HOLLIS H. KING, DO, PHD, FAAO, FCA, FAAPO, FAAO, RECEIVES DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD FROM THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OSTEOPATHY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 6, 2025
Indianapolis, IN— Hollis H. King, DO, PhD, FAAO, FCA, FAAPO, of San Deigo, CA, received the Fellow of American Academy of Osteopathy (FAAO) Distinguished Service Award at the American Academy of Osteopathy (AAO) Convocation 2025 Fellows Dinner on March 28, 2025. The award is presented to those FAAOs who have further distinguished themselves in contributions to osteopathic literature; development of osteopathic theory, method or procedure; research; osteopathic education; service to the AAO on committees, boards, etc.; public relations; service to public health; and/or osteopathic medical economics and advocacy.
Dr. King is a 1983 graduate of the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM) and completed his rotating internship in 1984. He has served on OMM/OPP faculties at TCOM, A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine-Arizona (ATSU-SOMA) and Western University Health Sciences-College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific (WesternU-COMP). He is a voluntary clinical professor of family medicine at University of California San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine, where he retired from clinical service in 2023. He continues a private practice at the Osteopathic Center for Children - San Diego and is the research director for Osteopathy’s Promise to Children. He is a fellow and past president of the AAO, and a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatric Osteopathy. He is the author of the chapter on “Osteopathic Cranial Manipulative Medicine” in the past four editions of Foundations of Osteopathic Medicine. He is completing manuscripts for publication on three clinical trials on the effect of OMT on intraocular pressure lowering, the effect of OMT in Parkinson’s disease, and on the effect of OMT on post-traumatic migraine cephalgia. He is a co-investigator for the ongoing clinical trial assessing the impact of OMT on plagiocephaly.
For more information on Dr. King, 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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