Outstanding Physician Honorees
The Foundation’s prestigious Outstanding Physician Award is presented annually to an osteopathic physician who has demonstrated extraordinary service to his or her patients, to the education of future physicians, to the profession, and to our community.
Congratulations to our 2024 Outstanding Physician
Mousumi Som, DO
Past Honorees
For over 30 years, a distinguished group of physicians has been honored with the Osteopathic Founders Foundation Outstanding Physician Award. These physicians, who are chosen by their peers, are selected for their extraordinary service to patients, to the community, to the osteopathic profession, and to the education of young osteopathic physicians. The exemplary careers of these honorees are a tribute to the history of this profession and an inspiration to their successors. We congratulate and thank all our past honorees.
1990
Ebb W. Reeves, DO
1991
Joseph A. Keuchel, DO
1992
Walter F. Kempe, DO
1993
B. B. Baker, DO
1994
James D. Edwards, DO
1995
Robert S. Lawson, DO
1996
Dan H. Fieker, DO
1997
David F. Hitzeman, DO, MACOI
1998
Kenneth E. Calabrese, DO, MACOI
1999
James S. Seebass, DO, FACOI
2000
Beverly J. Mathis, DO
2001
R. Michael Eimen, DO
2002
Harold L. Battenfield, DO
2003
Larry J. Dullye, DO
2004
Dean R. Fullingim, DO, FAOCR, FACR
2005
Richard R. Polk, DO
2006
Steven C. Buck, DO, FACOI
2007
Michael P. Carney, DO, FACOI, FACC, FSCAI
2008
Joseph J. Back, DO
2009
Donald M. Dushay, DO
2010
J. Harley Galusha, DO
2011
George E. Erbacher, DO, FAOCR
2012
Arthur G. Wallace, Jr., DO, MPH
2013
Stanley E. Grogg, DO, FACOP, FAAP
2014
Tom A. Hamilton, DO
2015
W. W. Stoever, DO, MACOI
2016
J. Martin Beal, DO
2017
Michael H. Whitworth, DO, FACOS
2018
Stephen G. Bovasso, DO
2019
Scott S. Cyrus, DO, FACOP
2020
Kayse M. Shrum, DO, FACOP
2023
L. Janelle Whitt, DO