Born in Nigeria and raised in both Canada and Connecticut, Olutayo Sogunro, DO, MS, is a breast surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center. Dr. Sogunro’s clinical focus is breast surgical oncology. She says the whole-person care model is vitally important for patients with breast cancer. She is also interested … Read More
If you haven’t tuned up your car in years, you likely wouldn’t hop in the driver’s seat to take it on an unplanned trip across the country.
Before she was “Paging Dr. Fran” to over a million followers online, she was a medical student at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) discovering the profound impact of a comforting osteopathic touch. Now a full-time OB-GYN and mom of three, Franziska Haydanek, DO, is on a mission to cut through the digital noise … Read More
The following list of recently deceased osteopathic physicians includes links to obituaries and online memorials if they’re available. Readers can notify the AOA of their deceased colleagues by sending an email to [email protected]. You may also view a list of past In Memoriam columns.
Ronald Earl Ayres, DO, was born on March 8, 1942, in Pittsburgh to Julia and Earl Ayres. He died on March 9, 2026, at the age of 84. He is survived by his wife, Ruth Ann (Stetson) Ayres; his three children, Tanya Brown, Brandon and Jeffrey Ayres, and eight grandchildren.
Applications for the AOA’s 2026-2027 Training in Policy Studies (TIPS) cohort are now being accepted. The TIPS Program is a policy-based program that provides fellows with an understanding of current health care policy issues while also facilitating leadership opportunities. It serves as an initial leadership and policy program for residents wishing to become more active within the … Read More
he first thing John Pham, DO, remembers about arriving in the United States wasn’t opportunity—it was uncertainty. His parents, once a fighter pilot and an airline employee in Vietnam, stepped into a new life where their credentials didn’t carry over and survival came first.
he AOA’s The DO is the nation’s most well-known news publication focused on osteopathic medicine. The DO covers topics relevant throughout each stage of medical training and career, from med student to retiree. The DO is predominantly written by DOs, for DOs.
Acareer as a physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) physician has given Dwan Perry, DO, the opportunity to travel to places he’s never been before. He has traveled domestically to small cities in the Dakotas and internationally to other continents. Most recently Dr. Perry, a West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM) 2008 graduate and a … Read More