2025 AOA House of Delegates
Over 35 FOMA members gathered in Chicago for the Annual AOA House of Delegates (HOD) Meeting from July 17-20. During the full HOD session on Friday, July 18, attendees received reports from various Bureaus, Committees, and Councils and participated in voting on resolutions.
The AOA also presented its federal priorities for the upcoming year. State delegations discussed how to align these federal priorities with their state objectives, focusing on areas such as supporting physicians in patient care, addressing workforce needs, enhancing access and affordability, pursuing regulatory reform, and advancing public health. Additional priorities included federal funding, scope of practice and new licensure types, osteopathic equivalency and recognition, truth in advertising, telemedicine, and tackling prescription drug misuse, abuse, and diversion.
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2025 AOA HOD Delegation
Delegation Chair, Joseph A. Giaimo, DO, MACOI, FCCP
- Anthony N. Ottaviani, DO, MPH, FACOI, FCC, Vice Chair
- Matt Brill, DO;
- Lee Ann Brown, DO, FAAPMR;
- Ronald R. Burns, DO, FACOFP
- Cesar De Leon, DO
- Linda Delo, DO, FACOFP
- Eugene DiBetta, DO
- Farah Ferreiro, DO
- Walter B. Flesner, III, DO
- Marie Florent-Carre, DO
- Jeffrey S. Grove, DO, FACOFP
- Anna Hayden, DO
- Gregory J. James, DO, MPH, FACOFP
- Marc G. Kaprow, DO, MHA, FACOI
- Mark Kauffman, DO, MSMEd, FACOFP
- Joshua Lenchus, DO, RPh, FACP, SFHM
- Jorge D. Luna, DO, FACOFP
- Sean McCann, DO
- Joseph P. McNerney, DO, FACOFP
- Michelle Mendez, DO
- Frank Paiano, DO, FACOI
- Hal S. Pineless, DO, FACN, FAAN
- Donald Pyle, DO
- Shailesh Rajguru, DO, FACN
- Bruce G. Rankin, DO, CPI, MRO, FACOFP
- Ronald Renuart, DO, FACP
- Joel Rose, DO
- Joseph A. Sassano, DO
- Paul Seltzer, DO
- Lee Shettle, DO
- William Silverman, DO, FACOFP
- William Stager, DO, MS, FAAFP, FAAO, FACOFP
- Richard R. Thacker, DO, MACOI
- Ronald Torrance, II, DO, FAOASM
- James Towry, DO, FAOCD, FAAD
- Olivia Pisarski, NSU KPCOM, SGA VP
- Philip Ordonez, NSU KPCOM TBR, SGA Pres.
- Priya Patel, LECOM Bradenton, SGA Pres
- Abigail Dugas, OCOM, SGA Pres
- Matin Babaev, Burrell COM FL, SGA VP
- Carlie Groeshen, NSU KPCOM, SGA VP
- Yama Xu, Pres.-elect, NSU KPCOM TBR, SGA VP
- Jesu Rex Valencia, LECOM Bradenton, SGA VP
- Tajrian Haque, OCOM, SGA VP
Florida physicians serving on AOA House of Delegates Reference Committees:
- AD HOC - Michelle Mendez, DO, Member
- Constitution and Bylaws - Linda Delo, DO, Chair
- Educational Affairs - Sean McCann, DO, Member
- Professional Affairs - Cesar DeLeon, DO, Member
- Public Affairs - Marc Kaprow, DO, Member
- Joint Budget - Shailesh Rajguru, DO, Member
- Rules and Order of Business - Bruce Rankin, DO, Vice Chair;
- Joseph Sassano, DO, Member