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: Richard Crank, DO, FAOAO
• Vice Chair/Program Chair: Sarkis Bedikian, DO, FAOAO
• Eric Slotkin, DO, FAOAO
• Safet Hatic, DO, FAOAO
• Bryan Witt, DO
• Nicholas Cheney, DO, FAOAO
• Scott Nemec, DO, FAOAO
• Marc A. Tressler, DO
• Joshua Drumm, DO
• Ross Jones, DO
• Adam Dann, DO, FAOAO
• R. Brian Williams, DO, FAOAO
• Edward Armbruster, DO, FAOAO
• Joseph Rosenblatt, DO, FAOAO
• Daniel Ruggles, DO, FAOAO
• Jason Malone, DO
• Sean McMillan, DO, FAOAO
• Stefan Sinco, DO, FAOAO
• Zeshan Hyder, DO
• William Neway, DO, FAOAO
• Michael Higgins, DO, FAOAO
• Molly Tatum, DO

General Session Subcommittee

• Co-Chair: Madhu Rao, DO, FAOAO
• Co-Chair: Marc Trzeciak, DO, FAOAO

Evaluating Committee

• Chair: James Pollifrone, DO, FAOAO
• Jeffrey M. Cochran, DO, FAOAO
• Joel L. Rush, DO, FAOAO
• James Mason, DO, FAOAO

Executive Committee

• Chair: Edward Armbruster, DO, FAOAO
• Dennis Blackburn, DO, FAOAO
• James Mason, DO, FAOAO
• Sean McMillan, DO, FAOAO
• Charles Ortho, DO, FAOAO

Fellow Award, Honors and Memorials Committee

• Chair: David Harkins, DO, FAOAO
• Vice Chair: George Zimmerman, DO, FAOAO
• Miles L. Singer, DO, FAOAO
• Donald Sandercock, DO, FAOAO
• James Ingram, DO, FAOAO
• Gregory Zeiders, DO, FAOAO
• Patrick Bull, DO, FAOAO
• Alan Snider, DO, FAOAO
• Timothy Ekpo, DO, FAOAO
• Susan Griffith, DO, FAOAO
• Eddie Wu, DO, FAOAO

Finance

• Chair: Miles Singer, DO, FAOAO
• Edward Armbruster, DO, FAOAO
• Dennis Blackburn, DO, FAOAO
• James Mason, DO, FAOAO
• Sean McMillan, DO, FAOAO
• Charles Orth, DO, FAOAO
• Joshua Tuck, DO, FAOAO

Government Affairs

• Chair: Steven Morton, DO, FAOAO
• Vice Chair: Stefan V. Zachary, DO, FAOAO
• George Zimmerman, DO, FAOAO
• James Mason, DO, FAOAO
• Andrew Mostello, DO
• Sahil Vohra, DO (resident)
• Olusegun Onibonoje, DO (resident)
• Anand Panchal, DO

Membership Committee

• Chair: Jesus Castillo, DO, FAOAO
• Edward Armbruster, DO, FAOAO
• James Mason, DO, FAOAO
• Christine Schultz (student recruiting chair)
• Steven Chandler, DO, FAOAO
• Randa Bascharon, DO, FAOAO
• Gregory Hill, DO, FAOAO
• Adam Dann, DO, FAOAO
• Meagan Fernandez, DO, FAOAO
• Emily Kelly (student)

Nominating Committee

• Chair: Gregory Hill, DO, FAOAO
• Edward Armbruster, DO, FAOAO
• Dennis Blackburn, DO, FAOAO
• Ad hoc: James Mason, DO, FAOAO

Program Directors

• Chair: Timothy Ackerman, DO, FAOAO
• Vice-Chair: Joseph Rosenblatt, DO, FAOAO
• Fred McAlpin, DO, FAOAO
• Gregory Hill, DO, FAOAO
• Joel Rush, DO, FAOAO
• Daniel Krenk, DO, FAOAO
• Richard Miller, DO, FAOAO
• Safet Hatic, II, DO, FAOAO
• Jignesh Patel, DO
• Charles Orth, DO, FAOAO

Publications & Communication

• Chair: Miles Singer, DO, FAOAO
• Richard M. Miller, DO, FAOAO
• David MacDonald, DO, FAOAO
• Timothy Ekpo, DO, FAOAO
• Michael Sobolewski, DO
• Matthew Klima, DO, FAOAO
• Steven Heithoff, DO, FAOAO (Orthopod Editor)
• Brian Geraghty DO (resident)
• Kevin Richardson, DO
• Lauryn Bianco, DO (resident)
• Christopher McClellan, DO
• Ben Koerner, DO (resident)
• Delbert Trey Remaley, DO
• Arpum Dutta (student)

Rules, Regulations & Bylaws

• Chair: Steven Chandler, DO, FAOAO
• Melissa Lawrence, DO
• Robert J. Blok, Jr., DO, FAOAO
• Brockford D. Herring, DO
• David Burns, DO
• Benjamin Thomasson, DO
• Dino de Jesus, DO

Residents & Fellows

• Chair: Joshua Tuck, DO, FAOAO
• Vice Chair: Adam Bitterman, DO
• Timothy Ackerman, DO, FAOAO
• Wasik Ashraf, DO
• Sahil Vohra, DO (resident)
• Tracy Ng, DO
• Thomas Revak, DO, FAOAO
• Jeffrey Cochran, DO, FAOAO
• Kristin Cola, DO
• Emmalynn Sigrist, DO
• Ronald Gonzalez, DO
• Eric Huish, DO

Editorial Subcommittee (of the Residents/Fellows Committee)

• Chair: Adam Dann, DO, FAOAO
  • Adult
    Jignesh Patel, DO
  • General
    Trevor Call, DO
  • Hand
    Daniel Buchan, DO
  • Pediatrics
    Emmalynn Sigrist, DO
  • Shoulder & Elbow
    Angela Passanise, DO
  • Trauma
    Paul Pipitone, DO

Strategic Planning Committee

• Chair: Dennis Blackburn, DO, FAOAO
• Vice Chair: Sean McMillan, DO, FAOAO
• Edward Armbruster, DO, FAOAO
• James Ingram, DO, FAOAO
• Fred McAlpin, DO, FAOAO
• James Mason, DO, FAOAO
• Marc Trzeciak, DO, FAOAO
• Eric Lescault, DO
• B. Collier Watson, DO
• Benjamin Brill, DO
• Jesus Castillo, DO, FAOAO
• Anand Panchal, DO
• Ammar Karim, DO
• Uzma Rehman, DO

Virtual Resource Center Subcommittee (of the Publications/Communications Committee)

• Chair: Charles Orth, DO, FAOAO
• James Ingram, DO, FAOAO
• Joshua Tuck, DO, FAOAO
• Steven Morton, DO, FAOAO
• James Mason, DO, FAOAO
• Fred McAlpin, DO, FAOAO
• Christopher Reb, DO, FAOAO
• Minali Nemani (student)
• Maddie Marshall (student)
• Jake Shine, DO (resident)
• Ashley Startzman, DO

Social Media Subcommittee (of the Publications/Communications Committee)

• Chair: Sean McMillan, DO, FAOAO
• Vice-Chair: Julieanne P. Sees, DO, FAOAO
• Stefan Sinco, DO, FAOAO
• Andrea Attenasio, DO (resident)
• Jake Shine, DO (resident)
• Christina Schultz, DO (resident)
• Kate Sage, DO
• Diana Silas, DO
• Kieu-My Nguyen, DO (student)
• Brian Handal, DO