John E. Bodell, DO
Trustee
Trenton, Mich.
Dr. Bodell, an AOA board-certified surgeon, has served on the AOA's Committee on Professional Publications and as vice chair of the Bureau of Communications. He is a fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons and the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery.
He has also been active at the state and national levels and is a past president of the Michigan Osteopathic Association (MOA). He also has represented MOA at the AOA House of Delegates since 1987. Previously Dr. Bodell served on the AOA’s Hospice & Palliative Care Committee. He also is a graduate of the AOA’s Health Policy Fellowship.
Dr. Bodell has been the recipient of many honors and awards, including the American College of Surgeons Humanitarian Award and the Henry Ford/Wyandotte General Hospital Humanitarian Award, both in 2005. A past president of the Trenton Rotary Club, Dr. Bodell is a nine-time Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary International – an honor given to people who have donated $1,000 to annual programs or had the amount donated in their name. He also received a humanitarian award from Rotary International.
After earning his osteopathic medical degree at what is now the Kirksville (Mo.) College of Osteopathic Medicine-A.T. Still University, Dr. Bodell served his internship at Riverside Osteopathic Hospital and his residency at Detroit Osteopathic Hospital.