PENNSYLVANIA, April 21 - PRINTER'S NO. 642

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE RESOLUTION

No.

93

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY PHILLIPS-HILL, J. WARD, KEARNEY, BROOKS, BROWNE,

HUGHES, ARGALL, SANTARSIERO, BOSCOLA, VOGEL, FONTANA,

L. WILLIAMS, BARTOLOTTA AND PITTMAN, APRIL 21, 2021

REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, APRIL 21, 2021

A RESOLUTION

Recognizing the week of April 18 through 24, 2021, as "National

Osteopathic Medicine Week" in Pennsylvania.

WHEREAS, There are currently 145,343 osteopathic physicians

(DOs) in the United States; and

WHEREAS, Pennsylvania is the nation's leader in osteopathic

medicine with more than 8,500 licensed DOs; and

WHEREAS, DOs have made tremendous contributions to the

American health care system, including treating United States

presidents and Olympic athletes, serving as Surgeon General of

the United States Army, serving as Physician to the President of

the United States and sitting on nationwide health care panels;

and

WHEREAS, DOs have a strong tradition of ensuring that

patients in all parts of the country have access to health care,

particularly in rural and medically underserved communities; and

WHEREAS, DOs practice a hands-on, whole-body approach, which

includes osteopathic manipulative medicine, to diagnose health

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