Awards
Physician Awards - Nominate Your Peers!
DOWNLOAD 2024 Nomination Form Here
Lifetime Achievement, Distinguished Service, Physician of the Year, and the Stephen R. Inn Friend of the Osteopathic Profession Award
Student Awards - Self Nominations
The FOAM will present awards up to 2 students from each Florida campus:
LE COM Bradenton, NUS COMPO, and NUS COMPO Tampa Bay (M1 - $300 & M2 - $500) based on the following criteria:
- The Student shall be a member in good standing of the FOAM Student District Society at NUS – Karin Patel COM or LECOM Bradenton.
- The Student shall be politically active, possess leadership qualities and support the FOAM Student District Society initiatives.
- The Student shall be a Florida resident or plan to practice osteopathic medicine in Florida.
The Student shall submit the following:
- Nomination letter
- Curriculum vitae
- Two faculty recommendations
All information for both Physician and Student Awards is due to the FOMA Awards Committee by December 15th, 2023.
The awards and student checks will be presented during the 2024 FOMA Virtual Convention.
Please email/mail FOMA Awards Committee to the above information to:
2544 Blairstone Pines Drive
Tallahassee, FL 32301
email: administrator
Winners are selected by the FOMA Awards Committee.
Download Printable Award History Here
Lifetime Achievement
Mary Smith, 1995
Morton Terry, DO, 1997
Donald L. McBath, DO, 1998
Marcelino Oliva, Jr., DO, 1999
Morton Morris, DO, 2000
Arnold Melnick, DO, 2001
Louis Radnothy, DO, 2002
Mervin E. Meck, DO, 2003
H.C. Ledbetter, DO, 2004
Arthur Snyder, DO, 2005
Anthony Silvagni, DO, 2006
Howard Neer, DO, 2007
Ronnie Kaufman, DO, 2008
Anthony Ottaviani, DO, 2009
Philip L. Shettle, DO, 2010
Robert Hand, DO, 2011
Robert C. Greer, IV, DO, 2012
Sam Scolaro, DO, 2013
John Pellosie, Sr., DO, 2014
Paul Seltzer, DO, 2015
Marc Morganstine, DO, 2016
Robert George, DO, 2017
William Silverman, DO, 2018
Walter Flesner, DO, 2019
James McCormick, DO, 2020
Joel B. Rose, DO, 2021
Perry Dworkin, DO 2022
Ron Surowitz, DO 2022
Gregory James, DO 2023
Richard Yonker, DO 2023
Ronald Burns, DO 2024
Distinguished Service
Woodrow S. Horn, DO, 1960
George Frison, Sr., DO, 1963
Paul E. Wilson, DO, 1965
Mervin E. Meck, DO, 1974
Don H. Stafford, 1974
Marcelino Oliva, Jr., DO, 1978
Morton Morris, DO, JD, 1982
Louise H. Martin, 1985
Robert L. Atkins, 1995
J. Decker Frazer, DO, 1996
Philip L. Shettle, DO, 1997
Matthew A. Terry, DO, 1998
Morton T. Smith, DO, 1999
Sandra Brandt, 2000
John R. Killinen, DO, 2001
Traudi Killinen, 2001
Jeffrey Collins, 2002
Stephen R. Winn, 2003
Joel B. Rose, DO, 2004
Senator Ronald Silver, 2005
Pamela King, FBOM, 2006
Ronald Burns, DO, 2007
George Coupe, DO, 2008
Dottie Silverman, 2009
James Andriole, DO, 2010
Anna Hayden, DO, 2011
Anthony J. Ferretti, DO, 2012
William Silverman, DO, 2013
Paul Seltzer, DO, 2014
Sharon Beckley, CPCS, 2015
James Byrne, DO, 2016
Gregory James, DO, 2017
James Andriole, DO, 2017
Jeffrey Grove, DO, 2018
Ken E. Webster, ED.D, 2019
Nicole Bixler, DO, FACOFP, 2020
Anthony Ottaviani, DO, 2021
Thomas A. Quinn, 2022
Richard Rodriguez, DO 2023
Robert George, DO 2024
Physician of the Year
Raymond Mabry, DO, 1966
George Frison, Sr., DO, 1967
Paul E. Wilson, DO, 1968
George Rothmeyer, DO, 1969
Edmund T. Flynn, DO, 1970
Woodrow S. Horn, DO, 1971
Marcelino Oliva, Jr., DO, 1990
Anthony Ottaviani, DO, 1995
E. Dale Brandt, DO, 1996
Howard L. Neer, DO, 1997
Joel B. Rose, DO, 1998
Jeffrey Haller, DO, 1999
David B. Levine, DO, 2000
Robert S. Hand, DO, 2001
Ronald R. Burns, DO, 2002
Paul Seltzer, DO, 2003
William Silverman, DO, 2004
Gregory James, DO, 2005
Ronald Renuart, DO, 2006
Majdi Ashchi, DO, 2007
Richard Thacker, DO, 2008
Archie McLean, DO, 2009
Joseph A. Giaimo, DO, 2010
Brett Scotch, DO, 2011
Michelle Mendez, DO, 2012
Walter Flesner, DO, 2013
Anna Hayden, DO, 2014
Joshua Lenchus, DO, RPh, 2015
Joseph De Gaetano, DO, 2016
Diana Graves, DO, 2017
Samuel Martino, DO, 2018
Sasha N. Noe, DO, PhD, 2019
Jorge Luna, DO, 2020
Linda Delo, DO, 2021
Bruce G. Rankin, DO 2022
Kayvan Amini, DO 2023
Marc G. Kaprow, DO 2024
Presidential Achievement
Charles Schulman, DO, 2001
Sheri Levine, PhD, 2002
Ken Webster, EdD, 2002
Joseph Giaimo, DO, 2003
Richard Thacker, DO, 2003
Robert Glinski, DO, 2004
Nicholas Centafont, DO, 2004
Ronald Renuart, DO, 2005
Plato Varidin, DO, 2005
Gregory James, DO, 2006
Ronnie Martin, DO, 2006
David B. Levine, DO, 2007
Robert George, DO, 2007
William Stager, DO, 2007
Anna Hayden, DO, 2007
Tonya Hawthorne, DO, 2008
Cathy Ottaviani, 2008
Judy Winn, 2008
Robert George, DO, 2009
Robert Hand, DO, 2009
Marie Morris, 2009
Sandy Seltzer, 2010
William Silverman, DO, 2010
Ronald Burns, DO, 2010
Lionel Gatien, DO, 2010
Robert C. Greer, IV, DO, 2011
Howard Neer, DO, 2012
Jena Glantz, FOMA, 2013
Edy Rudnick Pineless, 2013
Janet Burns, 2013
Judy Winn, 2013
Dianna Graves, DO, 2014
Tanya Porter, DO, 2014
Janet Hamstra, EdD, 2014
Holly James, 2014
Ronald Knaus, DO, 2015
Lynne Cawley, DO, 2015
Nicole Bixler, DO, 2015
James Fetchero, DO 2017
Paul Ziajka, MD, 2017
Brian Bixler, MD 2017
LeeAnn Brown, DO, 2018
Traci-lyn Eisenberg, DO, 2018
Cesar DeLeon, DO, 2019
Valerie Jackson, DO, 2019
Jerome Koser, DO, 2020
Michelle W. Larson, 2020
Jena Glantz, 2020
Andrew Floyd, 2020
Paul Seltzer, DO 2021
Norman Rose, DO 2021
Mark Kauffman, DO 2022
Jeffrey S. Grove, DO 2022
Dean Elaine Wallace, DO 2023
Jason Winn, Esquire 2023
Robert Hasty, DO 2024
Joshua Lenchus, DO 2024
Kenneth Webster, EdD 2024
Michelle W. Larson 2024
Stephen R. Winn Friend of the Osteopathic Profession Award
Stephen R. Winn 2022
Kenneth Webster, EdD 2023
Jeffrey Grove, DO, 2024