MILLICENT KING CHANNELL, DO, MA, FAAO, FNAOME INSTALLED AS PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
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March 30, 2023
MILLICENT KING CHANNELL, DO, MA, FAAO, FNAOME INSTALLED AS PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Indianapolis— Millicent King Channell, DO, MA, FAAO, FNAOME, of Philadelphia, PA, was installed as the president of the American Academy of Osteopathy (AAO) on March 18 during the AAO 2023 annual Convocation in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Before becoming president, Dr. Channell served for one year as the president-elect of the AAO, the nation’s largest medical society devoted to fostering neuromusculoskeletal medicine and osteopathic manipulative medicine (NMM/OMM).
Dr. Millicent King Channell is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. After completing her residencies in Family Medicine and Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine/Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, she joined the faculty of the Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine in the Departments of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine and Family Medicine.
Dr. Channell has made numerous scholarly contributions to osteopathic medicine; most notably she co-authored the book The 5 - Minute Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Consult (2nd Ed Wolters Kluwer 2019). She is a graduate of the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM) Program at Drexel University College of Medicine and the Costin Institute at Midwestern University. She has served as a member of the ACGME's Osteopathic Principles Committee and the NBOME’s Board of Directors.
For more information on Dr. Channell and her role in the AAO, 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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