DORIS B. NEWMAN, DO, FAAO, RECEIVES DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD FROM THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OSTEOPATHY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 11, 2025
Indianapolis, IN—Doris B. Newman, DO, FAAO, of San Diego, CA, received the Fellow of American Academy of Osteopathy (FAAO) Distinguished Service Award at the American Academy of Osteopathy (AAO) Convocation 2025 Fellows Dinner on March 28, 2025. The award is presented to those FAAOs who have further distinguished themselves in contributions to osteopathic literature; development of osteopathic theory, method or procedure; research; osteopathic education; service to the AAO on committees, boards, etc.; public relations; service to public health; and/or osteopathic medical economics and advocacy.
Dr. Newman is the campus dean for the Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine’s campus in Melbourne, FL, and professor of clinical medicine since July 2023. She received her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNECOM) in 1998. She attended Worcester Medical Center’s Internal Medicine residency and completed an Osteopathic Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine residency at UNECOM in 2002. She is board-certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (AOBNMM/OMM) and Pain Medicine (AOBNMM/PM) and earned her FAAO in 2014.
Dr. Newman has broad experience in academic and clinical medicine with a focus on the art and science of osteopathic manipulative medicine in infants and children and receives great satisfaction and joy teaching these skills to osteopathic trainees at all levels, locally, nationally and internationally. She has been a volunteer physician leader for numerous osteopathic organizations on committees, councils, boards and bureaus, including the Maine Osteopathic Association (MOA) board of trustees, Vice Chair of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education on the Osteopathic Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine Review Committee (ACGME ONMM RC) and as a member of the American Osteopathic Association’s Bureau of Osteopathic Graduate Medical Education (AOAOGME). Her most notable achievement was in service to the AAO as its president in 2015.
For more information on Dr. Newman, contact Sherri L. Quarles, Chief Executive Officer at the American Academy of Osteopathy at (317) 879-1881, ext. 214, or at [email protected].
The United States currently has more than 120,000 osteopathic physicians. Also known as DOs, osteopathic physicians are fully licensed physicians, as are MDs. The profession has grown 63% in the past decade and nearly 300% over the past three decades. Osteopathic physicians prescribe medicine and practice in all specialties, including osteopathic manipulative medicine, family medicine, psychiatry, obstetrics and gynecology, and surgery. They are trained to consider the health of the whole person and to use their hands to help diagnose and treat patients.
The mission of the American Academy of Osteopathy is to teach, promote, and research the science, art and philosophy of osteopathic medicine, emphasizing the integration of osteopathic principles and practice in patient care. Founded in 1937, the Academy is the Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine specialty college of the American Osteopathic Association.
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