MARGRET KLEIN, OA, RECEIVES AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION FROM NATIONAL OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
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March 28, 2023
MARGRET KLEIN, OA, RECEIVES AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION
FROM NATIONAL OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Indianapolis— Margret Klein, OA,of San Rafael, California, was honored with the Anne Wales, DO, Award for Excellence in Education of Osteopathic Clinicians. In 2019, the AAO Board of Governors approved this award named for Anne B. Wales, DO who exemplified excellence in the teaching of osteopathic clinicians throughout her career. This award is to recognize those individuals or institutions who have demonstrated exceptional commitment and dedication to the education of osteopathic clinicians.
Klein initiated her career as a leading physical therapist in the University of Cologne (Germany) Trauma clinic. She eventually opened her own private physical therapy practice. Soon after, she enrolled in a six-year intensive, nonphysician osteopathic program at the Still Academy in Germany, and simultaneously she was studying at the German American Academy of Osteopathy (DAAO). Both schools focused equally on cranial, visceral, and musculoskeletal manipulation.
Margret has studied with Robert Fulford, DO; Jean-Pierre Barral, DO; and many other osteopathic giants. She has table trained for Jean-Pierre Barral in his courses taught through the AAO and has assisted Kenneth J. Lossing, DO in nearly all of his courses over the past twenty years.
For more information on Marget Klein, OA, 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 a specialty college of the American Osteopathic Association.
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