Nomination Timeline
Nominations for 2025 are now closed. Applications for the 2026 awards cycle will open in June.About the Award
The Distinguished Service Award honors individuals who have demonstrated exceptional service and unwavering dedication to the ACOFP. Through active committee involvement and other impactful contributions, recipients have advanced both the osteopathic family medicine profession and the mission of the ACOFP. The recipients are selected by the ACOFP President.
A Look Back:
Award Recipients
Current Award Recipient(s)
- 2025 - Joseph Molnar, DO, FACOFP dist.
- 2025 - Ioanna Kessler, DO, FACOFP
- 2025 - Larry Whitmer, DO, FACOFP
Past Award Recipients
- 2024 - Nicole H. Bixler, DO, MBA, FACOFP dist.
- 2024 - Robert C. DeLuca, DO, FACOFP dist.
- 2024 - Thomas N. Told, DO, FACOFP dist.
- 2023 - Jeffrey S. Grove, DO, FACOFP dist.
- 2023 - Kevin V. de Regnier, DO, FACOFP dist.
- 2022 - Brian Bixler, MD
- 2022 - Janel H. Johnson, DO
- 2021 - Carol L. Henwood, DO, FACOFP dist.
- 2021 - Steve Legault, MSW, CAE
- 2020 - Christopher P. Zipp, DO, FACOFP
- 2020 - Joel M. Feder, DO, FACOFP dist.
- 2020 - Jonathan W. Torres, DO, MPA, FAAO, FACOFP
- 2017 - Kenneth D. McLeod, DO, FACOFP
- 2016 - Harald Lausen, DO, FACOFP dist.
- 2016 - Joseph C. Mazzola, DO, FACOFP
- 2016 - Joseph P. Molnar, DO, FACOFP dist.
- 2016 - Rob Danoff, DO, MS, FAAFP, FACOFP
- 2015 - Donald J. Sefcik, DO, MBA, FACOFP
- 2015 - Merideth C. Norris, DO, FACOFP
- 2013 - Brian A. Kessler, DO, FACOFP dist.
- 2013 - David Skillinge, DO, FAAFP, FACOFP
- 2013 - Eric E. Mast, DO
- 2013 - Eric Hunter Sharp, DO
- 2013 - Gregory D. Smith, DO, FACOFP dist.
- 2013 - Janet M. Lieto, DO, FACOFP
- 2013 - Jennifer W. Swoyer, DO
- 2013 - Joseph C. Mazzola, DO, FACOFP
- 2013 - Joseph N. Cook, DO, MPH, FACOFP
- 2013 - Kenneth A. Heiles, DO, FACOFP dist.
- 2013 - Lorenzo L. Pence, DO, FAODME, FACOFP
- 2013 - Margaret M. Wilkins, DO, FACOFP
- 2013 - Myral R. Robbins, DO, FACOFP
- 2013 - Natalie A. Nevins, DO, MSHPE, FACOFP
- 2013 - Peter Zajac, DO, FACOFP
- 2013 - Quincy O. Scott, Jr., DO
- 2013 - Richard R. Terry, DO, FACOFP
- 2013 - Rob Danoff, DO, MS, FAAFP, FACOFP
- 2013 - Robert N. Pedowitz, DO, FACOFP
- 2013 - Ronnie B. Martin, DO, FACOFP dist.
- 2013 - Saroj Misra, DO, FACOFP dist.
- 2013 - Victoria L. Shuman, DO, FACOFP
- 2013 - William J. Moran, DO
- 2012 - Jay H. Shubrook, DO, FACOFP
- 2012 - Max E. Helman, DO, FACOFP dist.*
- 2012 - Rob Danoff, DO, MS, FAAFP, FACOFP
- 2011 - Joseph N. Cook, DO, MPH, FACOFP
- 2010 - Burt N. Routman, DO, FACOFP dist.*
- 2009 - Barbara Ross-Lee, DO, FACOFP
- 2009 - Howard L. Neer, DO, FACOFP*
- 2009 - Roberta A. Wattleworth, DO, FACOFP
- 2008 - Burt N. Routman, DO, FACOFP dist.*
- 2008 - Jeffry A. Lindenbaum, DO, FACOFP dist.
- 2008 - Max E. Helman, DO, FACOFP dist.*
- 2007 - Eric J. Sheflin, DO, FACOFP dist.*
- 2007 - John R. Bowling, DO, FACOFP dist.
- 2007 - Joseph R. Schlecht, DO, FACOFP
- 2007 - Kenneth E. Nelson, DO, FACOFP dist.
- 2006 - Alan W. Brewer, DO, FACOFP
- 2006 - Donald M. Peterson, DO, FACOFP*
- 2006 - Harvey M. Spector, DO, FACOFP
- 2006 - T. Eugene Zachary, DO, FACOFP dist.*
- 2006 - T. Robert Sharp, DO, FACOFP*
- 2004 - Elton D. Lehman, DO*
- 2004 - Marcelino Oliva, Jr., DO, FACOFP dist.*
- 2004 - Robert G. Maul, DO, FACOFP*
*Indicates ACOFP was notified this member is deceased