. Surve, DO, FAOCPMR, FAAO (3-year term)
- Richard L. Van Buskirk, DO, FAAO (3-year term)
- (Ralph) Clay Walsh, Jr., DO, Col (Ret) (3-year term)
- Jonathan Torres, DO, MPA, FACOFP, FAAO (2-year term)
- David C. Mason, DO, MBA, FACOFP (2-year term)
For more information on the AAO Board of Governors, contact Sherri L. Quarles, Chief Executive Officer, at the American Academy of Osteopathy at (317) 879-1881, ext. 214, or at [email protected].
The United States currently has more than 120,000 osteopathic physicians. Also known as DOs, osteopathic physicians are fully licensed physicians, as are MDs. The profession has grown 63% in the past decade and nearly 300% over the past three decades. Osteopathic physicians prescribe medicine and practice in all specialties, including osteopathic manipulative medicine, family medicine, psychiatry, obstetrics and gynecology, and surgery. They are trained to consider the health of the whole person and to use their hands to help diagnose and treat patients.
The mission of the American Academy of Osteopathy is to teach, promote, and research the science, art and philosophy of osteopathic medicine, emphasizing the integration of osteopathic principles and practice in patient care. Founded in 1937, the Academy is the Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine specialty college of the American Osteopathic Association.
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