Mission Statement

The Undergraduate American Academy of Osteopathy (UAAO) has been organized by students of the accredited U.S. osteopathic medical colleges under the auspices and guidance of the American Academy of Osteopathy (AAO) for the purposes of helping osteopathic medical students to:
Purpose
The purpose of the UAAO is the preservation and further development of osteopathic principles and practice.
Objectives
The objectives of the Undergraduate American Academy of Osteopathy are for its membership to acquire a better understanding of osteopathic principles and practice, to attain a maximum efficiency in osteopathic structural diagnosis and manipulative treatment, and to foster, in themselves and in others, a clear concept of the clinical application of osteopathic principles and practice in health and disease. Membership serves to broaden and expand the students' understanding of the osteopathic concepts in practice.