AOA President Visits LECOM

LECOM medical students received a pep talk from the leader of osteopathic medicine in the United States.  The president of the American Osteopathic Association visited the LECOM campus on March 6 and spent the day chatting with first and second year students.

Philip Shettle, D.O. is a Florida ophthalmologist, took office last summer with the theme pride in osteopathic medicine. “We want to encourage pride in osteopathic medicine,” Dr. Shettle told the students.  “We want to encourage pride in our students.”

 He explained the goals of the AOA are for collaboration, advocacy, research and membership.   Dr. Shettle said the AOA is there for physicians and students to work together, while promoting osteopathic principles and better health care.  He pointed out the ongoing efforts for better research on osteopathic manipulative treatments. Research is needed to prove the validity and effectiveness of manipulation; osteopathic medicine needs statistics to show that it does work to qualify for insurance.

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