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OU-HCOM alumnus elected to AOA Board of
Trustees
William J. Burke, D.O., F.A.C.O.F.P.
(’88),
of Gahanna, was elected to the American
Osteopathic Association (AOA) Board of
Trustees during its recent annual
business meeting in Chicago. He is an
AOA board-certified family physician.
“I look forward to continuing my service
to the osteopathic medical profession in
this new capacity,” Burke said.
A fellow of the American College of
Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP),
Burke serves as program director of the
family medicine residency at Doctors
Hospital in Columbus. He also is an
associate professor of family medicine
at the Ohio University Heritage College of
Osteopathic Medicine (OU-HCOM).
In addition to his responsibilities on
the Board of Trustees, Burke serves the
AOA as vice chair of the Council on
Continuing Medical Education and as a
member of the Bureau of Osteopathic
Clinical Education and Research and the
Council on Research. At the state level,
he is a past president of the Ohio State
Society of the ACOFP and of the Columbus
Academy of Osteopathic Medicine.
Burke has received numerous awards,
including the Family Physician of the
Year Award in 2010 from the Ohio State
Society of the ACOFP, the Outstanding
Faculty and the Distinguished Service
awards from OU-HCOM, and just last year,
the Distinguished Service Award from
Ohio University. He also received the
AOA’s Clinical Assessment Program
Residency Program of the Year Award in
2009 from the American Osteopathic
Foundation.
He served on the Ohio University Alumni
Association Board of Directors from 1996
to 2003, including two years as
chairman. He also served as president of
OU-HCOM’s Society of Alumni and Friends
for three years and as chair of the
OU-HCOM Advisory Board for five years. As
a medical student, he served as
president and vice president of the
Student Government Association. He is a
1984 graduate of Capital University in
Columbus.
After earning his osteopathic medical
degree from OU-COM, Burke completed his
internship and residency at Doctors
Hospital, where he served as chief
resident.
Burke has traveled to China four times
as part of a humanitarian group to
evaluate the state of primary care
medicine and to provide medical
assistance in the aftermath of the 2008
earthquake. To read about Burke’s visits
to China, go to
http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/news/stories/burke/.
Burke and his wife, Deborah, have two
children, Lydia and Ross.
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