Amber Healy, DO, Appointed to Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Board of Governors

AACOM nominee Amber Healy, DO, was appointed to the Board of Governors of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). Dr. Healy is a diabetologist and clinical professor at Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. She will serve a six-year term with the opportunity for reappointment. PCORI strengthens the nation's health evidence base by funding patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research that informs health and healthcare decision making. Dr. Healy is the second osteopathic physician ever appointed to the board. Read AACOM's press release for more information about Dr. Healy's appointment.

"Osteopathic medicine shaped how I practice: whole person, prevention first, with the patient's own goals in the room. I'm honored to carry that perspective onto the PCORI Board of Governors, where decisions about research priorities affect patients like the ones DOs see every day."

– Amber Healy, DO, Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine