All core faculty are neuromusculoskeletal medicine/osteopathic manipulative medicine certified.
Our faculty and residents have earned first and second-place awards for several national, regional, and local poster presentations of their scholarly work.
Albert Kozar, DO, R-MSK
Program Director
Dr. Luke Robinson, DO, DABMA
Asst. Program Director
Dr. Robinson is board certified in NMM-OMM and family medicine. He is certified in Acupuncture and brings 5+ years of clinic practice experience. His interests are in OMM and acupuncture of all ages.
His current & recent research projects have included:
- Along with Dr. Kozar, they are beginning to study the movements of the diaphragm, liver & kidneys in patients with and w/o disease using MSK ultrasound, elastography & spirometry in relation to OMT
Dr. Hope Tobey, DO, FAAP, FACOP
Core Faculty
Dr. Tobey is board certified in NMM-OMM and Pediatrics and is a Fellow in the American Academy of Pediatrics as well as the American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians. Her experience includes 7+ years of inpatient and outpatient general pediatrics prior to focusing her clinical work on osteopathic manipulation in 2016. Dr. Tobey’s clinical interests include Pediatric OMT and OMT during pregnancy.
Her current & recent research projects have included:
- Effect of Osteopathic Cranial Manipulative Medicine on an Aged Rat Model of Alzheimer Disease
- JAOA Nov 2019, v119, pg712-723. Hope Tobey, DO; Tyler Lucas, BS; Douglas Bledsoe, BS; Michael Mykins, BS; Caroline Campbell, BS; Stuart S. Berr, PhD; Todd Sasser, PhD; Richard Helm, PhD; Per Gunnar Brolinson, DO; Bradley G. Klein, PhD; Blaise M. Costa, MPharm, PhD. PMID: 31613309
- Frequency of Somatic Dysfunction in Infants with A Diagnosis of Tongue Tie
- The AAO Journal • Vol. 28, No. 4 • December 2018. Hope Tobey, DO, FAAP, FACOP, and Albert J. Kozar, DO, FAOASM, R-MSK.
Dr. David Harden, DO, FAAFP, NMMOMM
Core Faculty
Dr. Harden is board certified in NMMOMM, and Board Eligible and a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American Academy of Anti-aging Medicine. His experience includes eight years in Clinical Family Medicine combining general family medicine and OMM prior to joining the faculty at VCOM—Virginia campus. Since joining the clinical faculty in 2004, Dr. Harden has had a focus in Geriatrics and OMM. Since 2008 he has been Department and Discipline Chair of OMM. Dr. Harden’s clinical interests are in osteopathy and OMM.
Harriet Shaw, DO
Guest Lecturer
Dr. Shaw is board certified in NMM-OMM and brings 44+ years of clinical experience and > 30 years of OMM faculty experience at Oklahoma before semi-retiring in Virginia
Anthony Chila, DO, FAAO, Dist., FCA, DPNAP and Fellow (Ost. Med.)
Guest lecturer and 40-hour cranial course instructor
Dr. Chila is board certified in NMM-OMM and family medicine and is a world renowned osteopathic educator, leader, writer, editor, historian, and mentor