Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine faculty member named Ohio’s Family Physician of the Year

Nathaniel Overmire, D.O., assistant clinical professor, was named family physician of the year by the Ohio Chapter of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians. The award recognizes an osteopathic physician who is involved in the community and has an exceptional clinical practice. Overmire, a 2016 graduate of the Heritage College, serves as a part-time faculty member on the college’s Dublin campus where he teaches clinical skills to first- and second-year medical students. In 2022, he became the Franklin County coroner.

“As a coroner, I talk to families all the time who are experiencing a loss, and what I want to say to you all tonight is that I’m so proud of you…because I know that you are dealing with trauma, dealing with grief…and I’m proud of you for showing up and being here and being in this community as an osteopathic physician,” said Overmire to attendees at the recent Ohio Osteopathic Symposium, where numerous Heritage College faculty and alumni were recognized for their achievements. “As an OUHCOM alumnus, I am also proud of what we are doing. We are influencing our community, we are making our community safer, better. We’re teaching the next generation of physicians.”

Two Heritage College graduates were also recognized by ACOFP as the top family medicine residents in Ohio. Jessica Harrah, D.O., is the chief resident at Doctors Hospital Family Medicine and graduated from the Heritage College in 2018. Kate Spencer, D.O., a 2022 Heritage College graduate raised in Glouster, is a resident with the OhioHealth O’Bleness Family Medicine Residency in Athens.

Below is the complete list of award recipients honored at the Ohio Osteopathic Symposium, a continuing medical education event for osteopathic physicians that is co-sponsored by the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Society of Alumni & Friends and the Ohio Osteopathic Association.

Heritage College Society of Alumni & Friends

• Alumnus of the Year – Kristen Conrad-Schnetz, D.O. (’09)
• Outstanding Recent Graduate – Francis Essien, D.O. (’18)
• Medal of Merit – John Koncelik, D.O. (’82)
• Distinguished Service – Andrew Razzano, D.O., (’09)
• Honorary Alumnus – Louis Leone, D.O.

Ohio Chapter of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians

• Distinguished Service – Edward A. Robles, D.O. (‘97)
• Family Medicine Resident of the Year – Jessica L. Harrah, D.O. (’18) and Kate Spencer, D.O. (‘22)
• Young Family Physician of the Year – Sean M. Johnson, D.O.
• Family Physician of the Year –Nathaniel M. Overmire, D.O. (‘16)

Ohio Osteopathic Association

• George L. Eckert Jr., DO Mentor of the Year – John F. Ramey, D.O. (’92)
• Distinguished Service – Jennifer L. Gwilym, D.O. (‘03)
• M. Bridget Wagner, DO Humanitarian – Sarah Adkins, PharmD