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MOA Board Profiles
	Craig L. Magnatta, D.O. President
Dr. Magnatta received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Michigan and completed postgraduate studies with Wayne State University. He received his Doctor of Osteopathy degree from the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Magnatta is a board certified family practitioner in private practice with Meadowbrook Family MedCenters in Troy and Oxford, is a member of the Department of Family Practice with both North Oakland Medical Center and with William Beaumont Hospital and is a past president of the Michigan Association of Osteopathic Family Physicians. Dr. Magnatta is also an assistant clinical professor for both MSUCOM and the University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kansas City, Missouri.

	Susan C. Sevensma, D.O., FAODME Immediate Past-President
Dr. Sevensma received her Bachelor of Science degree from Grand Valley State University with high honors. She received her Doctor of Osteopathy degree from the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine where she received the Judith K. Weiswasser Award for Outstanding Woman Graduate. Dr. Sevensma is a board certified family practitioner and program director for the Family Practice Residency Program at Metro Health Hospital in Grand Rapids. She has staff privileges at both Metro Health Hospital and the Butterworth Campus of Spectrum Health Care in Grand Rapids. Dr. Sevensma is also an assistant clinical professor for MSUCOM.

	Donna Moyer, D.O. President-Elect
Dr. Moyer is board certified in both radiology and nuclear medicine. She is a graduate of Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed her diagnostic radiology residency at Bi-County Community Hospital in Warren. She completed her nuclear medicine fellowship at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak. She is currently serving as chief of radiology at Carson City Hospital.

	George T. Sawabini , D.O., FACOFP Trustee
Dr. Sawabini is a board certified family practioner currently practicing at Farmington Village Family Practice. He received his Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Oklahoma. Dr. Sawabini graduated from Kansas City College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1976. He is an ex-officio member of the Michigan Association of Osteopathic Family Physicians and holds several other memberships including the AOAOP and the ACOFP.

	Kurt C. Anderson, D.O. Trustee
Kurt Anderson, D.O., of Shepherd, is a family physician with a private practice in Shepherd. In addition, he is medical director of The Laurels of Mt. Pleasant and is an active member of the Gratiot Community Hospital medical staff and Central Michigan Community Hospital medical staff. Dr. Anderson is a graduate of A.T. Still University Kirksville in Missouri and is board certified by the American College of Osteopathic Family Practice. He is an active member of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), American Academy of Sports Medicine and American Medical Directors Association. He is a past president of the Michigan Association of Osteopathic Family Physicians.

	Edward J. Canfield, D.O. Trustee
Edward Canfield, D.O., of Sebewaing, is a family physician in practice with his wife, Cheryl Canfield, D.O., in Sebewaing. He is regional medical director for Heartland Hospice Services, Inc., of Bay City, and a clinical assistant professor for the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine’s (MSUCOM) Department of Family and Community Medicine and an assistant professor of family practice for Des Moines University Osteopathic Medical Center College of Osteopathic Medicine, Des Moines, Iowa. Dr. Canfield is a graduate of MSUCOM and is board certified by the American Board of Osteopathic Family Physicians. He is an active member of the AOA, American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, a past president of the Eastern Michigan Osteopathic Association and a current member of the Michigan Association of Osteopathic Family Physicians Board of Directors.

	Michael D. Weiss, D.O., F.A.C.O.O.G. Trustee
Dr. Weiss of Rochester Hills, has a private practice in obstetrics and gynecology with the Women’s Wellness Institute in Rochester Hills. He is the program director for St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Macomb Division’s Obstetrics and Gynecologic Surgery Residency and is an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology for MSUCOM. Dr. Weiss is a graduate of MSUCOM, is board certified, and is a distinguished fellow of the American Osteopathic Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and is a class of 2000 Fellow in the AOA Osteopathic Heritage Health Policy Fellowship. He is an active member of the AOA, the American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians and Gynecologists, a past president of the Macomb County Osteopathic Medical Association, a current member of the Oakland County Osteopathic Medical Association Board of Trustees and is the president of the MSUCOM Alumni Association.

	Myral R. Robbins, D.O., FAAFP, FACOFP Trustee
Dr. Robbins received her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine (MSUCOM) in East Lansing, Michigan. She is board certified in family practice by the American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians. Currently, Dr. Robbins is a family medicine physician with the Michigan State University Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies (KCMS) and Program Director for the KCMS, osteopathic family medicine residency. She is also a member of the medical staff of Borgess Medical Center and Bronson Methodist Hospital.

	Robert G. Piccinini, D.O., FACN Trustee
Dr. Piccinini received his Doctor of Osteopathy degree from the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine (MSUCOM) in East Lansing, Michigan, and is board certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Neurology and Psychiatry. He also sub-specializes in Forensic Psychiatry. Currently, Dr. Piccinini is in private practice at Associates in Psychiatry, PLLC, in Clinton Township, Chief of Psychiatry for Henry Ford Bi-County Hospital in Warren, and is a member of the Occupational and Industrial Medicine, Ford Motor Complex, Rouge Complex – Central Medical Services.

	Lawrence Abramson, D.O., MPH Trustee
Dr. Abramson received his Doctor of Osteopathy degree from the Des Moines College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery in Iowa, and his Master of Public Health ,Occupational Medicine from the University of Michigan. He is board certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Family Practice and the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians. Currently, Dr. Abramson serves as the quality director for POH Regional Medical Center, Pontiac, while also serving on several of the POH Regional Medical Center’s committees including chair of the Hospital Practices as well as the Utilization Review and Professional Practices Committees and as a member of the Bioethics and the Medical Executive Committees. He is also the immediate past president of the Oakland County Osteopathic Medical Association, a member of the board of trustees for the Michigan Association of Osteopathic Family Practitioners and has served as an MOA delegate to the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) House of Delegates.

	John E. Bodell, D.O., FACOS Past President, Trustee
Dr. Bodell, a board certified surgeon in private practice in Trenton, received his Doctor of Osteopathy degree from the A.T. Still University Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (KCOM) in Kirksville, Missouri. In 2005, he became one of only four recipients to be given the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons Humanitarian Award. His charitable activities include annual medical missions to Haiti where he established feeding programs and a birthing center (that now averages 250 deliveries each month) and the development of a free clinic for children of River Rouge who are from families with income below the poverty level. In addition to his own practice, Dr. Bodell is past medical director of the Arbor Hospice of Michigan and regional dean and associate professor of surgery at KCOM. In 2005, he completed an American Osteopathic Association Health Policy Fellowship.

	Dennis Paradis, M.P.H. Executive Director
Mr. Paradis is the Executive Director of the Michigan Osteopathic Association. In addition to graduating from Michigan State University, Mr. Paradis earned his M.P.H. at the University of Michigan. He has been affiliated with the health care industry in many ways since 1974.

MOA Board Contact Information You can contact the Board of Trustees by calling (800) 657-1556, emailing them at trustee@mi-osteopathic.org or by mailing them at: Michigan Osteopathic Association Attn: Board Member 2445 Woodlake Circle Okemos, MI 48864

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