The SAAO is involved with several of the AAO committees.  Each year at Convocation SAAO reresentatives are elected to serve on the committees.

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Below are the Committees and current SAAO members involved:

Membership Committee: The primary charge to the Committee is to oversee a continuous program designed to increase and retain membership in the Academy. However, the group also assumes responsibility for annual solicitation of nominations of candidates for three Academy awards, including the Thomas L. Northup Annual Lecturer, the Scott Memorial Lecturer, and the Honorary Life Membership Award. The Committee then distills members' suggestions into formal award nominations for action by the AAO Boards of Governors and Trustees each spring. Most recently, the Committee has accepted a charge from the Trustees to develop and maintain membership communications and services via the Academy's Web site.
    Committee Chair: Sharon Gustowski, DO, MPH, C-NMM/OMM
    SAAO Representative: John Leuenberger LECOM MSIV

Informational Technologies Committee: The Committee's charge is (a) to manage, improve, refine and develop the Academy's website; (b) to serve as a conduit for members¹ technological needs, e.g. communications; e-SOAP Note (electronic medical records); personal data assistants (PDAs); and office technologies; and (c) to explore the use of new technologies as a way to promote best practices in the organization and for AAO members, e.g. online continuing medical education (CME), listserves, chat rooms, bulletin boards, etc.
    Committee Chair: Eric J. Dolgin, DO and Mark E. Rosen, DO
    SAAO Representative: Knic Rabara UMDNJ MSIV

OPTI Committee: The primary charge to the committee is to provide consultation to the profession's Osteopathic Postdoctoral Training Institutes (OPTIs). The substance of that consultation is an advocacy for the integration of osteopathic principles and practice and osteopathic manipulative treatment into the seamless curriculum for predoctoral and postdoctoral osteopathic medical education. In 2001, the Committee developed and proposed to the profession's leadership a long range plan for the integration of OPP and OMM into this seamless osteopathic curriculum. The Committee consulted with the Educational Council on Osteopathic Principles (ECOP) in creating the plan, which outlined benchmark goals at one year, five year and ten year intervals.
    Committee Chair: Sherman Gorbis, DO, FAAO, C-SPOMM
    SAAO Representative: Stasia Blyskal, UNECOM MSIII

Undergraduate Academies Committee: The duties include encouraging the formation and continued functioning of the Undergraduate Academies in each approved college of osteopathic medicine, assisting them in developing practical programs and projects which further the principles and objectives of the Academy.  Through the sponsor-member of the Committee from each college group, urge participation in the educational opportunities extended by the Academy, i.e., Visiting Clinicians, Seminars, Convocation and Convention. To help students gain practical experience in osteopathic theory and methods (Informal Preceptor Program). Academy members who are willing to act as preceptors for students requesting time in their offices should be contacted, approved by the Board of Trustees and their names kept on file.
    Committee Chair: Millicent King Channell, DO, C-NMM/OMM
    SAAO Representative: John Leuenberger LECOM MSIV

Louisa Burns Osteopathic Research Committee (LBORC): focuses on clinical research involving health care outcomes in the practice of osteopathic manipulative medicine. Seeks to accomplish this by assisting Academy members with consultation services in developing research protocols and grant proposals. The Committee also reviews and recommends Academy funding from the Robuck Fund for clinical projects in the pediatric field. The LBORC also coordinates training in the use of the Outpatient Osteopathic SOAP Note and collaborates with other osteopathic practice affiliates in the development of the electronic SOAP Note.
    Committee Chair: Sonia Rivera-Martinez, DO
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