Advocacy Victories
Sept. 4, 20186 recent scope of practice wins for DOs
DOs continue to fight inappropriate scope of practice expansion efforts by non-physician clinicians.
Topic: House of Delegates 2018
Policy update
Aug. 8, 2018AOA supports review of cannabis classification
Schedule I status limits research, slows opioid response.
House of Delegates
Aug. 1, 2018AOA President William S. Mayo, DO: ‘Go forward with confidence and embrace change.’
Dr. Mayo, the AOA’s 2018-2019 president, plans to improve AOA board certification and member benefits this year.
Complex issue
July 31, 2018New policy statement on physician-assisted suicide defeated
The AOA HOD voted down the updated proposal after hearing the argument that it went against the osteopathic oath and state laws.
Bringing together the osteopathic family
July 21, 2018Family-focused, dually boarded ophthalmologist is the AOA’s 2018-2019 president
AOA President William S. Mayo, DO, plans to focus on AOA board certification, membership and the osteopathic family over the next year.
And the Award Goes To
July 21, 2018AOA honors leaders and groups for advancing the osteopathic profession
Presidential citations, STAR awards and a medical writing award were presented during the House of Delegates meeting.
House of Delegates
July 20, 2018AOA CEO reflects on ‘envisioning the possible’
AOA CEO Adrienne White-Faines, MPA, FACHE, encouraged DOs to embrace their champions during her final address to the AOA House of Delegates.