Having initially studied biology, Mr. Sterlingot graduated as an osteopath in 1996 from the Collège International d’Ostéopathie – CIDO Saint-Etienne. He has been running a private practice since 1996 and, in 2002, was elected Chair of the Syndicat Français Des Ostéopathes. In 2007 Phillipe obtained a Masters in Law, with a focus on health. As national representative of French Osteopaths, he has been closely involved throughout the process of osteopathic recognition and regulation in France which began in 2002.  Philippe has been an International affiliated member of the American Academy of Osteopathy since 2003 and the Osteopathic Cranial Academy since 2011. He has been Vice-Chair of the Forum for Osteopathic Regulation in Europe (FORE), until its merger with the European Federation and Forum for Osteopathy (EFFO) in 2018. He is currently the chair of the Unité pour l’ostéopathie, a French umbrella organisation which brings together the Syndicat Français Des Ostéopathes, an association of students in osteopathy, an association of colleges of osteopathy, and one of osteopaths.

Boyd R. Buser, D.O. served as the 120th President of the American Osteopathic Association.  From 2007 until 2018, Dr. Buser was Vice President for Health Affairs and Dean of the University of Pikeville’s Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine.  He is a graduate of Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine, is dually board certified in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine and Family Medicine and is a Distinguished Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians.  He has taught extensively both nationally and internationally in the field of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine.  Dr. Buser is a past Chairman of the Board of the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners (NBOME) and was a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Osteopathic International Alliance.  In 1995, Dr. Buser served as President of the American Academy of Osteopathy and was named Educator of the Year by the AOA and American Osteopathic Foundation in 1994. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (USA) and the International Association of Medical Regulatory Authorities.

Laura has an enthusiastic and positive attitude towards promoting, supporting and developing the position of the osteopathic profession in Finland and internationally. She has shown great leadership qualities in Finland and within the Nordic and European osteopathic community. She holds leading positions both in the Finnish association and in the company that she runs, and is known by her colleagues to be an encouraging team player.  Laura is a graduate of the Metropolia University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki and the Women’s Health 2- year post-graduate programme of Molinari Institute of Health in London. She is about to finish her Master’s degree in Health Business Management at Metropolia in June 2020. Laura has participated in the working of the OIA through two different working groups over the last 1,5 years and is involved and very interested in the international politics of osteopathy. She works as a part of a co-operative clinic that she runs, which allows her to concentrate on the work she does for the Finnish Osteopathic Association. She has been a board member of the association since 2016 and the president of the association since 2018. She has done a lot of lobbying and promoting of osteopathy in Finland, and in her time of being president of the Finnish association, hugely contributed to improving the national regulatory framework. Since January 2020 she is a part-time member of the Metropolia UAS faculty of osteopathy.  Laura has dual nationality (USA-Finland) and lived in Holland and Belgium for 16 years. Prior to studies in osteopathy, she worked six years with arts administration in Brussels and speaks Dutch, English, and French in addition to Finnish.  As the president of the FOA Laura works closely with the principals of the osteopathic schools in Finland. She is the representative of Finland for the EFFO and works actively together with the other Nordic presidents from Norway, Sweden, Iceland, and Denmark.

Rebecca Giusti, DO is currently the chair and the OMS I course director of the NMM/OMM Department at COMP, Western University in Pomona, California. She is double boarded in family practice and NMM/OMM and has been certified as competent by the Osteopathic Cranial Academy. She is currently the Chair of ECOP, on the board of the AOBNMM and is on the Board of the Governors of the AAO. Dr. Giusti has co-authored several chapters in the 4th edition of the Foundations of Osteopathic Medicine textbook. She is passionate about fitness and preventative healthcare.

Dr. Levine has been in the osteopathic family his whole life. He was born at Detroit Osteopathic Hospital while his father was interning. Not only did his father (Howard Levine, DO – 101st) and he serve as AOA President, but so did the obstetrician (Phil Adler, DO – 81st) who delivered him. His grandfather (David Steinbaum, DO – KCOM ‘30) was the first D.O. in the family, and they have 24 D.O.s through four generations. He knows that it was his grandfather’s example that attracted all the other family members to become D.O.s. They saw how much his grandfather’s patients loved and respected him and knew he was making a difference in their lives. Having been fortunate enough to go into practice with both his grandfather and father, he learned how to be a “good D.O.” and perform OMT on every patient on every visit, regardless of where the visit took place.

He also learned leadership skills from them. They believed that only through joining member organizations and participating in policy decisions could one understand and lead fellow D.O.s. Leadership positions came out of hard work, attending meetings, and never saying no to new opportunities to serve the osteopathic profession. These lessons and shared decision-making in the practice partnership led him to organizational leadership positions on a local, state, and national level. He served on national external task forces for other member organizations and governmental committees that advised both Congress and the U.S. administration through Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, and Congressional Senate and House committees.

He graduated from KCOM and completed a Family Medicine residency, where he was chief resident. He practiced FM for 33 years while maintaining a sports medicine practice as a team physician to the U.S. Olympic Team, NJ Nets, and the NY/NJ MetroStars, Elite Athlete Physician at the NJ Waterfront, NYC and Boston Marathons, three colleges, and a dozen high schools. He also started residency programs at five hospitals between 1995 and 2016, serving as director of medical education and FM residency director at two.