Why Join the SAOAO
The SAOAO is an organization dedicated to providing ample resources and networking opportunities to medical students to help them successfully match into the Orthopedic Surgery Residency of their dreams.
Benefits of joining SAOAO include:
- 4 year membership
- Access to the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery (JBJS) online
- Two annual conferences giving you a chance to network with residency program directors, accomplished physicians, and medical students across the country
- Mentorship program with orthopedic surgeons around the country who have volunteered to advise students
- Research program with orthopedic surgeons around the country who have expressed the need and desire for student involvement in their projects
- Virtual curriculum to help you through your 3rd and 4th year audition rotations
- Most recent updates on ACGME accreditation and Match data
- Exclusive discount codes to various essential orthopedic resources suggested by orthopedic surgery residents
- Multiple scholarship opportunities
- Opportunity to publish research and present research at national conferences
- And MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!
3 Different Ways to Join the SAOAO
Join your local chapter
- Look below to see if your school has an established national SAOAO chapter.
- If they do, reach out to the officers at your local chapter and tell them you’re ready to join!
- Click here to pay your national dues.
Join as an individual
- If your school doesn’t have a local SAOAO chapter, don’t worry!
- National membership is affordable and lasts ALL 4 YEARS of medical school.
- Click here to join as an individual.
Start an SAOAO chapter
- No SAOAO chapter at your school? Take the initiative and start one yourself
- The Chapter Toolkit has all the information and paperwork you need to start an SAOAO chapter at your school.
List of established SAOAO chapters
A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona
A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Kirksville
Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine
Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine at Midwestern University
Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine – Melbourne, Florida
Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine at New Mexico State University
California Health Sciences University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Campbell University Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine
Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine at Midwestern University
Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine – Carolinas Campus
Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine
Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine – Joplin Campus
Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine – Bradenton Campus
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine – Erie Campus
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine – Seton Hill Campus
Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine – Main
Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine – Knoxville
Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine – Detroit
Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine – East Lansing
Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine – Macomb/Clinton Township
New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State
Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine
Nova Southeastern University KPCOM – Tampa Bay Regional Campus
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Athens
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Cleveland
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Dublin
Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine – Pennsylvania
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine – Georgia
Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine- Colorado
Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine- Utah
Sam Houston State College of Osteopathic Medicine
Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine – New York
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine – Middletown
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine – California
University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine
Western University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific – Pomona
Western University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific – Northwest
William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine