132 Leadership Dr. Grove also holds subspecialty certifications from the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians in case management, managed care, and risk management. Throughout his career, Dr. Grove has played an active leadership role, serving as the Florida ACOFP State Society president from 2001 to 2002 and president of the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association from 2011 to 2012. His contributions to ACOFP and the entire osteopathic community have been felt before, during, and after his time serving on the Board of Governors. In honor of his sustained, exemplary work, he was awarded the 2016 ACOFP Excellence in Advocacy Award, the 2020 ACOFP Physician of the Year, and the 2023 Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Grove was also awarded the 2003 FSACOFP Physician of the Year and the 2009 FSACOFP Distinguished Service Award. In 2013, Dr. Grove formed the ACOFP Minority/ LGBTQI Health and Wellness Committee, which recognized segments of patient and physician populations experiencing health care disparities and discrimination. In 2018, the committee launched the Jeffrey Grove, DO, FACOFP dist., Minority/LGBTQI+ Health Disparity and Wellness Poster Competition, which invited all osteopathic students and family medicine residents to participate. Dr. Grove also started the LGBTQIA+ Reception, which continues to grow yearly and now even has full sponsorships. Additionally, Dr. Grove is part of the ACOFP Foundation’s Legacy Circle and is the largest individual contributor to the foundation’s Forging Our Osteopathic Future campaign, which is designed to foster osteopathic distinctiveness for generations to come by funding grants to take the AOBFP cognitive and practical exams. Dr. Grove has given selflessly not only to ACOFP, the ACOFP Foundation, and the ACOFP Florida Society, but also to AOA, AOF, and OPAC. 2014–2015 CAROL L. HENWOOD, DO, FACOFP dist. Pennsylvania Dr. Henwood began her presidency at a time of great controversy within the osteopathic profession. AOA had announced its intention to give up its postgraduate medical education accreditation activities and allow the ACGME to be the sole GME accrediting body in the United States. (For more information, see “Single Accreditation System,” in Chapter 4, page 73.) Under Dr. Henwood’s leadership, ACOFP took a strong position against this move. ACOFP became a leading voice of concern regarding the unintended consequences of a single GME accreditation system. Dr. Henwood went to the 2014 AOA House of Delegates meeting to voice ACOFP’s concerns. Prior to the meeting, Dr. Henwood had met with state societies, student groups, and AOA leadership. When the ACOFP resolution opposing the SAS came to the floor of the house, she made a powerful speech outlining ACOFP’s concerns. Ultimately, the ACOFP SAS resolution failed by the narrowest of margins. Dr. Henwood explains what happened next. “So, when our resolution was not adopted, I went to the microphone at the House of Delegates and said, ‘As the elected representative of ACOFP and spokesperson for those other folks, that we pledged to work tirelessly for the betterment of AOA,
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