Active Members must be a DO or MD licensed to practice with an interest in the practice of orthopedics in the United States, a US Territory or Canada.
- Current annual dues are $600.00
Candidate-Resident/Fellow Members must be physicians enrolled in an osteopathic or allopathic residency or fellowship training program in the United States or Canada.
- No annual dues
Life Members must:
- Be voting Members who have reached the age of seventy (70).
- Have been a continuous full dues paying Member of the Academy for the immediately preceding twenty-five (25) years.
- To request Life Membership status change contact Sara Beth Stansberry, Director of Membership, at [email protected]
Military Members must be an individual who is an active full time member in the US Armed Forces and is engaged in the practice of orthopedic surgery within any of the military medical institutions or facilities in the world.
- Current annual dues are $250.00
Retired Members and Disabled Members must:
- Have retired from the active practice of medicine or have an illness or injury that prevents them from actively practicing orthopedic surgery on a full time basis.
- Applicants for Retired Member Status must have been continuous Members of the Academy for the immediately preceding ten (10) years and do not meet the requirements for Life Membership.
- To request Retired or Disabled Membership status change contact Sara Beth Stansberry, Director of Membership, at [email protected]
- Current annual dues are $150.00
Allied Health Professional Members must be a licensed Nurse Practitioner , Physician Assistant, Physical Therapist, or Occupational Therapist with an interest in orthopedic surgery.
- Current annual dues are $225.00
Associate Members must:
- Be a graduate of a College of Osteopathic Medicine accredited by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation of the AOA, or
- Be a graduate of an approved Allopathic Medical School, or a College recognized and approved by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Office of Education, or
- Be a graduate of a foreign medical school registered with the World Health Organization
- Current annual dues are $250.00
Student Members must be a member in good standing of the national Student American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics and enrolled in a College of Osteopathic Medicine accredited by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation of the AOA.
- $75 one time fee