Our Associations
OHIO OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION (OOA)
From the OOA website
The Ohio Osteopathic Association is a non-profit professional association that advocates for Ohio's 4,951 licensed osteopathic physicians (DOs). DOs represent 16 percent of the total physicians practicing in Ohio and 28 percent of the state's family physicians.* OOA has been serving the osteopathic profession and Ohioans since 1898. The OOA's mission includes promoting Ohio's public health and advancing the distinctive philosophy and practice of osteopathic medicine.- We protect the right to practice osteopathic medicine by supporting legislative and regulatory initiatives.
- We enhance public awareness of the osteopathic profession through an ongoing education and marketing plan directed at one or more specific target groups so that DOs are selected as physicians of choice by these targets.
- We preserve osteopathic principles by (a) supporting osteopathic medical education and research at the pre and postdoctoral levels and (b) providing outstanding and innovative continuing medical education through the Ohio Osteopathic Foundation.
- We strengthen the practice of osteopathic medicine by (a) maintaining the highest ethical and business standards and; (b) developing innovative programs which improve quality of patient care, promote innovative practice management skills, and reduce individual practice expenses.
- We promote the public health of the people of Ohio by cooperating with public healthcare agencies, organizations and coalitions to prevent disease and improve public safety through appropriate education, legislative and regulatory initiatives.
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AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION (AOA)
From the AOA website
Advancing the distinctive philosophy and practice of osteopathic medicine. We represent more than 151,000 osteopathic physicians and medical students across the U.S.Osteopathic physicians, or DOs, believe there's more to good health than the absence of pain or disease. Their whole-person approach to medicine focuses on prevention, helping promote the body's natural tendency toward health and self-healing.
Osteopathic medicine is one of the fastest-growing health care professions in the country. Approximately one in four medical students attends a college of osteopathic medicine.
As the primary certifying body for DOs and the accrediting agency for all osteopathic medical schools, the AOA works to accentuate the distinctiveness of osteopathic principles and the diversity of the profession.
In addition to promoting public health and encouraging scientific research, the AOA advocates at the state and federal levels on issues that affect DOs, osteopathic medical students and patients.
