[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12455]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO JOHN STROSNIDER

 Mr. BUNNING. Mr. President, today I pay tribute to Dr. John 
Strosnider of Pikeville, KY, for his induction as the 110th president 
of the American Osteopathic Association, AOA. His steadfast support 
reinforces his organization's honorable goal of promoting osteopathic 
medicine, ensuring quality education and training programs, and 
preserving basic osteopathic principles.
  Dr. Strosnider will lead 56,000 osteopathic physicians and the AOA, 
an association organized to advance the philosophy and practice of 
osteopathic medicine by promoting excellence in education, research and 
the delivery of quality and cost-effective healthcare in a distinct, 
unified profession.
  Dr. Strosnider has been a member of the AOA since 1971 and has served 
on the board of trustees since 1992. During this time he has served on 
the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure and the Get Healthy Kentucky 
Board. In addition to his leadership roles with the AOA, Dr. Strosnider 
has served as a member of the Association of Osteopathic Medical 
Directors and Educators; the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine; 
the Medical Review Consultants Board of Directors; and the Kentucky 
Osteopathic Medical Association, KOMA, and was a past president of the 
Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, MAOPS.
  Throughout his career, Dr. Strosnider has received numerous honors 
including the 2005 KOMA Physician of the Year Award and the 1993 MAOPS 
Medallion Award.
  In September of 1996 Dr. Strosnider was appointed as the founding 
dean of the Pikeville College School of Osteopathic Medicine. The 
Pikeville College is the 19th college of osteopathic medicine in the 
United States. Its objective is to improve the delivery of healthcare 
to the people in the underserved areas of Appalachia. I have been very 
impressed with the progress the college has made in expanding access to 
healthcare in eastern Kentucky.
  I thank Dr. Strosnider for his dedication and commitment to 
osteopathy and congratulate him on his new position. His devotion to 
medicine serves as an example to all citizens of the 
Commonwealth.

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