About ASOMR

The American Society of Osteopathic Medical Regulators (ASOMR), formerly the American Association of Osteopathic Examiners (AAOE), is comprised of all osteopathic physicians (DOs) who sit on a United States licensing board, be it an osteopathic board or a composite (DO/MD) board. All US states, territories and the District of Columbia grant DOs full, unlimited physician licensure for the practice of medicine and surgery, equivalent to MDs.

At present, there are 12 osteopathic boards and 39 composite boards. Of these composite boards, 31 reserve positions for osteopathic physicians, and DOs are currently represented on 49 of the 51 state medical boards of the states and the District of Columbia. The two states without the representation of an osteopathic physician are: Louisiana and Massachusetts.

A note on our name change: In April 2024, the organization voted to change its name from AAOE to ASOMR to reflect the fact that US licensing boards no longer administer “examinations” to applicants, which is now done by external examining bodies. The new name better reflects DOs’ roles on medical boards as “osteopathic medical regulators.”

2023 – 2025 Officers

Alexios Carayannopoulos, DO, MPH – President (Rhode Island Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline)
Christine Khandelwal, DO, MHPE – Vice-President (North Carolina Medical Board)
Jimmy Adams, DO – Secretary/Treasurer (West Virginia Board of Osteopathic Medicine)
Michael Wieting, DO – Past-President (Tennessee Board of Osteopathic Examination)
Raine Richards, JD – Executive Director ([email protected])

    ASOMR Strategic Plan

    ASOMR’s core activities fit into three main categories:

    • Advocacy and Collaboration – between ASOMR, the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners (NBOME), the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB), and other stakeholders.
    • Leadership Development and Education – of regulatory stakeholders regarding the distinctive role and value of the osteopathic profession.
    • Communications – among internal stakeholders regarding issues and trends impacting osteopathic medical regulation, and externally regarding the distinctive osteopathic medical model.

    Fundamental Priorities

    Advocacy and Collaboration Monitor issues and changes that affect osteopathic medicine and advocate for legislation and policies that reflect US DO-MD equivalency in practice rights.
    Promote parallel and distinct osteopathic education, examination, licensure and certification.
    Represent osteopathic medical regulators within the AOA, NBOME, FSMB and other stakeholder groups.
    Facilitate communication among members to aid in identifying issues of concern.
    Leadership Development and Education Ensure ASOMR provides strong and timely educational programming.
    Provide new member orientation.
    Enhance members’ ability to fulfill their responsibilities as a licensing board member.
    Identify, embrace, and provide mentorship for members through ongoing interactions.
    Communication Enhance awareness about osteopathic medical regulation and ASOMR within and beyond the osteopathic community.
    Facilitate timely information exchange among members and external stakeholders to strengthen ASOMR and its activities.

    Bylaws

    Current version of the ASOMR Bylaws available here.

     

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