"FOMA membership benefits and services promote value, support and success: we communicate, educate, and advocate. We have our hands on the pulses of the people, patients, and physicians of the state and the nation. We are aware of the challenges and choices ahead of us, and we are proud of our Osteopathic identity. We offer our benefits and services to you, the members and leaders of these wonderful state and national organizations."
                                               ~William Stager, DO, FOMA President

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Dr. Bill Stager has BA (Philosophy) and MS (Anatomy) degrees from Rutgers University, an undergraduate OPP Fellowship and DO degree from NSUCOM in 1989, and MPH from ATSU in 2009. He completed a rotating internship at Humana South Broward Hospital in 1990. 


He has been in holistic private practice combining NMM/OMM, Family Medicine, and Medical Acupuncture in the Palm Beach area since 1990. He is Board Certified in NMM/OMM and Family Medicine, and is a Fellow of the AAO, ACOFP, and AAMA. He has taught NMM/OMM all over the USA, and has published over 180 articles and papers in health and fitness magazines and several in peer-reviewed medical journals. He is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at NSUCOM and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at LECOM. 


He is an active member of the AOA, FOMA, AAO, ACOFP, FSACOFP, and FAO, serving on various committees and boards, including the AOA House of Delegates (2006-present), FOMA Director-at-Large (2009-present), FOMA District 9 President (2006-present), FSACOFP President (2008-2009), the two-term FAO President (2006-2008, 2008-2010), and NSUCOM Alumni Association Executive Committee Trustee (2007-present). His many awards include the 2008 NSUCOM Distinguished Alumni Award, 2007 FOMA Presidential Achievement Award, the 2007 AOA Mentor of the Year Nominee Finalist Award, the 2010 FSACOFP Physician of the Year Award, and the 2011 FAO Distinguished Service Award.