American Osteopathic Association
Organization
The American Osteopathic Association (AOA) is the representative member organization for the more than 176,000 osteopathic medical doctors (D.O.s) and osteopathic medical students in the United States. The AOA is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and is involved in post-graduate training for osteopathic physicians. Beginning in 2015, it began accrediting post-graduate education as a committee within the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, creating a unified accreditation system for all DOs and MDs in the United States. The organization promotes public health, encourages academic scientific research, serves as the primary certifying body for D.O.s overseeing 18 certifying boards,[3] and is the accrediting agency for osteopathic medical schools through its Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation. As of October 2015, the AOA no longer owns the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP), which accredited hospitals and other health care facilities.
Abbreviation | AOA |
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Formation | April 19, 1897 (1897-04-19) |
Type | Professional association |
Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois |
Location | |
Coordinates | 41°53′39″N 87°37′08″W / 41.8942°N 87.6190°W / 41.8942; -87.6190 |
Official language | English |
President | Ira P. Monka, DO[1] |
CEO | Kathleen S. Creason, MBA[2] |
Website | osteopathic |
The AOA has held yearly conventions since its founding in 1897.[4] The AOA also manages DOCARE International, a non-profit charitable organization. The AOA also publishes The DO, an online publication, and The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, a peer reviewed medical journal.
- ^ "About Us: Leadership & Policy". American Osteopathic Association.
- ^ "AOA Interim Chief Executive Officer: Kathleen S. Creason, MBA". American Osteopathic Association. AOA.
- ^ "American Osteopathic Association Names Daniel Williams, DO, Vice President of Certifying Board Services". American Osteopathic Association. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ "Annual Conventions and Meetings of the AOA". AOA. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
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