KENNETH J. LOSSING, DO RECEIVES AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION FROM NATIONAL OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
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March 30, 2023
KENNETH J. LOSSING, DO RECEIVES AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION FROM NATIONAL OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Indianapolis— Kenneth J. Lossing, DO 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.
Dr. Lossing served as the AAO’s 2014-15 president, on its Board of Trustees and Board of Governors and on the Education Committee. He has also served as a member of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) Bureau of International Osteopathic Medicine. He has also been involved in his state’s osteopathic association, the Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of California, on its Education, Publications, and Membership committees, as well as serving as a delegate to the AOA House of Delegates in 2013 and 2015.
Lossing lectures frequently in International Osteopathic congresses, as well as for the American Academy of Osteopathy (AAO) and the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). He has taught courses in Australia, Canada, England, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, and the United States. He has contributed to the second, third, and fourth editions of the AOA’s Foundations of Osteopathic Medicine textbook, as well as writing chapters for the Textbook of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Lossing studied visceral manipulation with Jean-Pierre Barral, DO (France), and he also was greatly influenced by Robert Fulford, DO; Anthony Chila, DO; Stephen Miles Davidson, DO; and Viola Frymann, DO. Dr. Lossing and his wife, Margret Klein, OA, run a private practice in San Rafael, California.
For more information on Kenneth J. Lossing, DO, 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.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 30, 2023
KENNETH J. LOSSING, DO, RECEIVES AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION
FROM NATIONAL OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Indianapolis—Kenneth J. Lossing, DOof 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.
Dr. Lossing served as the AAO’s 2014-15 president, on its Board of Trustees and Board of Governors and on the Education Committee. He has also served as a member of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) Bureau of International Osteopathic Medicine. He has also been involved in his state’s osteopathic association, the Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of California, on its Education, Publications, and Membership committees, as well as serving as a delegate to the AOA House of Delegates in 2013 and 2015.
Lossing lectures frequently in International Osteopathic congresses, as well as for the American Academy of Osteopathy (AAO) and the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). He has taught courses in Australia, Canada, England, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, and the United States. He has contributed to the second, third, and fourth editions of the AOA’s Foundations of Osteopathic Medicine textbook, as well as writing chapters for the Textbook of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Lossing studied visceral manipulation with Jean-Pierre Barral, DO (France), and he also was greatly influenced by Robert Fulford, DO; Anthony Chila, DO; Stephen Miles Davidson, DO; and Viola Frymann, DO. Dr. Lossing and his wife, Margret Klein, OA, run a private practice in San Rafael, California.