LESLIE M. CHING, DO, NAMED EDITOR IN CHIEF OF OSTEOPATHIC PEER-REVIEWED MEDICAL JOURNAL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 30, 2023
Indianapolis—Leslie M. Ching, DO, of Tulsa, OK, Clinical Associate Professor at Oklahoma State University-College of Osteopathic Medicine, has been appointed the Editor in Chief of the nationally-recognized American Academy of Osteopathy Journal (AAOJ). The AAOJ, the official journal of the American Academy of Osteopathy (AAO), is a peer-reviewed publication focused on disseminating information on the science and art of neuromusculoskeletal medicine and osteopathic manipulative medicine (NMM/OMM). It is directed toward osteopathic physicians, students, interns, and residents, and particularly toward physicians with a special interest in osteopathic principles and practice (OPP) and osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT).
Dr. Ching received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Chicago. She graduated in 2010 from the Via College of Osteopathic Medicine-Virginia and completed a Family Medicine Residency at Doctors Hospital in Columbus, OH and the NMM/OMM Plus Program at Oklahoma State University-Center for Health Sciences in Tulsa, OK. She has been a member of the OMM department at Oklahoma State since 2014, with brief sabbaticals, and has served in many roles there.
Dr Ching is board-certified in Family Medicine and OMM by the AOBFP and in Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine/OMM by the AOBNMM. Her published works include articles on exploring complex systems as a framework for explaining osteopathic principles and practices, morbidity and mortality of the patients treated by doctors of osteopathic medicine (DOs) and osteopathic physician mortality during the 1918 influenza pandemic, and a review of the history and treatment results at the Still-Hildreth Sanatorium. Dr. Ching has previously served on the AAO Board of Governors, Louisa Burns Osteopathic Research Committee, and the Education Committee.
For more information on Dr. Ching, contact Sherri Quarles at the American Academy of Osteopathy at (317) 879-1881, ext. 214, or at [email protected].
The United States currently has more than 100,000 osteopathic physicians and more than 25,000 osteopathic medical students. Also known as DOs, osteopathic physicians are fully licensed physicians, as are MDs. Since 1986, the number of DOs has increased by 276 percent. 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 largest medical society in the United States devoted to fostering osteopathic manipulative medicine and the osteopathic specialty of neuromusculoskeletal medicine.
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