Our Story
The Pennsylvania Osteopathic Family Physicians Society (POFPS) is a divisional society of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians. POFPS represents over 1,000 licensed osteopathic family physicians, plus residents and interns, in Pennsylvania.
The embryo of the ACOFP Pennsylvania chapter was formed over lunch at the Lincoln Hotel in Reading, PA in 1960. The three founding members were Earl Gabriel, DO, FACOFP, George Essayian, DO, FACOFP, and Paul Herr, DO, FACOFP.
The Pennsylvania Chapter, POFPS, has grown to be one of the largest in the ACOFP.