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Dr. Steven Sanet, D.O.


Dr. Steve Sanet, D.O, is an Internationally acclaimed American Osteopathic physician, lecturer, and founder of the Osteopathic Health and Wellness Institute (OHWI) in the United States and the Osteopathic College of Ontario (OCO) in Canada.

Honors In pursuit of his medical practice and teaching career, Dr. Sanet has received many honors and distinctions. Dr. Sanet has served as the Chairman of Credentials Committee of The Cranial Academy from 2004 - 2006, a component society of the American Academy of Osteopathy.

Public Speaking Dr. Sanet has been the keynote speaker for the British Osteopathic Association and the Finish Federation of Osteopaths. He has frequently lectured at Shingu College in Seoul Korea, Balgrist University in Zurich Switzerland, and various educational institutions in Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Helsinki, Venice, Rome, Namur, London, Tokyo, and across the United States.

Education - Academic Dr. Sanet is a graduate of Nova-Southeastern University of the Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine, where he completed a undergraduate fellowship in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine. Dr. Sanet was a resident in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Dr. Sanet graduated Summa Cum Laude, Pre-Medicine, from The Pennsylvania State University. Additional collegiate honors include Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, and Alpha Epsilon Delta. Dr. Sanet was a member of the Golden Key National Honor Society and University Scholars Program.

Dr. Sanet is a member of American Mensa, Ltd.

Extra-Curricular Education Dr. Sanet also pursued independent studies with accomplished Osteopaths Eliot Blackman, D.O, Jean-Pierre Barral, D.O., of France, and John Upledger, D.O. of the Upledger Institute in Palm Beach, Florida, John Wernham, D.O. in Maidstone England as well as many other renowned Osteopaths worldwide.

Dr. Sanet also received independent training and mentoring from Dr. Robert Fulford, D.O. who was heralded by Dr. Andrew Weil, M.D. and featured in his Spontaneous Healing, Dr. Weil's acclaimed book. Dr. Fulford's legendary ability to manifest healing through a classic, gentle, non-invasive, methods convinced Dr. Sanet to pursue and forward classic Osteopathic techniques against the dominant trends of modern medicine.

Instruction Dr. Sanet teaches Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine to Osteopathic Physicians, Medical Doctors, Chiropractic Physicians, Physical Therapists, Nurses, Oriental Medical Doctors, Acupuncturists, students, interns and residents at instructional facilities throughout the world.

Executive Titles:
Founder: Osteopathic Health & Wellness Institute Parkesburg, PA United States of America

Founder: Osteopathic College of Ontario Markham, Ontario, Canada

Chairman Credentials Committee (2004 - 2006): Cranial Academy (component society of the American Academy of Osteopathy) United States of America

Formal Education: American Academy of Osteopathy Indianapolis, Indiana June 24, 1999
 * Competency Exam Certified in Osteopathy in the Cranial Field, The Cranial Academy


 * Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Residency, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania July 1996 - June 1997


 * Traditional Rotating Internship, Riverside Osteopathic Hospital, Wilmington, Delaware July 1995 - June 1996


 * Nova-Southeastern University of the Health Sciences, Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine, D.O. degree completed 1995, North Miami Beach, Florida


 * Undergraduate Clinical Teaching Fellowship in Osteopathic Principles and Manipulative Medicine, Department of O.M.M., NOVA-SEUHS/SECOM, 1992-1995, North Miami Beach, Florida

Graduate: Penn-State University, B.S. degree, Summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1991, University Park, Pennsylvania

Extra-Curricular Training:



May 6 – 8, 2010: 23.0 Hours
 * R.O.M.E – Regional Osteopathic Conference, Regional Osteopathic Medical Education, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina,

Doris B. Newman, D.O. – Conference director Colorado Springs, Colorado, Ohio March 17 - 21, 2010: 30.0 Hours
 * American Academy of Osteopathy - Convocation, "Osteopathy for the 21st Century: Pelvis and Sacrum: Where it all comes together"

Colorado Springs, Colorado March 15 – 16, 2010: 16.0 Hours
 * Pelvic Pain: Mechanisms and Evidence Based Diagnosis & Treatment, Andry Vleeming, PhD & Frank Willard, Phd, Course Directors

June 2008: 22.25 Hours
 * Cranial Academy Annual Conference, "Bent Faces: Craniofacial Development, Birth to Adult", Indianapolis, Indiana, Eric Dolgin, D.O. & Tasha Turzo. D.O., Course Directors

May 3 - 4, 2008: 13.0 Hours
 * A Still Sutherland Study Group, "Using the Powers Within the PAtient's Body: WG Sutherland's Techniques for the Trunk and Upper Extremity", Great Barrington, Massachusettes

June 2007: 21.25 Hours
 * Cranial Academy Annual Conference, "And I Do Mean All", Tucson, Arizona, Therese Scott, D.O., Course Director

April 12, 2007: 2.0 Hours
 * Prevention of Medical Errors Online, University of South Florida

September 2006: 1 Hour
 * Delaware State Osteopathic Medical Society, "Head Trauma: Imaging and Clinical Issues", Wilmington, Delaware, Jonathan Gusdorff, D.O., Course Director

June 2006: 25 Hours
 * Cranial Academy Annual Conference, "Bent Twigs: Pediatric Osteopathy and Beyond", Virginia Beach, Virginia, John Jones, D.O., Course Director

June 2005: 25 Hours
 * Cranial Academy Annual Conference, "The Osteopathic Mind", Bloomfield, Illinois, Harold Goodman, D.O., Course Director

September 2004: 16 Hours
 * John Martin Littlejohn's Polygon of Forces, The John Wernham College of Classical Osteopathy, Maidstone, England, U.K. Mr. John Wernham., Course Director

June 2004: 23 Hours
 * Cranial Academy Annual Conf. "Movement, Balance and Posture: Relation to Osteopathy in the Cranial Field", Portland, Oregon, Therese Scott, D.O., Course Director

June 2002: 22 Hours
 * Cranial Academy Annual Conference "Back to our Roots", Des Moines, Iowa, John Baumeir, D.O., Course Director

October 2001: 16 Hours
 * Ligamentous Articular Strain, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Thomas Crow, D.O., Course Director

July 2001: 12 Hours
 * Clinical Pearls in Cranial Osteopathy, Frederick, Maryland, Bud Bernhardi, D.O., F.A.A.O., F.C.A., Course Director

August 25 - 27, 2000: 22 Hours
 * Anterior Midline Cranial Technique, San Francisco, California, Elliott Blackman, D.O., Course Director

June 22 - 25, 2000: 22 Hours
 * Cranial Academy Annual Conf. "Exploration in the Law of Mind, Matter and Motion", Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Judith L. Lewis, D.O., FCA and Margaret Sorrel, D.O. FCA,Course Directors

March 23 - 26, 2000: 31 hours
 * American Academy of Osteopathy AAO Convention, "Osteopathy for the 21st Century: Restoring Life and Function to the Chronic Pain Patient" Carl Osborn, D.O. Cleveland, Ohio

September 1999: 28 hours
 * Advancing Our Cranial Skills, Tucson, Arizona, Judith L. Lewis, D.O., Course Director

June 1999: 22 Hours
 * Cranial Academy Annual Conf. Concluding the "Decade of the Brain", San Antonio, Texas, Michael Kuchera, D.O., F.A.A.O., Course Director

February 1998: 16 hours
 * Cranial Osteopathy, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Stephen Blood, D.O., Course Director

David H. Loughran, D.O., Alexander S. Nicholas, D.O. June 1997: 16 hours
 * 4th Annual PCOM Family Weekend Seminar, Topics: Family Medicine, Infectious Diseases, & Osteopathic Manipulative Med. Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, CME program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Program Chairman: Harry J. Morris, D.O.,

May, 1997: 8 hours
 * Pain Management, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, CME program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Frederick J. Goldstein, Ph.D., Course Director

Frederick J. Goldstein, Ph.D., Course Director May, 1997: 8 hours
 * Clinical Aspects of Substance Abuse, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, CME program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

April, 1997: 8 hours
 * Neuroscience Approach to Head and Neck, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, CME program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Richard M. Kriebel, Ph.D., Course Director

April, 1997: 8 hours
 * Controversy Surrounding Hormone Replacement Therapy and Oral Contraceptives, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, CME program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Saul Jeck, D.O., Course Director

April, 1997: 8 hours
 * Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of Affective Disorders for Primary Care Physicians, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, CME program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Robert S. Ravetz, D.O., Course Director

March, 1997: 8 hours
 * Adult Attention Deficit Disorder - The Diagnosis and Treatment, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, CME program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Arthur Freeman, Ed. D., Course Director

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, David A. Bevan, D.O., Course Director March, 1997: 8 hours
 * Rheumatology for the Primary Care Physician, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, CME program

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Stephen S. Levin, D.O., Course Director March, 1997: 8 hours
 * Hypertension and Renal Disease Toward the End of the Twentieth Century, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, CME program

February 1997: 32 hours
 * Advanced Emergency Medicine, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, CME program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, J. W. Becher, D.O., Course Director

February 1997: 40 hours
 * Cranial Osteopathy, Cranial Academy CME program, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York, New York

February, 1997: 8 hours
 * Progress in Cardiology Towards the Turn of the Century, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, CME program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Albert F. D Alonzo, D.O., Course Director

Daniel J. Parenti, D.O., Course Director February, 1997: 8 hours
 * Clinical Problems in Pulmonary Medicine, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, CME program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

January 1997: 8 hours
 * Founders Day, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, CME program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

January 1997: 12 hours
 * Nerve Entrapment & Cranial Osteopathy, Cranial Academy CME program, Santa Monica, California, Richard Feeley, D.O., Course Director

December, 1996: 8 hours
 * Legal Aspects of Managed Care and the Physician, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, CME program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Paul A. Bechtel, Jr., Esquire, Course Director

November, 1996: 8 hours
 * Ophthalmology Update for the Family Practitioner, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, CME program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Carlo J. DiMarco, D.O., Course Director

November, 1996: 8 hours
 * Focus on Diabetes: Balanced Glucose Control and its Effect on Complications, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, CME program, Adams Mark Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Jeffrey S. Freeman, D.O., Course Director

October, 1996: 8 hours
 * Gastrointestinal Diseases in Office Practice, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, CME program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, William J. Gilhool, D.O., Course Director

Eugene Mochan, D.O., Course Director September, 1996: 8 hours
 * Osteoporosis - The Silent Epidemic, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, CME program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

September, 1996: 8 hours
 * Twenty-third Annual Urological Seminar Urology for the Practicing Practitioner, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, CME program Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Samuel J. Manfrey, D.O., Course Director

June, 1996: 24 hours
 * Osteopathic Management of Acute Low Back Conditions, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, CME program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, A. S. Nicholas, D.O., F.A.A.O., Course Director

November 1995
 * One Month Preceptorship in Venous & Ligamentous Sclerotherapy, Merrill J. Mirman, D.O., Springfield, Pennsylvania

October, 1995: 40 hours.
 * Osteopathic Gold: A Manipulative Update, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, CME program, Kirksville, Missouri, M. Kuchera, D.O., F.A.A.O., Course Director

March, 1995: 28 hours.
 * A.A.O. National Convocation, New Horizons in Pain Management, Nashville, Tennessee

March, 1995: 24 hours.
 * Florida Osteopathic Medical Association [FOMA], Annual Meeting: Miami, Florida

February 1995
 * One-Month Preceptorship in Cranial & Visceral Manipulation, John Upledger, D.O., F.A.A.O. Upledger Institute, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

July 14-17, 1994: 40 hours
 * Advanced Visceral Manipulation, J.P.Barral, D.O., Course Director, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

April, 1994: 40 hours.
 * Advanced Craniosacral Therapeutics, Upledger Institute CME program, J. Upledger, D.O., F.A.A.O., Course Director, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

March, 1994: 28 hours.
 * A.A.O. National Convocation, Integration of Viscerosomatic Concepts, Colorado Springs, Colorado

March, 1994: 7 hours.
 * Intermediate Visceral Manipulation, Jean-Pierre Barral, D.O., Course Director, Colorado Springs, Colorado

March, 1994: 21 hours.
 * Basic Visceral Manipulation, Jean-Pierre Barral, D.O., Course Director, Colorado Springs, Colorado

March, 1994: 24 hours.
 * Florida Osteopathic Medical Association [FOMA], Annual Meeting: Miami, Florida

February, 1994: 30 hours.
 * Somatoemotional Release II, Upledger Institute CME program, Toronto, Canada, C. Perry, Ph.D., Course Director

November, 1993: 30 hours.
 * Somatoemotional Release I, Upledger Institute CME program, Jupiter, Florida, J. Upledger, D.O., F.A.A.O., Course Director

July, 1993: 30 hours.
 * Craniosacral Therapeutics II, Upledger Institute CME program, Miami, Florida

July, 1993: 30 hours.
 * Visceral Manipulation II, Upledger Institute CME program, Singer Island, Florida

April, 1993: 30 hours.
 * Craniosacral Therapeutics I, William H. Stager, D.O., Course Director, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

March, 1993: 28 hours.
 * A.A.O. National Convocation, Osteopathy and Children, Dallas, Texas

March, 1993: 2 hours.
 * Florida Osteopathic Medical Association [FOMA], Lecture Presentation: Abnormal Bony Radiology, O.M.M. Department sponsored: NOVA-SEUHS/SECOM, Miami, Florida

February, 1993: 18 hours.
 * Visceral Manipulation, Daniel Bensky, D.O., Course Director, NOVA-SEUHS/SECOM, Miami, Florida

December, 1992: 16 hours.
 * Myofascial-Lymphatic Techniques (Bowen method), Wynn A. Steinsnyder, D.O., FACOS, Course Director, NOVA-SEUHS/SECOM, North Miami Beach, Florida

April, 1992: 20 hours.
 * American Osteopathic Academy of Sclerotherapy, Sclerosing Workshop, Department of Orthopedics, O.M.M., and Anatomy, NOVA-SEUHS/SECOM, North Miami Beach, Florida

March, 1992: 2 hours.
 * 89th Annual Convention [FOMA], Lecture Presentation: The Spondyloses; Diagnosis and Treatment, O.M.M. Department sponsor, NOVA-SEUHS/SECOM, Miami, Florida

Professional Affiliations & Honors:
 * Cranial Academy, Chairman of the credentials committee (2004 - 2006)
 * Manus Sinistra (British School of Osteopathy component organization)
 * Licensed in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Florida
 * Delaware State Osteopathic Medical Society
 * American Osteopathic Association
 * American Mensa, Ltd.
 * Pre-Med -- Summa cum laude Phi Beta Kappa / Phi Kappa Phi / Alpha Epsilon Delta
 * Golden Key National Honor Society
 * University Scholars Program