AOGME Awards

Nominations for the 2025 AOGME Awards are now closed.

There are three categories of awards: Leadership, Special Lifetime Achievement and Special Award of Appreciation. The current year's awardees are recognized at Educating Leaders, the AACOM Annual Conference.

2025 Nomination Forms (For reference only)

2024

2024 AOGME Special Lifetime Achievement Award

Lisa Nash, DO, MS-HPEd
Senior Associate Dean for Educational Programs
University of North Texas Health Science Center-Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine

2024 AOGME Leadership Award

Theotonius Gomes, DO
Program Director and Medical Director of Osteopathic Medical Education, Medicine–Pediatrics Residency Program
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine

Mark Thai, DO
Executive Director of Osteopathic Recognition and ONMM3 Residency Program Director
Oklahoma State University Center for Health and Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine

Emmanuel Dimitri Tito, DO
Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Sherry Turner, DO, MPH
Associate Dean of GME and DIO
Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine

2024 AOGME Special Award of Appreciation

Matthias Franzen, DO
Program Director and Director of Osteopathic Education
OhioHealth Doctors Hospital Anesthesiology Residency Program

Christos Paras, DO
Assistant Clinical Dean
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine – Harlem

Becky Martin
Administrator, Osteopathic Integration (Retired)
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine

Diana Topolnycky, DO
Program Director
OhioHealth Doctors Hospital OB/GYN Residency Program

Deborah Virant-Young, PharmD
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs & Development
Carle Illinois College of Medicine at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2023

2023 Special Lifetime Achievement Award

Lorenzo Pence, DO
Senior Vice President for Osteopathic Accreditation
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education

2023 AOGME Leadership Award

Andrew P. Eilerman, DO
Program Director, Osteopathic Medical Education
OhioHealth Doctors Hospital

2023 AOGME Special Award of Appreciation

Noreen O’Shea, DO
Assistant Professor, Medical Humanities
Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine

2023 AOGME Special Award of Appreciation

Rhonda Reynolds
Senior Consultant Residency Program, Osteopathic Recognition, Medical Education
OhioHealth Doctors Hospital

2022

2022 AOGME Leadership Award

Randall Culbertson, DO, MBA
Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
Assistant Professor Primary Care
California Health Sciences University College of Osteopathic Medicine

2021

2021 AOGME Leadership Award

Joanne K. Baker, DO, FACOI, FAODME, FHM, FACP
Professor, Internal Medicine
Program Director, Internal Medicine
Director of Osteopathic Medical Education
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine

2021 AOGME Leadership Award

Teresa Braden, DO, MBA
Chief of Medicine
Director of Medical Education/Designated Institutional Officer
Program Director Internal Medicine Residency Program
Parkview Medical Center

2021 AOGME Leadership Award

Oliver Hayes, DO, MPH, FACEP
Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine

2020

2020 Special Lifetime Achievement Award

William J. Cairney, PhD
Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education
(Emeritus)
Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine

2020 Leadership Award

Richard R. Terry, DO, MBA
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

2020 Special Award of Appreciation

Ms. Maura Biszewski
Vice President, Graduate Medical Education
American Osteopathic Association

2020 Special Award of Appreciation

Ms. Alegneta Long, MPP
Director of GME Initiatives and Executive Director of the
Assembly of Osteopathic Graduate Medical Educators (AOGME)
American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM)

2019

Special Lifetime Achievement Award

Stephen C. Shannon, DO, MPH
President and CEO
American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine

2018

2018 AOGME Leadership Award

Thomas Boyle, DO, FACEP, FACOEP
Dean, Postgraduate Medical Education
Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University

2018 AOGME Leadership Award

Thomas Mohr, MS, DO, FACOI, FAODME
Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education
University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine

2018 Special Award of Appreciation

Margaret J. Hardy, JD
Former Consultant to AODME

Special Lifetime Achievement Award

The AOGME (formerly AODME) Special Lifetime Achievement recognizes members who have been instrumental in advancing the mission and purposes of AOGME through loyal and long-term meritorious service.

2024 - Lisa Nash, DO, MS-HEd
2023 - Lorenzo Pence, DO
2020 - William J. Cairney, PhD
2019 - Stephen C. Shannon, DO, MPH
2017 - Abraham M. Jeger, PhD, FAODME
2013 - Mark Cummings, PhD
2012 - David Dora, DO
2011 - Dennis Lemanski, DO, FAODME
2009 - Gail Riegle, PhD
2008 - William G. Anderson, DO
2007 - Vance D. Powell, Jr., DO, FAODME, FACOOG
2006 - Lauren Vogel, DO
2005 - Michael Opipari, DO, FAODME, FACOI
2003 - Anthony A. Minissale, DO, BS and Robert G. Ricci, DO, FAOCR
2001 - Norville H. Schock, PhD, FAODME
2000 - Robert J. George, DO, FAODME

Leadership Award

The Leadership Award recognizes AOGME (formerly AODME) members who have contributed noteworthy service to the osteopathic profession and to AOGME in the past year.

2024 - Theotonius Gomes, DO; Mark Thai, DO; Emmanuel Dimitri Tito, DO, Sherry Turner, DO, MPH
2023 - Andrew P. Eilerman, DO
2022 - Randall Culbertson, DO, MBA
2021 - Joann K. Baker, DO, FACOI, FAODME, FHM, FACP; Teresa Braden, DO, MBA; Oliver Hayes, DO, MPH, FACEP
2020 - Richard R. Terry, DO, MBA
2018 - Thomas Boyle, DO, FACEP, FACOEP and Thomas Mohr, MS, DO, FACOI, FAODME
2014 - Robert A. Cain, DO, FACOI and Richard LaBaere, II, DO, MPH, FAODME
2013 - John Bulger, DO, FACOI, FACP, FAODME; J. Michael Finley, DO, FACOI, FACP, FACR and Howard Shulman, DO, FACP, FACOI
2010 - Susan C. Zonia, PhD, FAODME
2009 - James Lally, DO, MS and David Towle, DO, FAODME, MPH, MS
2005 - Gary Moorman, DO, FAODME, FACOEP, FACEP
2004 - Deborah Blackwell, DO, FACOP
2003 - Gary Willyerd, DO, FAODME, FACOEP
1999 - Norville Schock, PhD, FAODME
1996 - Vance Powell, Jr., DO, FAODME

Award for Excellence in Osteopathic Education

This Award recognizes research and initiatives that excel in the continuum of education in the areas of pre-doctoral, post-doctoral, and continuing medical education.

2011 - Michael Sheehy, DO, FACOEP
2009 - Deborah R. Bennett, DO
2001 - Kari Hortos, DO, FAODME (postdoctoral); Johathan Rohrer, PhD (postdoctoral) and Lisa Butler, BA, MSN (predoctoral)
2000 - Joel Dickerman, DO (postdoctoral) and Bruce Dubin, DO, JD (predoctoral)

Special Award of Appreciation

2024 - Matthias Franzen, DO; Christos Paras, DO; Becky Martin
2023 - Noreen O'Shea, DO and Rhonda Reynolds
2020 - Maura Biszewski and Alegneta Long, MPP
2018 - Margaret J. Hardy, JD
1998 - Douglas C. Shaber, DO, FAODME (posthumously)