The Academy Award
For Contributions to the Osteopathic Profession
The AAO’s Academy Award recognizes individuals outside of the Academy who have profoundly contributed to the profession by
- demonstrating commitment to osteopathic principles and to the osteopathic profession;
- exhibiting outstanding efforts or special contributions to promote osteopathic medicine;
- continuously showing support of and collaboration with osteopathic organization;
- and having a vision that is complementary to the Academy’s mission.
Established in 2000, this award addressed several action items from the AAO’s strategic plan. The Board of Trustees identified the first recipient at its October 2000 meeting, and the inaugural award was presented at the AAO’s Convocation in March 2001.
| Year | Recipient (*denotes deceased) |
| 2020 | Johannes Mayer, MD, DOM (Germany) |
| 2019 | Robert Orenstein, DO, FIDSA, FACP, AAHIVS |
| 2018 | Sidney N. Dunn |
| 2017 | Angela Cole Westhoff, MA |
| 2016 | Paul R. Standley, PhD |
| 2015 | Diana L. Finley, CMP |
| 2014 | Richard A. Vincent, MBA |
| 2013 | Michael E. Fitzgerald, BA |
| 2012 | Michael M. Patterson, PhD |
| 2011 | Fred C. Tinning, PhD |
| 2010 | John B. Crosby, JD |
| 2009 | Stephen J. Noone, MS, CAE |
| 2008 | Frank H. Willard, PhD |
| 2007 | Barbara Peterson, D. Litt (Hon) |
| 2006 | Norman Gevitz, PhD |
| 2005 | Albert Kelso, PhD* |
| 2004 | Irvin M. Korr, PhD* |
| 2003 | W. Douglas Ward, PhD* |
| 2002 | Judy Staser |
| 2001 | Andrew T. Weil, MD |
News
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Walter C. Ehrenfeuchter, DO, FAAO, Receives FAAO Distinguished Service Award
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AOF/AAO Outstanding Resident in OMM Nominations for 2021
Submit your nomination for 2021 Outstanding Resident in OMM by May 9.