{"id":1871,"date":"2015-06-04T14:53:43","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T18:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/?page_id=1871"},"modified":"2026-01-12T10:22:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:22:37","slug":"alpha-omega-alpha","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/student-affairs\/md\/student-activities-groups\/student-societies\/alpha-omega-alpha\/","title":{"rendered":"Alpha Omega Alpha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/student-affairs\/md\/student-activities-groups\/student-societies\/alpha-omega-alpha\/members\/\">Members<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/student-affairs\/md\/student-activities-groups\/student-societies\/alpha-omega-alpha\/events\/\">Events\u00a0<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/student-affairs\/md\/student-activities-groups\/student-societies\/alpha-omega-alpha\/support\/\">Support<\/a> | <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/student-affairs\/student-life\/national-regional-local-groups\/alpha-omega-alpha\/a\u03c9a-national-awards\/\">National Awards |\u00a0<\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/student-affairs\/student-life\/national-regional-local-groups\/alpha-omega-alpha\/additional-information\/\">More Information<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"\/camed\/files\/2025\/07\/LogoFiles.zip\"><\/a> <img src=\"\/camed\/files\/2025\/07\/Motto.tiff\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-136474\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2025\/07\/AOA-Logo-with-Motto-636x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"180\" class=\"wp-image-136512 size-medium aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/07\/AOA-Logo-with-Motto-636x180.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/07\/AOA-Logo-with-Motto-1024x289.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/07\/AOA-Logo-with-Motto-768x217.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/07\/AOA-Logo-with-Motto-1536x434.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/07\/AOA-Logo-with-Motto-2048x578.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/07\/AOA-Logo-with-Motto-540x152.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/07\/AOA-Logo-with-Motto-1080x305.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/07\/AOA-Logo-with-Motto-1628x460.jpg 1628w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alphaomegaalpha.org\/\">Alpha Omega Alpha<\/a>, founded in 1902, is the national medical honor society. Its mission is:<\/p>\n<p>Alpha Omega Alpha \u2014 dedicated to the belief that in the profession of medicine we will improve care for all by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>recognizing high educational achievement;<\/li>\n<li>honoring gifted teaching;<\/li>\n<li>encouraging the development of leaders in academia and the community;<\/li>\n<li>supporting the ideals of humanism; and<\/li>\n<li>promoting service to others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Election to Alpha Omega Alpha is an honor signifying a lasting commitment to professionalism, leadership, scholarship, research, and community service. A lifelong honor, membership in the society confers recognition for a physician\u2019s dedication to the profession and art of healing.<\/p>\n<p>More than 4,000 students, residents\/fellows, faculty, and alumni are elected each year. Since its founding in 1902, nearly 200,000 members have been elected to the society.<\/p>\n<p>Alpha Omega Alpha supports 13 fellowships, grants, programs, and awards for medical students and physicians at its 138 Chapters, and publishes a quarterly peer-reviewed, medical humanities journal The Pharos which contains articles on nontechnical medical subjects, including history, ethics, national issues, personal essays, and poetry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>A\u03a9A at Boston University Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Elizabeth Yellen and <span>Dr. Gregory\u00a0 Grillone<\/span>, along with the Deans of the Student Affairs Office, convene during the summer and early fall to select the new students to be elected into the Boston University Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine A\u03a9A chapter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Faculty Councilors:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Elizabeth S. Yellen, MD<\/em><br \/>\nAssistant Dean, Academic Affairs<br \/>\nAssistant Professor of Pediatrics<\/p>\n<p><em>Gregory A. Grillone, MD, FACS<\/em><br \/>\n<span>M. Stuart Strong and Charles W. Vaughan Professor and Chair<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Otolaryngologist-in-Chief<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chapter Administrators:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Claire Grimble, CMP<\/em><br \/>\nDirector, Events Office<\/p>\n<p>Email us: <a href=\"mailto:aoacamed@bu.edu\">aoacamed@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members | Events\u00a0 | Support | National Awards |\u00a0More Information Alpha Omega Alpha, founded in 1902, is the national medical honor society. 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