Alumnus Elected to the American Osteopathic Association Board of Trustees

(CHICAGO ) — Draion M. Burch, D.O. (’07), an obstetrics and gynecology resident from Detroit, was recently elected as the intern and resident representative to the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) Board of Trustees during its House of Delegates meeting in Chicago.

“I am honored to be elected to serve on the AOA Board of Trustees,” Burch said. “I look forward to the opportunity to represent my fellow osteopathic interns and residents.”
 
In 2009, Burch, who is currently chief resident at the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine/St. John Providence Health System Osteopathic Division Macomb-Oakland Hospital in Warren, Mich., received the program’s OBGYN Resident of the Year award.  
 
Burch will serve this year as chair of the AOA Council of Interns and Residents. He will also act as a resident representative to the Michigan Osteopathic Association (MOA) Board of Trustees
 
Aside from his involvement in the AOA and the MOA, Burch is also the resident representative to the Board of Trustees of the American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

Burch also holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans.