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Karen J. Nichols, DO, the first female president of the AOA, leaves academia to help build osteopathic medicine’s influence

By The DO

05.16.18

After a 16-year tenure as dean of Midwestern University/Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine (MWU/CCOM), AOA Past President Karen J. Nichols, DO, is moving on in order to devote more time to serving in other leadership positions in medicine.