At the Ohio House of Representatives session, May 23, legislators unanimously passed a resolution (HCR 43) urging Congress to appropriate funds for the telemedical diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury in military service members and veterans. Click here to see the language in HCR 43.
State Rep. Terry A. Johnson, DO (left) with Darren J. Sommer, DO,and his wife, Gina.
The issue was brought to the attention of State Rep. Terry A. Johnson, DO, by Maj. Darren J. Sommer, DO, Dublin, an osteopathic family physician who was at the House session. During his speech, Johnson commended Sommer, noting he was a fellow osteopathic physician and a veteran of the Global War on Terror. See the video on the OOA Facebook page at www.facebook.com/OhioDO.