Physician Recognition
Victoria Damba, D.O., Installed as President of MAOPS
Victoria Damba, D.O., of Farmington was recently installed as President of the Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (MAOPS). A hospitalist at Mineral Area Regional Medical Center (MARMC), Dr. Damba represents the hospital’s medical staff on Capella Healthcare’s National Physician Leadership Group.
Dr. Damba will lead the state organization for osteopathic physicians, also an affiliate of the American Osteopathic Association, during the next year. She was installed as President by her husband, Dwayne Damba, D.O., who is also on MARMC’s medical staff.
As part of her duties, Dr. Damba will travel to the organization’s sixteen affiliate districts. The purposes of the visits include (1) informing members throughout the state of the activities of their state professional organization, and (2) to hear and address the concerns of osteopathic physicians in Missouri. She will also lead the Missouri Delegates to the American Osteopathic Association’s House of Delegates in Chicago this summer. During the AOA’s House of Delegates, the AOA’s policy making body for the national association, Dr. Damba will be responsible for ensuring that the voice of Missouri’s almost 3,000 osteopathic physicians is heard.
Dr. Damba has been active in MAOPS all of her career, serving on virtually every committee, Dr. Damba graduated in 1997 from A.T. Still University – Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Dr. Damba talks about her approach to medicine in this interview with the CEO of MARMC:
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July Physician Of The Month
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June Physician Of The Month
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May Physician Of The Month
Congratulations to Erick Calmet, M.D., Family Practice and Pediatrics, as Mineral Area Regional Medical Center announces he has been chosen as the Physician of the month for May.
April Physician Of The Month
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March Physician Of The Month
Honoring Rafael Figueroa, M.D., Colorectal Surgery, Mineral Area Regional Medical Center named him as Physician of the month for March.
February Physician Of The Month
Mineral Area Regional Medical Center has announced that William C. Sippo, M.D., General Surgeon has been named the Physician of the month for February.
January Physician Of The Month
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