Distinguished Service Award

Nomination Timeline

Recipients of this award are selected by the ACOFP President. Nominations are not accepted.

About the Award

The Distinguished Service Award honors individuals who have demonstrated exceptional service and unwavering dedication to the ACOFP. Through active committee involvement and other impactful contributions, recipients have advanced both the osteopathic family medicine profession and the mission of the ACOFP.

A Look Back:

Award Recipients

Current Award Recipient(s)

Bonyo Bonyo, DO
W. Joshua Cox, DO, FACOFP
Rodney Wiseman, DO, FACOFP dist.
Anna Karina Zuniga

Past Award Recipients

2013 - Eric E. Mast, DO
2013 - Joseph C. Mazzola, DO FACOFP
2006 - Alan W. Brewer, DO FACOFP
2025 - Ioanna Z. Giatis-Kessler, DO, FACOFP
2020 - Joel M. Feder, DO, FACOFP dist.
2013 - Myral R. Robbins, DO FACOFP
2015 - Donald J. Sefcik, DO, DO, MBA, FACOFP
2017 - Kenneth D. McLeod, DO FACOFP
2025 - Larry J. Witmer, DO FACOFP
2012 - Jay H. Shubrook, DO FACOFP
2008 - *Max E. Helman, DO FACOFP dist
2007 - John R. Bowling, DO FACOFP dist.
2013 - David Skillinge, DO, FAAFP, FACOFP
2013 - Eric Hunter Sharp, DO
2006 - *T. Eugene Zachary, DO FACOFP dist
2021 - Carol L. Henwood, DO, FACOFP dist.
2013 - Margaret M. Wilkins, DO FACOFP
2013 - William J. Moran, DO
2013 - Lorenzo L. Pence, DO, FAODME, FACOFP
2012 - *Max E. Helman, DO FACOFP dist
2021 - Carol L. Henwood, DO, FACOFP dist.
2020 - Christopher P. Zipp, DO FACOFP
2022 - Janel H. Johnson, DO, FACOFP
2013 - Joseph N. Cook, DO, MPH, FACOFP
2013 - Rob Danoff, DO, MS, FAAFP, FACOFP
2023 - Jeffrey S. Grove, DO, FACOFP dist.
2008 - *Burt N. Routman, DO FACOFP dist.
2013 - Saroj Misra, DO, FAAFP, FACOFP dist.
2009 - *Howard L. Neer, DO FACOFP
2016 - Rob Danoff, DO, MS, FAAFP, FACOFP
2004 - *Robert G. Maul, DO FACOFP
2013 - Quincy O. Scott, Jr., DO
2004 - *Elton D. Lehman, DO
2016 - Joseph C. Mazzola, DO FACOFP
2009 - Barbara Ross-Lee, DO FACOFP
2016 - Harald Lausen, DO, FACOFP dist.
2024 - Robert C. DeLuca, DO, FACOFP dist.
2020 - Jonathan W. Torres, DO, MPA, FAAO, FACOFP
2013 - Brian A. Kessler, DO, FACOFP dist.
2007 - Joseph R. Schlecht, DO FACOFP
2013 - Ronnie B. Martin, DO, FACOFP dist.
2006 - *Donald M. Peterson, DO FACOFP
2013 - Peter Zajac, DO FACOFP
2007 - *Eric J. Sheflin, DO FACOFP dist
2013 - Jennifer W. Swoyer, DO
2012 - Rob Danoff, DO, MS, FAAFP, FACOFP
2011 - Joseph N. Cook, DO, MPH, FACOFP
2007 - Kenneth E. Nelson, DO FACOFP dist
2013 - Janet M. Lieto, DO FACOFP
2022 - Brian Bixler, MD
2013 - Gregory D. Smith, DO FACOFP dist.
2013 - Victoria L. Shuman, DO FACOFP
2010 - *Burt N. Routman, DO FACOFP dist.
2021 - Steve Legault, MSW, CAE
2013 - Robert N. Pedowitz, DO, FACOFP, DO FACOFP
2013 - Richard R. Terry, DO FACOFP
2013 - Kenneth A. Heiles, DO, FACOFP dist.
2024 - Thomas N. Told, DO, FACOFP dist.
2016 - Joseph P. Molnar, DO, FACOFP dist.
2008 - Jeffry A. Lindenbaum, DO FACOFP dist
2015 - Merideth C. Norris, DO, FACOFP
2006 - Harvey M. Spector, DO FACOFP
2006 - *T. Robert Sharp, DO FACOFP
2025 - Joseph P. Molnar, DO, FACOFP dist.
2004 - *Marcelino Oliva, Jr., DO FACOFP dist.
2023 - Kevin V. de Regnier, DO, FACOFP dist.
2013 - Natalie A. Nevins, DO, MSHPE, FACOFP
2024 - Nicole H. Bixler, DO, MBA, FACOFP dist.
2009 - Roberta A. Wattleworth, DO FACOFP