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. The Outstanding Physician Selection Committee is faced with a monumental challenge each year to select just one osteopathic physician from the many qualified members of our organization who are recommended.
Outstanding Physician 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 Reeves, DO
1991
Joseph Keuchel, DO
1992
Walter Kempe, DO
1993
B. B. Baker, DO
1994
James Edwards, DO
1995
Robert Lawson, DO
1996
Dan Fieker, DO
1997
David Hitzeman, DO
1998
Kenneth Calabrese, DO
1999
James Seebass, DO
2000
Beverly Mathis, DO
2001
Michael Eimen, DO
2002
Harold Battenfield, DO
2003
Larry Dullye, DO
2004
Dean Fullingim, DO
2005
Richard Polk, DO
2006
Steven Buck, DO
2007
Michael Carney, DO
2008
Joseph Back, DO
2009
Donald Dushay, DO
2010
Harley Galusha, DO
2011
George Erbacher, DO
2012
Arthur Wallace, Jr., DO
2013
Stanley Grogg, DO
2014
Tom Hamilton, DO
2015
W. W. Stoever, DO
2016
Martin Beal, DO
2017
Michael Whitworth, DO
2018
Stephen Bovasso, DO
2019
Scott Cyrus, DO
2020
Kayse Shrum, DO