Year in review AOA’s 2025 Annual Report highlights educational advancements and major advocacy efforts From experiencing a record-breaking successful Match to celebrating the osteopathic medical profession’s 150th anniversary, it’s been an eventful year for the osteopathic medical community. July 29, 2025TuesdayJuly 2025 issue The DO Staff Contact The DO Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Topics advocacyannual reportAOA The recently released 2025 AOA Annual Report outlines efforts in support of the AOA’s mission to serve as the professional home for all osteopathic physicians and medical students. From experiencing a record-breaking successful Match to celebrating the osteopathic medical profession’s 150th anniversary, it’s been an eventful year for the osteopathic medical community. “As part of this milestone year, we were proud to collaborate with our osteopathic state organizations to champion the declaration of December 2024 as Osteopathic Medicine Month,” said AOA Immediate Past President Teresa A. Hubka, DO, FACOOG (Dist.), and AOA CEO Kathleen Creason, MBA, in the report’s introduction. “Collectively we received more than 20 state and city proclamations—and a congratulatory letter from then-President Joe Biden recognizing our profession’s impact.” With an all-time high of more than 8,000 DO seniors securing residency positions across 40 specialties, the profession has grown exponentially in recent years. From left, AOA President Robert G.G. Piccinini, DO, D.FACN, is with AOA CEO Kathleen Creason, MBA, AOA Immediate Past President Teresa A. Hubka, DO, FACOOG (Dist.), and AOA President-Elect Richard R. Thacker, DO, MACOI. Innovations, grants and successful advocacy Highlights from the AOA’s past year include advancements in education from undergraduate medical education (UME) to graduate medical education (GME) and continuing medical education (CME); the deployment of innovations to ensure AOA Board Certification remains relevant, accessible and aligned with the principles of osteopathic, whole-person care; and securing five major grants to help deliver vital education to osteopathic physicians. In addition, the AOA successfully amplified DO voices at the federal level by sending more than 60 letters to Congress, the administration and key policymakers on vital issues, including Medicare physician payments, the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) program and telehealth flexibility, and can proudly proclaim many wins at the state and federal levels. Read the full report to learn more. Related reading: Minding the gap: A year of listening, leading and lifting up the osteopathic medical profession What physicians got paid in 2024 More in Profession For the first time, women make up the majority of osteopathic primary care physicians The 2026 Osteopathic Medical Profession Report finds the DO workforce growing in all 50 states, with two-thirds of practicing DOs under age 45. In Memoriam: Emmett Lee Wallace, DO, past president of the Iowa Osteopathic Medical Association Dr. Wallace previously held many leadership roles within the Iowa Osteopathic Medical Association (IOMA) and the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP). Previous articleWhat physicians got paid in 2024 Next articleThe power of preventive medicine in osteopathic care
For the first time, women make up the majority of osteopathic primary care physicians The 2026 Osteopathic Medical Profession Report finds the DO workforce growing in all 50 states, with two-thirds of practicing DOs under age 45.
In Memoriam: Emmett Lee Wallace, DO, past president of the Iowa Osteopathic Medical Association Dr. Wallace previously held many leadership roles within the Iowa Osteopathic Medical Association (IOMA) and the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP).