NICHOLAS W. SALUPO, DO, NAMED RESIDENT OF THE YEAR BY NATIONAL OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
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April 3, 2024
NICHOLAS W. SALUPO, DO, NAMED RESIDENT OF THE YEAR
BY NATIONAL OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Indianapolis— Nicholas W. Salupo, DO, of Cleveland, OH, was named a 2024 Resident of the Year by the American Academy of Osteopathy (AAO) on March 7 at the AAO’s annual business meeting during its Convocation in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The award recognizes a resident who has contributed to the AAO, who has contributed to osteopathic principles and practice (OPP) at their residency program, and who has participated in such educational events as the AAO’s annual Convocation and the AAO’s program at the American Osteopathic Association’s annual conference.
Dr. Salupo is a 2017 graduate of Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed a two-year family medicine residency with osteopathic recognition (OR) in Indianapolis followed by a three-year internal medicine program with OR at Kettering Grandview Medical Center (OH) and is currently in a nephrology and hypertension fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Salupo is a strong advocate for osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) and supports the AAO through various activities. During his term as Resident American Academy of Osteopathy (RAAO) Chair he focused and succeeded on increasing RAAO membership.
Throughout his residency training he has promoted OMM and integrates OMT into the care of his patients. Dr. Salupo has demonstrated leadership qualities as the chief resident of his family medicine residency, coordinating weekly lectures for colleagues in that program; and was the chief resident at his internal medicine residency involved in several committees at Kettering Grandview Medical Center.
He served as the Resident American Academy of Osteopathy (RAAO) vice chair, as its Chair representing the RAAO on the AAO Board of Trustees and Board of Governors; and currently serves as the RAAO immediate past chair, on the Education and Publications Committees and as an AAOJ peer reviewer. He is also involved on the Ohio Osteopathic Associations’ Board of Trustees as the Resident/Fellow representative and on the Executive Committee of the Cleveland Academy of Osteopathic Medicine.
Dr. Salupo’s scholarly activities express his strong interest in research. He has developed and published on several different subjects which include medical ethics, nephrology and osteopathic medicine with presentations at Convocation and in his residency programs, working closely with Academy mentors.
For more information on Dr. Salupo, 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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