JOHN C. GLOVER, MS, DO, FAAO RECEIVES DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD FROM THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OSTEOPATHY
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April 3, 2024
JOHN C. GLOVER, MS, DO, FAAO RECEIVES DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
FROM THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OSTEOPATHY
Indianapolis— John C. Glover, MS, DO, FAAO of Vallejo, CA, received the Fellow of American Academy of Osteopathy (FAAO) Distinguished Service Award. 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. Glover is a retired professor in the Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine at the Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine–California. He graduated from the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, completed an osteopathic rotating internship at Florida Hospital, East Orlando Campus, and then completed both a family medicine residency and an osteopathic manipulative medicine residency at the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine. While a student in WVSOM, Dr. Glover had the good fortune to learn from Lawrence Jones, DO, who developed the counterstrain technique. This relationship continued while Dr. Glover worked as an OMM undergraduate fellow and it developed into a friendship over the years of working together to help promote and improve the teaching of counterstrain.
Dr. Glover chaired the Educational Council on Osteopathic Principles (ECOP) of the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) for 11 years. He served as the AAO’s 2001-02 president, and he has served on the AAO’s Board of Trustees, Board of Governors, Awards, Education, Fellowship, Nominating, OPTI Liaison, Membership, Post Doctoral Standards and Student Academies committees. He has been chosen to give the Thomas L. Northup Lecture, the Scott Memorial Lecture, and the Harold A. Blood, DO, FAAO, Memorial Lecture, and he is the recipient of the Andrew Taylor Still Medallion of Honor.
In his career, Dr. Glover has collaborated with a number of individuals who have added to the knowledge base of osteopathic literature. He is a coauthor of Counterstrain and Fascia in the Osteopathic Field as well as the chapter on counterstrain in all three editions of Foundations of Osteopathic Medicine. He is a contributing author of Clinical Application of Counterstrain, Counterstrain & Exercise: An Integrated Approach, Clinical Osteopathically Integrated Learning Scenarios, and four editions of Leitfaden Osteopathie.
Dr. Glover lectures and conducts workshops on a wide variety of topics nationally and internationally.
For more information on Dr. Glover, 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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