A number of organizations work to represent various osteopathic specialties and subspecialties. Contact any one of these specialty groups to learn more about how they promote the practice of osteopathic medicine.

American Academy of Osteopathy  

American Osteopathic Academy of Addiction Medicine 

American Osteopathic College of Allergy and Immunology

Purpose: To encourage and improve the educational and research opportunities for training of osteopathic physicians in Allergy and Immunology; to provide educational programs at national meetings of the AOA; to serve as an educational instrument to the public concerning allergic and immunologic disease; to promote a better understanding of the services provided by the allergist and immunologist and of his relationship to the general practitioner and other osteopathic specialists; and to advance in general, the practice of Allergy and Immunology.

Membership: Active: graduate of a college of osteopathic medicine approved, at time of graduation, by the AOA, who has a predominant interest in allergy or immunology, who has 20 hours of formal postgraduate education in allergy or immunology per year. Precandidate: students, interns, or residents with a strong interest in allergy or immunology who are members of the AOA. Candidate: practicing physicians and surgeons who abide by the purposes of the College and who are willing to pursue the approved course of study and practice to become active members. Associate: those whose professional activities involve specialized cooperation with allergists and immunologists, or who contribute to some phase of the special field of allergy and immunology, and who are elected to this status by the executive committee after consideration of an application submitted in evidence of their qualifications. Dues are $50 per year. (There are also Honorary and Life memberships.)

Number of members: 30

CME requirements: 20 hours per year.

Publications: AOCAI Newsletter.
 

American Osteopathic College of Anesthesiology 

American Osteopathic College of Dermatology

American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians 

American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians 

American College of Osteopathic Internists

American Osteopathic Association of Medical Informatics

Deputy Director: Annette Gippe 142 E. Ontario St., 8th Floor Chicago, IL 60611-2864
Phone: (800) 621-1773, ext. 8148 Fax: (312) 202-8448	Website: http://www.aoami.org e-mail: agippe@osteotech.org

American College of Osteopathic Neurologists and Psychiatrists

Executive Director: Sue Wesserling 28595 Orchard Lake Rd, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, MI 48334
Phone: (248) 702-0207 Fax: (248) 553-0818	e-mail: acn-aconp@msn.com

American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians & Gynecologists

Executive Director: Valerie Brennan 8851 Camp Bowie West, Fort Worth, TX  76116
Phone:(800) 875-6360 Fax: (817) 377-0439	Website: http://www.acoog.org e-mail: info@acoog.org

American Osteopathic College of Occupational and Preventive Medicine

Executive Director: Jeffrey J. LeBoeuf, CAE P.O. Box 3043 Tulsa, OK  74101
Phone: (800) 558-8686 Fax: (918)586-4628	Website: http://www.aocopm.org e-mail: jeffrey@aocopm.org

American Osteopathic Colleges of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

Executive Director: Alvin Dubin, DO AOCOO-HNS Administrative Offices 4764 Fishburg Rd., Suite F Huber Heights, OH  45424
Phone: (800) 455-9404 Fax: (937) 233-5673	Website: http://www.aocoohns.org e-mail: aocoohns@aol.com

American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics

American Osteopathic College of Pathologists

American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians

American Osteopathic College of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

American Osteopathic College of Proctology, Inc.  

American Osteopathic College of Radiology

American Osteopathic College of Rheumatology, Inc.

Purposes: To engage in and promote the study, research, and teaching of the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of arthritis and allied diseases; and to pursue an approved educational program as a requisite for advancement in membership status.

Benefits: rheumatologic research, abstracts, and reports; general information of worldwide rheumatology, including notices of other seminars, courses, publications, and sources of aid to practicing rheumatologists; organized continuing educational program leading to greater proficiency in osteopathic rheumatology.

Membership: Members: members of AOA and state societies who show definite interest in study of rheumatic diseases; Associate: physicians whose interest in the purposes of the college are outstanding, but who are unable to meet the qualifications for full membership.

Number of members: 200

CME requirements: Same as AOA.

For osteopathic students: Always welcome at meetings; newsletters and information will be sent upon request.

Publications: Quarterly newsletter and convention program.
 

American Osteopathic Association of Prolotherapy Integrative Pain Management

American Osteopathic Academy of Sports Medicine 

American College of Osteopathic Surgeons