Committee Directory

AOAO Committees

Interested in serving? AOAO committees offer a way to get involved in the Academy and earn points toward the Award of Fellow.

Continuing Medical Education Planning Committee

• Chair, Dennis Blackburn, DO, FAOAO
• Anthony McPherron, DO
• Steven Hand, DO
• Eric Slotkin, DO
• Richard Crank, DO, FAOAO
• Jon Minter, DO, FAOAO
• Daniel E. Krenk, DO
• Robert Marsh, DO
• Scott Nemec, DO, FAOAO
• Terrence Philbin, DO, FAOAO
• Daniel Cuttica, DO
• Madhu Rao, DO, FAOAO
• Mark A. Tressler, DO, FAOAO
• Michael P. Schmidt, DO, FAOAO
• David Robins, DO
• Joshua Drumm, DOAdam Dann, DO, FAOAO
• Jason Nydick, DO, FAOAO
• R. Brian Williams, DO, FAOAO
• Edward Armbruster, DO, FAOAO
• Joseph Rosenblatt, DO, FAOAO
• Daniel Ruggles, DO, FAOAO
• John Schlechter, DO, FAOAO
• Jack Kazanjian, DO, FAOAO
• David Harkins, DO
• Sean McMillan, DO, FAOAO
• Jeffrey Counts, DO
• Stefan Sinco, DO, FAOAO
• Wade Faerber, DO, FAOAO
• Michael Chabot, DO, FAOAO
• Michael Higgins, DO
• Jerald Vizzone, DO
• Gordon Preston, DO

Evaluating Committee

• Chair, James Pollifrone, DO, FAOAO Chair
• Vice Chair, David H. Krahe, DO, FAOAO
• Jeffrey M. Cochran, DO
• James R. Ingram, DO, FAOAO
• Dean A. Nachtigall, DO, FAOAO
• John J. McPhilemy, DO, FAOAO
• Joel L. Rush, DO, FAOAO
• Lee Vander Lugt, DO, FAOAO
• Thomas E. Baker, DO

Executive Committee

• Chair, James R. Ingram, DO, FAOAO
• Steven D. Morton, DO, FAOAO
• Terrence M. Philbin, DO, FAOAO
• Fred McAlpin, DO, FAOAO
• Lee Vander Lugt, DO, FAOAO

Fellow Award, Honors and Memorials Committee

• Chair, Terrence J. Cherwin, DO, FAOAO
• Louis Habryl, DO, FAOAO
• William S. McLean, DO, FAOAO
• Miles L. Singer, DO, FAOAO
• Edward Armbruster, DO, FAOAO
• Dennis Blackburn, DO, FAOAO
• Christopher Verioti, DO
• Terry Weis, DO, FAOAO
• Donald Sandercock, DO, FAOAO
• James Ingram, DO, FAOAO
• Steven Morton, DO, FAOAO

Finance

• Chair, Gregory Hill, DO, FAOAO
• James R. Ingram, DO, FAOAO
• Steven D. Morton, DO, FAOAO
• Terrence M. Philbin, DO, FAOAO
• Fred McAlpin, DO, FAOAO
• Charles Orth, DO, FAOAO
• Lee Vander Lugt, DO, FAOAO

Government Affairs

• Chair, Lee Vander Lugt, DO, FAOAO
• Stefan V. Zachary, DO, FAOAO
• George Zimmerman, DO, FAOAO
• James Grannell, DO
• Heather Preston, DO (resident)

Membership Committee

• Chair, James R. Ingram, DO, FAOAO
• Edward Armbruster, DO, FAOAO
• Charles Orth, DO, FAOAO
• James Phillips, DO (RAOAO Vice President)
• Karl Swanson, SAOAO Recruitment Chair

Nominating Committee

• Chair, Steven J. Heithoff, DO, FAOAO
• James R. Ingram, DO, FAOAO
• Steven D. Morton, DO, FAOAO
• Ad hoc: Lee Vander Lugt, DO, FAOAO

Publications & Communication

• Chair, Julianne Sees, DO
• Richard M. Miller, DO, FAOAO
• Edward J. Armbruster, DO, FAOAO
• Miles Singer, DO, FAOAO
• Jeff Gibson (SAOAO President)
• James Phillips, DO (RAOAO Secretary/Treasurer)
• David MacDonald, DO, FAOAO
• Timothy Ekpo, DO
• Michael Sobolewski, DO

Rules, Regulations & Bylaws

• Chair, James R. Ingram, DO, FAOAO
• Melissa M. Lawrence, DO, term ends 2021
• Daniel Fuentes, DO, term ends 2019
• James Cox, DO, term ends 2019
• George Zimmerman, DO, FAOAO, term ends 2019
• Justine Crowley, DO, term ends 2019

Residents & Fellows

• Chair, Sean McMillan, DO, FAOAO
• Julieanne Sees, DO, FAOAO
• Peter Tomasello, DO
• Joshua Tuck, DO
• Thomas Duffy, DO
• Charles Taunt, DO, FAOAO
• Timothy Ackerman, DO, FAOAO
• Uzma Rehman, DO
• Anne Marie Chicorelli, DO
• Ken Lingenfelter, DO
• Shane Hess, DO
• Adam Bitterman, DO
• Wasik Ashraf, DO
• Laura Reese, DO
• Ahmed Siddiqi, DO
• Henry Dolch, DO

Editorial Subcommittee (of the Residents/Fellows Committee)

• Charles Orth, DO, FAOAO, Chair
• Adult
• Eric Slotkin, DO
• Derek Hill, DO
• Richard Crank, DO
• Timothy Ekpo, DO
• Sarkis Bedikian, DO, FAOAO
• Jonathan Brown, DO
• Foot & Ankle
• Myron Haas, DO, FAOAO
• Michael Swords, DO
• Bryan Witt, DO
• General
• Michael Higgins, DO
• Matthew Bullock, DO
• Richard Miller, DO
• Hand
• James Kelly, DO
• Safi  Faruqui, DO
• Adam Dann, DO
• Pediatrics
• Julieanne Sees, DO
• Melissa Martinek, DO
• John Schlechter, DO
• Shoulder & Elbow
• Robert Nowinski, DO
• Dennis Pfisterer, DO
• Matthew Ragsdell, DO
• Spine
• Samuel Small, DO, FAOAO
• Jason Velez, DO
• William Payne, MD
• Sports
• Douglas Chonko, DO
• Michael Justice, DO
• Steven Gorin, DO
• Trauma
• Ereny Bishara, DO
• Robert Gunderson, DO
• Nicholas Quercetti, DO
• Jeffrey Chad Martin, DO
• Nicholas Romeo, DO
• Michael Principe, DO

Strategic Planning Committee

• Chair, Angela Rowe, DO, FAOAO
• James Ingram, DO, FAOAO
• Fred McAlpin, DO, FAOAO
• Lee Vander Lugt, DO, FAOAO
• George Zimmerman, DO, FAOAO
• Steven Heithoff, DO, FAOAO
• Patricia Baumann, DO, FAOAO
• Terrence Philbin, DO, FAOAO
• Ahmed Siddiqi, DO (resident)
• Ross Burge, DO (resident)