New Officers Announced


The American College of Osteopathic Surgeons is pleased to announce new executive officers for the 2017 – 2018 term: Ray L. Morrison, D.O., FACOS – President; Scott A. Blickensderfer, D.O., FACOS – Past President; Todd A. Nickloes, D.O., FACOS – President-elect; and Larry G. Armstrong, D.O., FACOS – Secretary-Treasurer.

We also welcome new discipline officers elected during the 2017 Annual Clinical Assembly. The Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery Discipline elected: John W. Royalty, D.O., FACOS – Chair; J. Franklin Oaks, D.O., FACOS – Chair-Elect; and Peter U. Baik, D.O., FACOS – Secretary-Treasurer. The Urological Surgery Discipline elected: W. Britt Zimmerman, D.O., FACOS – Chair; Nancy J. Lobby, D.O., FACOS – Chair-Elect; and Teodora A. Schellato, D.O., FACOS – Secretary-Treasurer.

Your Board of Governors for the 2017 – 2018 Term is:

David L. Acuna, D.O., FACOS
Mandip S. Atwal, D.O., FACOS
Dawn M. Bodell, D.O., FACOS
J. Bracken Burns, D.O., FACOS
Stuart J.D. Chow, D.O., FACOS
Kristen J. Conrad-Schnetz, D.O., FACOS
Nelayda Fonte, D.O., FACOS
Eugene W. Laveroni, D.O., FACOS
James S. McAdoo, D.O., FACOS
Christopher A. Reeder, D.O., FACOS
John W. Royalty, D.O., FACOS
Brett A. Schlifka, D.O., FACOS
W. Britt Zimmerman, D.O., FACOS
Alice A. Higdon, D.O. – Resident Member 

*Photo - [Front row from left to right]: Scott A. Blickensderfer, D.O., FACOS; Todd A. Nickloes, D.O., FACOS; Ray L. Morrison, D.O., FACOS; Larry G. Armstrong, D.O., FACOS; Eugene W. Laveroni, D.O., FACOS [Middle row from left to right]: Alice A. Higdon, D.O.; Kristen J. Conrad-Schnetz, D.O., FACOS; Nelayda Fonte, D.O., FACOS; Dawn M. Bodell, D.O., FACOS; Mandip S. Atwal, D.O., FACOS [Back row from left to right]: Stuart J.D. Chow, D.O., FACOS; David L. Acuna, D.O., FACOS; J. Bracken Burns, D.O., FACOS; Christopher A. Reeder, D.O., FACOS; W. Britt Zimmerman, D.O., FACOS; Brett A. Schlifka, D.O., FACOS; John W. Royalty, D.O., FACOS.