The new president of American Osteopathic Association said he will help the organization meet the needs of medicine in the 21st century and maintain the principles on which it was founded more than 100 years ago.
“We started out as a profession leaning towards taking care of our patients and keeping them well,” Joseph A. Giaimo, DO, MACOI, FCCP, said in an interview. “The message now is that we are here to help you when you are sick, but more importantly, try to keep you well.”
Giaimo, who is the 125th president of the AOA, graduated from the Philadelphia College of