Student Osteopathic Medical Association

Student Osteopathic Medical Association

Abbreviation	SOMA
Type	Professional association
Headquarters	Chicago, IL^[1]
Location	United States
Official language	English
National President	Alexander Smith^[2]
National Vice President/Speaker of the House	Anne Callen Washofsky
National Treasurer	Elizabeth "Liza" Gibbs
National Parliamentarian	Cameron Koester
Website	studentdo.org

The Student Osteopathic Medical Association (SOMA) is a national, not-for-profit osteopathic medical organization founded to ensure a high quality of education for osteopathic medical students, to promote unity within the osteopathic medical profession, and to improve the delivery of healthcare by Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)^[3] SOMA is the student affiliate organization of the American Osteopathic Association and works with all chapters to foster communication between government at the local and national levels and the osteopathic medical profession.^[3]

The organization also awards scholarships annually to osteopathic medical students who demonstrate leadership, compassion, or exceptional dedication to addressing the medically underserved, political activism, international medicine, or public health.^[4] Pre-SOMA is a branch of the organization dedicated to the education of undergraduate pre-medical students about the osteopathic medical profession to aid them in the medical school selection process.^[5]

References

↑ "Contact us". Student Osteopathic Medical Association. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
↑ "Board of Trustee 2012-2013". Student Osteopathic Medical Association. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
1 2 "Constitution of the Student Osteopathic Medical Association" (PDF). Student Osteopathic Medical Association. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
↑ "Scholarships and Grants". Student Osteopathic Medical Association. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
↑ "Our Mission". Pre-SOMA University of Maryland. Retrieved 20 October 2012.

External links

Student Osteopathic Medical Association website

Osteopathic medicine (ICD-10-PCS 7)

General	Osteopathic medicine in the United States Osteopathic medicine in Canada

Treatments	Articulatory technique Balanced ligamentous tension Chapman reflex points Counterstrain Cranial Lymphatic pump Muscle energy technique Myofascial release Paraspinal inhibition Soft tissue technique Somatic dysfunction

Education	List of osteopathic medical schools Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Accrediting Commission

Licensing	COMLEX NBOME

Organizations	AOA COA AACOM Student Council Specialty Boards Specialty colleges Directors and Medical Educators American Academy of Osteopathy

People	List of osteopathic physicians Andrew Taylor Still S. S. Still

Media	The DO The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association Osteopathic Family Physician

History	History California merger Flexner Report

Osteopathic medicine

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