PHILADELPHIA —The National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners (NBOME), an independent, nonprofit organization that provides competency assessments for osteopathic medical licensure and related health care professions, honored Peter B. Ajluni, DO, with the NBOME Santucci Award at its recent Board of Directors meeting on June 7.
The Santucci Award is the highest honor the NBOME bestows, given to members of its Board, staff, or committees with 10 or more years of service for their outstanding contributions to the mission of the NBOME.
Ajluni is an orthopedic surgeon and Fellow of the Osteopathic Colleges of Orthopedics and Surgery. He served on the NBOME Board of Directors from 2013-2023 and has served on the Executive Committee, the Compensation Subcommittee (Chair) and the Nominating (Chair), Finance, and Audit (Chair) committees.
He is a past president of the American Osteopathic Association (2007) and past board president of the American Osteopathic Foundation, and he currently serves on the board of directors for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.
He has also served on the board of several professional organizations, including the Michigan Osteopathic Association, the Macomb County Osteopathic Association, the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons, the American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedic Surgery, the Osteopathic International Alliance, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation.
Ajluni received his osteopathic medical degree from Chicago College of Osteopathy (now Midwestern University Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine).
Previous Santucci winners are:
2023 | Dana C. Shaffer, DO
2022 | Eugene A. Oliveri, DO | Geraldine T. O’Shea, DO
2021 | Ronald R. Burns, DO, MS
2019 | Gary L. Slick, DO, MA
2018 | Sydney L. Steele, JD
2017 | Wayne R. Carlsen, DO
2016 | William G. Anderson, DO
2015 | John W. Becher, DO | Janice A. Knebl, DO, MBA
2014 | John E. Thornburg, DO, PhD | Shirley Bodett
2013 | Boyd R. Buser, DO
2012 | Sheryl Bushman, DO | Linjun Shen, PhD, MPH
2011 | Joseph F. Smoley, PhD
2010 | Frederick G. Meoli, DO
2009 | Thomas F. Santucci, DO