The Philosophy of Osteopathic Medicine

Michael P. Rowane, DO, MS, FAAFP, FAAO, professor of family medicine and osteopathic manipulative medicine, is associate dean of clinical education for the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Rowane previously served as the director of medical education at University Hospitals Regional Hospitals and the director of osteopathic integration for the UH Osteopathic Consortium. He is a 1989 graduate of the Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine with an OMM predoctoral fellowship. After his family medicine residency, Dr. Rowane participated in faculty development fellowships at Case Western Reserve University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He completed a postdoctoral master’s in family medicine at CWRU and a fellowship with the National Institute for Program Directors. Dr. Rowane is a past president and fellow of the American Academy of Osteopathy. He co-directs a national osteopathic faculty development initiative for the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, Training the Osteopathic Professions Core Educators, as well as chairing their UME-GME Faculty Development Working Group. He previously served on the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education’s Osteopathic Principles Committee, and he currently serves on the Association of American Medical Colleges’ Electronic Residency Application Service Advisory Committee. Dr. Rowane has presented frequently nationally and has published multiple articles, book chapters and co-authored Basic Musculoskeletal Manipulation Skills: The 15 Minute Office Encounter with Paul Evans, DO.

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