Carisa Champion, DO, JD, MPH, is a fourth-year general surgery resident at University of Florida Health in Jacksonville, FL. She was the inaugural student in a DO/JD dual-degree program at NSU-COM, and is the third DO in the country to attain both degrees simultaneously and the first physician to achieve both while also pursuing a master’s in public health simultaneously. Before medical school Dr. Champion was a White House intern and worked with the Dept of health and human services on health related initiatives. She is a past AOA Board of Trustees Student Representative, past National Chair of the Council of Osteopathic Student Government Presidents (COSGP), a past national director of Omega Beta Iota National Osteopathic Political Action Honor Society, a former member of the Board of Trustees of the Academic Consortium on Criminal Justice Health, a past resident representative to the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association, and a past member of the AOA Brand Awareness Campaign Task Force and Strategic Planning Committee. Dr. Champion currently serves as a DO Care Board member, on several governmental affairs and mental health committees as well as a former AOA Training in Policy Studies (TIPS) Fellow.