D.O.s Serving on the State and Federal Levels-Part III

The follow list is from AOA source

 

 

 

New Hampshire

• Board of Medicine – Vacant

New Jersey

• Task Force on Child Abuse & Neglect - Martin A. Finkel, DO
• Advisory Committee on Alternatively Accredited Medical School Clinical Clerkships – Shari Robin Fine, DO
• Board of Medical Examiners – Kathryn Lambert, DO, George Scott, DO, DPM

New Mexico

• Opthalmological Society – Kristin Reidy, DO
• Governor’s Advisory Panel on Pain – Randle Adair, DO, Tom Lindsey DO
• Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners – Gary Jackson, DO, Tom Lindsey, DO

New York

• State Board of Medicine Licensing Board – Jerry Baletine, DO, Brenda Connolly, DO, Robert Corona, DO, Steven Sherman, DO, Donald Teplitz, DO, Paul Twist, Jr, DO
• Board for Professional Medical Conduct – Ralph Levy, DO, Paul F.Twist, DO, Cindy Hoffman, DO, Donald H. Teplitz, DO, Robert J. Corona, Jr, DO,  Theodore A. Spevack, DO, Thomas A. Scandalis, DO, Steven I. Sherman, DO
• New York City Regional Emergency Medical Advisory Committee – Allen Cherson, DO
• Nassau Regional Emergency Medical Advisory Committee - Allen Cherson, DO
• Carrier Advisory Committee – Robert B. Goldberg, DO

North Carolina

• Medical Board – Donald Jablonski, DO

North Dakota

• State Board of Medical Examiners – Gordon Leingang, DO

Ohio

• Governor’s State Health Coverage and Quality Council, Richard J. Snow, DO
• State Medical Board – Anita M. Steinbergh, DO
• Student Loan Commission – David Bitonte, DO
• Nursing Board’s APN Prescriptive Governance Committee – Deborah Cole Sedivy, DO
• Medical Board’s PA Policy Committee – John M. Jonesco, DO
• Pharmacy Board Rule Review Committee – Katherine A. Clark, DO
• Department of Health Public Health Council – David A. Bitonte, DO
• Medical Quality Foundation- John F. Uslick, DO, Richard J. Snow, DO
• Stroke Council – Albert Salomon, DO
• Bureau of Workers Compensation Quality Committee – John Dunne, DO
• Department of Health’s Compassionate Care Committee – Cleanne Cass, DO
• ODJFS Pharmaceutical/Therapeutics Committee – Robert L. Hunter, DO, Ioanna Z. Giatis, DO
• Medicaid DUR Committee – Lenard Presutti, DO
• Higher Education Study Committee – John F. Brose, DO
• Department of Health Medical Surge Committee – Brian A. Kessler, DO
• Paulding County Health Department – Larry Fishbaugh, DO
• Lawrence County Health Department – Kurt Hofmann, DO
• Tuscarawas County Health Department – James Hubert, DO
• Warren City Health Department – James Lazor, DO
• Findlay City Health Department – Stephen Mills, DO
• Medina County Health Department – Daniel Raub, DO
• Gurernsy County Health Department – Janice Schram-Wayne, DO
• Preble County Health Department – Mark Vosler, DO
• Department of Insurance Real Time Claim Adjudication Advisory Committee – Martha Simpson, DO
• Department of Insurance Most Favored Nation Clauses Study Committee, Stuart Chesky, DO, JD

D.O.s Serving on the State and Federal Levels-Part II

 The following list is from AOA source.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

§  National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality–  Silvia M. Ferretti, DO (March 25, 2010- November 30, 2012)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

§  Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices – Stanley E. Grogg, DO (September 2006- indefinite term) Dr. Grogg represents the AOA as a Liaison Representative to this advisory panel.   

§  Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee – Dale W. Bratzler, DO (January 7, 2010 – June 30, 2013)

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

§  Practicing Physicians Advisory Council – Joseph A. Giaimo, DO (February 28, 2008-February 28, 2012) *Disbanded*

Department of Defense (DOD)

§  Board of Regents of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences – Ronald R. Blanck, DO (Chair)

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

§  National Vaccine Advisory Committee – Christine Nevin-Woods, DO, MPH (October 1, 2007-October 1, 2011)

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

§  Anesthesiology and Respiratory Therapy Devices Panel – George Mychaskiw II, DO (July 8, 2007 – July 7, 2011) Dr. Mychaskiw is a consultant to this advisory panel.

§  Anesthesiology and Respiratory Therapy Devices Panel – Kenneth J. Steier, DO (July 8, 2007 – July 7, 2011) Dr. Steier is a consultant to this advisory panel.

§  Anesthesiology and Respiratory Therapy Devices Panel – Sandra Willsie, DO

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

§  National Practitioners Data Bank (NPDB), Executive Committee – Edward Loniewski, DO (December 1, 1999 – indefinite term)

§  Primary Care Residency Grant Peer Review Committee – Kenneth J. Steier, DO (April 1998 – indefinite term)

§  Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry – Eugene Mochan, DO, PhD (indefinite term)

§  Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry –  Stephen C. Shannon, DO, MPH (indefinite term)

§  Council on Graduate Medical Education – Kendall Reed, DO (term ending September 30, 2010)

§  National Advisory Council on the National Health Service Corps  –  John Everett, DO (December 31, 2008- December 31, 2011)

§  Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry – Anne Jones, DO (term ending 2013)

§  Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary Community Based Linkages -   Jay H. Shubrook, DO  (term ending 2013)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

§  National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Advisory Council – Boyd W. Bowden II, DO (term ending 2010)

§  National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Education and Training Review Committee – Murray Goldstein, DO, MPH (2007-2011)

AOA PARTNERSHIPS WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

§  U.S. Preventive Service Task Force – Robert S. Juhasz, DO - represents the AOA as an AHRQ Primary Care Partner.  Partners are outside experts who provide peer review of draft reports, contribute expertise to the evaluation process, and help disseminate the work of the task force to their members.

Supporting the osteopathic identity of UNTHSC

The following is a guest post by Donald Phillips, DO, FACEP, FACOEP.

I would like to add my comments to those regarding the proposal to add an allopathic training program at the University of North Texas Health Sciences Center (UNTHSC) in Fort Worth.  I will start with the fact that I am a 1991 graduate of the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM).  When I entered the school, I knew relatively little about what a DO was and how it differed from an MD.  With maturity and experience, I have come to realize that I agree more now with the basic philosophy and roots of osteopathic medicine, than I did then.  I will also readily admit that I have known good and bad doctors with both sets of initials behind their names. I have worked in Texas, Missouri, Ohio, and Alaska while in medical school. I served a traditional rotating internship in a rural hospital in Rolla, Missouri.  I completed a three year residency in emergency medicine in an osteopathic program in Columbus, Ohio.  Out of my residency, I entered active duty in the USAF at Scott AFB, Illinois, then practiced at a catholic hospital in St. Charles, Missouri and finally back to Texas where I worked for four years at JPS Health Network.  I am currently the ED medical director in a rural hospital northwest of Fort Worth.  My point?

D.O.s Serving on Medical Societies and Organizations-Part I

Osteopathic Medicine is a minority branch of medicine, which is separate but equal. It has accreditation powers for osteopathic medical schools, osteopathic graduate medical education, board certifications, hospitals and health organizations. About 14 states in the USA still maintain state osteopathic medical boards, while other states and territories have composite medical boards. As the U.S. is a democracy, it respects the majority rule while protecting and preserving the minority rights. Therefore, D.O.s have better opportunity to serve in the public arena even though D.O.s represent only 7% of physician workforce. For instance, there are 4,000 D.O.s out of 57,000 licensed physicians in TX, 3 D.O.s and 9 M.D.s serve on the Texas Medical Boards.

The following list of D.O.s serving in organized medicine from AOA source.

 

AOA Representatives to AMA/Allopathic Associations

American Academy of Family Physicians

·         Accreditation Subcommittee of the Commission on Continuing Medical Education (COCME)

o   Suzanne Kelley, DO

·         Commission of Education

o   Joseph P. McNerney, DO

American Association of Medical Colleges

·         Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research Funding

o   Scott Thomas Stoll, DO, PhD

·         Council of Academic Societies

o   Jed Magen, DO

American College of Sports Medicine

·         Conjoint Board in Sports Medicine

o   Larry Prokop, DO

American Diabetes Association

o   Royce Keilers, DO

American Medical Association

·         Relative Value Update Committee (RUC)

o   David Hitzeman, DO, Delegate

o   Robert Stomel, DO, Alternate Delegate

o   Joseph Schlecht, DO, Advisor

·         Commission to End Health Care Disparities

o   Hector Lopez, DO

·         Correct Coding Initiative Advisor

o   Boyd Buser, DO

·         CPT Editorial Panel

o   Boyd Buser, DO

·         CPT Advisory Panel

o   Judith A. O’Connell, DO

·         Medical Home Workgroup

o   David Hitzeman, DO

·         National Task Force for CME Provider/Industry Collaboration

o   Diane Burkhart, PhD

·         Physician Consortium for Performance Evaluation

o   Richard J. Snow, DO, MPH

American Society of Nephrology

·         Chronic Kidney Disease Committee

o   Nelson P. Kopyt, DO