Robert A. Kistner Award
About Robert A. Kistner, DO
Robert A. Kistner, DO, served as dean of the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine for 20 years. He had a family medical practice in the south suburbs of Chicago.
At the state level, he served on the Board of Directors of the Illinois Regional Programs; the task force on medical education; and the Council on Continuing Education for the State of Illinois. At the federal level, Dr. Kistner served as a representative to the White House Conference on Health; a consultant to the Health Professions Educational Program; and a member of the Graduate Medical Educational National Advisory Committee of the HRA. He served in the United States Navy in World War II.
Award Recipients
2024 - Rita Getz, PhD
2023 - Silvia M. Ferretti, DO
2022 - Margaret Wilson, DO
2021 - Boyd R. Buser, DO
2020 - William G. Anderson, DO
2019 - Dixie J. Tooke-Rawlins, DO
2018 - D. Keith Watson, DO
2017 - Barbara Ross-Lee, DO
2016 - Mitchell D. Forman, DO
2015 - Karen J. Nichols, DO, MA, MACOI, CS
2014 - Clinton E. Adams, DO, MPA and Anthony Silvagni, DO, PharmD
2013 - Matthew Schure, PhD
2012 - John M. Ferretti, DO
2011 - Philip C. Slocum
2010 - Stephen C. Shannon, DO, MPH
2009 - Marc B. Hahn, DO
2008 - Gary L. Slick, DO
2006 - Ronald R. Blanck, DO
2005 - Jordan J. Cohen, MD
2004 - Paul Peter Koro, DO (posthumously)
2002- Benjamin L. Cohen, DO
2001 - Ward E. Perrin, DO
2000 - Eileen DiGiovanna, DO