Dr. Boyd R. Buser currently serves as a clinical professor at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine. He served as the 120th president of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) in 2016-2017. From 2007 to 2018, Dr. Buser served as vice president for health affairs and dean of the University of Pikeville’s Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine, where he held the rank of professor of Osteopathic Principles and Practice and professor of family medicine. He is a graduate of Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine, and is board certified in osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) and family medicine. He has taught extensively both nationally and internationally in the field of OMM. He has a long history of advocacy in the physician payment policy arena, having been elected by the American Medical Association (AMA) Board of Trustees to serve on the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Editorial Panel, the first DO to be so elected.

Dr. Buser is the immediate past chair of the Board of Directors of the Osteopathic International Alliance and is a past chair of the Board of the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners (NBOME). From 2011-2013, he served as the co-chair of the AOA/Association of American Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) Blue Ribbon Commission on the Advancement of Osteopathic Medical Education. He chaired the AOA’s Bureau of OGME Development and was an instrumental figure in the development of the single accreditation system for graduate medical education in the US. He served as a member of the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure from 2007-2018. Dr. Buser currently serves on the Board of Directors of the International Association of Medical Regulatory Authorities (IAMRA). In 1995, Dr. Buser served as president of the American Academy of Osteopathy and was named Educator of the Year by the AOA and American Osteopathic Foundation in 1994.