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Eligibility Criteria for AOA Membership

The American Orthopaedic Association (AOA) is a Community of Leaders. AOA members are leaders in the Orthopaedic community. 

Membership Process Overview
Nominations for Membership open, typically, toward the end of June and close, typically, at the beginning of September. Current AOA members must nominate a candidate and must have it seconded by another AOA member. The Membership Committee then beings the candidate review process, which ends with the slate of new members decided on at the AOA's Annual Meeting. New Candidates are then notified, announced in the Winter AOA News, and inducted as a member at the following Annual Meeting.  		 Nominations for the AOA Membership Class of 2011 have been extended through September 13.  Please  Nominate an Orthopaedic leader.

Membership Criteria 
Candidates for active membership in the AOA must be:

  • Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery or a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada in Orthopaedic Medicine 
  • In practice no less than five years at the time membership is approved (Class of 2011 candidates must be in practice no less than five years as of June, 2011)
  • Experience and leadership in the following domains are also considered:
     -  Professional Positions Held
     -  Scholarships and Research
     -  Leadership in Orthopaedics and Medicine

View expanded information on the leadership domains and examples of items considered under each domain. NOTE: This information is meant to serve as a guide. It is not be be interpreted as the only items considered under each domain. AOA-sponsored activity involvement is noted:

  • Resident Leadership Forum
  • Emerging Leaders Program
  • AOA~Kellogg Leadership Series courses
  • AOA Traveling Fellowships

Professionalism is directly tied to an individual’s success as a leader. The AOA’s Professionalism Guiding Leadership identifies the professionalism traits it seeks in its members.

 

For information on the other membership categories please reference our AOA bylaws.