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
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The American Osteopathic Association (AOA) is the representative organization for osteopathic medical physicians (D. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Andrew Taylor Still ( August 6 1828 - December 12 1917) is considered the father of osteopathic medicine and Osteopathy Medicine is the art and science of healing It encompasses a range of Health care practices evolved to maintain and restore Human Health by the Medical education in the United States includes educational activities involved in the education and training of Medical doctors (D This is the main article for the category Osteopathic manipulative medicine. The American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine ( AACOM) is central to osteopathic medical education in the United States. The mission of the American Academy of Osteopathy (AAO is to teach advocate and research the science art and philosophy of osteopathic medicine, emphasizing the integration COMLEX-USA or Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination is a series of three osteopathic medical licensing examinations administered by the This article discusses similarities and differences between doctors of osteopathic medicine (DOs and doctors of medicine (MDs in the United States This list of medical specialty colleges in the United States includes medical societies that represent board certified specialist Physicians. The American Osteopathic Association Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists (AOABS is a Non-profit Umbrella organization for 18 medical specialty boards in the United O. s) in the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the In addition, the AOA certifies osteopathic medical physicians and, through its Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation, accredits osteopathic medical colleges. The American Osteopathic Association 's Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA accredits schools granting the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO degree in the Educational accreditation is a type of Quality assurance process under which services and operations of an educational institution or program are evaluated by an external body

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. Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Kirksville is the county seat of Adair County, Missouri, United States. The A T Still University Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, located in Kirksville Missouri, is the founding institution of osteopathic medicine. It was renamed the American Osteopathic Association in 1901. ^[1]

Today, the AOA is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States.

See also

American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine

References

External links

• American Osteopathic Association