ACOFP President

By Jan D. Zieren, DO, MPH, FACOFP dist.
March 25, 2009

ACOFP Recognizes 2009 Distinguished Fellows and Fellows
The Executive Council of the Conclave of Fellows, the Awards Committee and the Board of Governors extend their sincere congratulations to those who have been inducted as Distinguished Fellows and Fellows for the year 2009.

Two Fellows of ACOFP received designations as Distinguished Fellows (FACOFP dist.), and 21 members were designated as Fellows (FACOFP) during the Conclave of Fellows Awards Ceremony held Saturday, March 7, 2009 during the ACOFP 46th Annual Conference and Exhibition in Washington, DC.

2009 Distinguished Fellows
John R. Bowling, DO, FACOFP dist., Fort Worth, Texis
Marcelino Oliva, Jr., DO, FACOFP dist., Dade City, Florida

2009 ACOFP Fellows
Nancy A. Bono, DO, FACOFP, Old Westbury, New York
Alexander Brazalovich, DO, FACOFP, Waterboro, Maine
Ronald R. Burns, DO, FACOFP, Orlando, Florida
Gautam Desai, DO, FACOFP, Kansas City, Missouri
Gail J. Dudley, DO, FACOFP, Tavares, Florida
Joel M. Feder, DO, FACOFP, Overland Park, Kansas
Ioanna Z. Giatis, DO, FACOFP, Cleveland, Ohio
Shannon Ramsey Jimenez, DO, FACOFP, Goldsboro, North Carolina
Steven D. Kamajian, DO, FACOFP, Montrose, California
Lionel B. Katchem, DO, FACOFP, Upland, California
John E. Kazilionis, DO, FACOFP, South Portland, Maine
Anna M. Lamb, DO, FACOFP, Batavia, New York
Craig L. Magnatta, DO, FACOFP, Troy, Michigan
Bruce E. Maniet, DO, FACOFP, Bells, Texas
Lynn G. Mark, DO, FACOFP, Old Westbury, New York
Merideth C. Norris, DO, FACOFP, Blue Hill, Maine
Robert N. Pedowitz, DO, FACOFP, Bordentown, New Jersey
Ronald J. Russ, DO, FACOFP, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Janette M. Willcox, DO, FACOFP, Blacksburg, Virginia
John J. Wolf, Jr., DO, FACOFP. Avon, Ohio
Ralph E. Wood, DO, FACOFP, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

ACOFP Fellows interested in nominating an ACOFP member for the Fellows designation or applying for the Distinguished Fellow designation can request application forms from fellowsinfo@acofp.org. All 2010 Fellow Award and Distinguished Fellow Award applications are due September 1, 2009.

Refresh Your OMT with Somatic Dysfunction in Osteopathic Family Medicine
ACOFP's Somatic Dysfunction in Osteopathic Family Medicine, a textbook developed by the Committee on Osteopathic Principles and Practice and published by Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins is a great way to update your osteopathic diagnostic and treatment skills. The textbook focuses on the evaluation of the patient that presents with somatic dysfunction or the functional impairment of the musculoskeletal system, and its related neural and vascular elements in the context of the practice of family medicine.

Back to Campus
Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences College of Osteopathic Medicine ACOFP Student Chapter President Tiffany Pitts reports on Women in Medicine program cosponsored with NOWPA. It began with a brief history of women in medicine and an article entitled, "Are there too many female medical graduates?" was discussed. A panel of three female physicians: an FP, an ophthalmologist, and an OMSIII medical student planning to enter FM answered students' questions and discussed the issues that female physicians still face today. Among these issues are family planning, child care, discrimination from society and patients alike, male colleague resistance, etc. Panelists also highlighted the fact that the choices that are open to women are much more numerous now than ever before and that balance is achievable.

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