AOGME Awards
Nominations for the 2025 AOGME Awards are now open and will close on December 30, 2024.
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.
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
Lorenzo Pence, DO
Senior Vice President for Osteopathic Accreditation
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
Andrew P. Eilerman, DO
Program Director, Osteopathic Medical Education
OhioHealth Doctors Hospital
Noreen O’Shea, DO
Assistant Professor, Medical Humanities
Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine
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
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
Teresa Braden, DO, MBA
Chief of Medicine
Director of Medical Education/Designated Institutional Officer
Program Director Internal Medicine Residency Program
Parkview Medical Center
Oliver Hayes, DO, MPH, FACEP
Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine
2020
William J. Cairney, PhD
Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education
(Emeritus)
Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Richard R. Terry, DO, MBA
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Ms. Maura Biszewski
Vice President, Graduate Medical Education
American Osteopathic Association
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
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
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
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
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)