Dr. Philip Oro, an ASU alum who was recently selected as the Air Force Physician of the Year in Europe/Africa, is the recipient of the 2022 Young Alumni Achievement Award.

Philip Oro earned a bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University and subsequently served in Teach For America before attending medical school to become a family medicine physician. 

Following a successful residency at David Grant Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base — where he was recognized as Resident of the Year in 2017 and Resident Teacher of the Year in 2018 — Oro began providing urgent and primary medical care to active-duty service members, veterans and their families across Europe and the Middle East. 

Today, Oro serves as the medical director of the Warrior Medicine Clinic at Ramstein Air Base, Germany’s 86th Medical Group, guiding care for more than 8,000 active-duty service members. He is also a founder and the current medical director of all COVID-19 operations and COVID-19 vaccination efforts, leading the largest military community outside the U.S. through the COVID-19 pandemic. During Operation Allies Welcome, Oro served as the first point of contact and medical provider for more than 34,000 Afghan refugees brought through Ramstein Air Base as part of one of the largest humanitarian airlift evacuations in history.

In his time abroad, he has become a champion for the health care and educational needs of service members and their beneficiaries, including creating continued medical didactic opportunities for U.S. military, Spanish military and Turkish medical personnel, serving as the primary care physician for all transgender patients and acting as the clinical champion for traumatic brain injury patient care