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American Osteopathic Association

Motto	Treating Our Family and Yours
Formation	1897
Type	professional association
Headquarters	Chicago, Illinois
Location	United States
Membership	35,000 physicians and medical students
Official languages	English
President	Peter B. Ajluni, DO
Website	[1]

The American Osteopathic Association (AOA) is the representative organization for osteopathic medical physicians (D.O.s) in the United States. In addition, the AOA certifies osteopathic medical physicians and, through its Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation, accredits osteopathic medical colleges.

The association was founded as the American Association for the Advancement of Osteopathy on April 19, 1897, in Kirksville, Missouri, by students of the American School of Osteopathy. It was renamed the American Osteopathic Association in 1901. ^[1]

Today, the AOA is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

[edit] See also

American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• American Osteopathic Association

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