List of Alpha Omega Alpha chapters explained

Alpha Omega Alpha is an honor society in the field of medicine.^[1] It was established in 1902 at the University of Illinois College of Medicine and expanded to include chapters across the United States and in Canada and Lebanon.

Following is a list of chapters, with active chapters in bold and inactive chapters in italics.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Chapter	Charter date and range	Institution	Location	Status	References
Alpha of Illinois		University of Illinois College of Medicine	Chicago, Illinois	Active
Beta of Illinois		University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine	Chicago, Illinois	Active	^[6]
Gamma of Illinois		Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine	Evanston, Illinois	Active
Alpha of Ohio		Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine	Cleveland, Ohio	Active
Alpha of Pennsylvania		Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Active
Beta of Pennsylvania		Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Active
Alpha of Missouri		Washington University School of Medicine	St. Louis, Missouri	Active
Alpha of Massachusetts			Boston, Massachusetts	Inactive
Alpha of California		UCSF School of Medicine	San Francisco, California	Inactive
Alpha of Maryland		Johns Hopkins School of Medicine	Baltimore, Maryland	Active
Alpha of Ontario		University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine	Toronto, Ontario	Active	^[7]
Alpha of New York			Manhattan, New York City, New York	Active
Alpha of Michigan		University of Michigan Medicine	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Active
Alpha of Minnesota		University of Minnesota Medical School	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Active
Beta of New York		Weill Cornell Medical College	New York City, New York	Active
Gamma of New York		State University of New York Upstate Medical University	Syracuse, New York	Active	^[8]
Alpha of Quebec		McGill University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Inactive
Alpha of Nebraska		University of Nebraska Medical Center	Omaha, Nebraska	Active
Alpha of Louisiana		Tulane University School of Medicine	New Orleans, Louisiana	Active
Beta of Ohio		University of Cincinnati College of Medicine	Cincinnati, Ohio	Active
Gamma of Pennsylvania		University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Active
Alpha of Indiana		Indiana University School of Medicine	Indianapolis, Indiana	Active
Alpha of Virginia		University of Virginia School of Medicine	Charlottesville, Virginia	Active
Alpha of Iowa		University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine	Iowa City, Iowa	Active	^[9]
Alpha of Texas		University of Texas McGovern Medical School	Houston, Texas	Active	^[10]
Alpha of Connecticut		Yale School of Medicine	New Haven, Connecticut	Inactive
Alpha of Tennessee		Vanderbilt University School of Medicine	Nashville, Tennessee	Active	^[11]
Delta of New York		New York University Grossman School of Medicine	New York City, New York	Active
Alpha of Oregon		University of Oregon Medical School	Portland, Oregon	Active
Beta of Missouri		Saint Louis University School of Medicine	St. Louis, Missouri	Active
Epsilon of New York		University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences	Buffalo, New York	Active
Alpha of Kentucky		University of Louisville School of Medicine	Louisville, Kentucky	Active
Alpha of Colorado		University of Colorado School of Medicine	Aurora, Colorado	Active
Alpha of Wisconsin		University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health	Madison, Wisconsin	Active
Alpha of Georgia		Medical College of Georgia	Augusta, Georgia	Active
Beta of California		Stanford University School of Medicine	Stanford, California	Active
Zeta of New York		University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry	Rochester, New York	Active
Alpha of Kansas		University of Kansas School of Medicine	Kansas City, Kansas	Active
Alpha of North Carolina		Duke University School of Medicine	Durham, North Carolina	Active
Gamma of Ohio		Ohio State University College of Medicine	Columbus, Ohio	Active
Delta of Pennsylvania		Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Inactive
Beta of Georgia		Emory University School of Medicine	Atlanta, Georgia	Active
Beta of Massachusetts		Tufts University School of Medicine	Boston, Massachusetts	Active
Beta of Virginia		Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center	Richmond, Virginia	Active
Beta of Tennessee		University of Tennessee Health Science Center	Memphis, Tennessee	Active
Beta of Ontario		University of Western Ontario	London, Ontario	Inactive
Beta of Michigan		Wayne State University School of Medicine	Detroit, Michigan	Active
Gamma of Massachusetts		Boston University School of Medicine	Boston, Massachusetts	Active
Eta of New York		SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University	New York City, New York	Active
Beta of North Carolina		Wake Forest School of Medicine	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	Active
Beta of Wisconsin		Marquette University College of Health Sciences	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Inactive
Beta of Louisiana		Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans	New Orleans, Louisiana	Active	^[12]
Alpha of Utah		University of Utah School of Medicine	Salt Lake City, Utah	Active
Gamma of California		Keck School of Medicine of USC	Los Angeles, California	Active
Beta of Texas		Baylor University	Waco, Texas	Active
Beta of Maryland		University of Maryland School of Medicine	Baltimore, Maryland	Active
Theta of New York		Albany Medical College	Albany, New York	Active
Alpha of Alabama		University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine	Birmingham, Alabama	Active
Alpha of Washington		University of Washington School of Medicine	Seattle, Washington	Active
Gamma of Texas		University of Texas Southwestern Medical School	Dallas, Texas	Active
Epsilon of Pennsylvania		Temple University School of Medicine	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Active
Zeta of Pennsylvania		Drexel University College of Medicine	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Active
Alpha of Vermont		University of Vermont Robert Larner College of Medicine	Burlington, Vermont	Active
Alpha of South Carolina		Medical University of South Carolina	Charleston, South Carolina	Active
Alpha of Oklahoma		University of Oklahoma College of Medicine	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Active
Gamma of North Carolina		University of North Carolina School of Medicine	Chapel Hill, North Carolina	Active
Alpha of District of Columbia		George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences	Washington, D.C.	Active	^[13]
Beta of District of Columbia		Georgetown University School of Medicine	Washington, D.C.	Active
Alpha of British Columbia		University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Inactive
Gamma of District of Columbia		Howard University College of Medicine	Washington, D.C.	Active
Alpha of Arkansas		University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	Little Rock, Arkansas	Active
Delta of California		David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA	Los Angeles, California	Active	^[14]
Alpha of Puerto Rico		University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Active
Epsilon of California	1957	Loma Linda University School of Medicine	Loma Linda, California	Active
Beta of Nebraska	1957	Creighton University School of Medicine	Omaha, Nebraska	Active
Iota of New York	1957	New York Medical College	Valhalla, New York	Active
Alpha of Mississippi	1957	University of Mississippi School of Medicine	Oxford, Mississippi	Active
Gamma of Tennessee	1957	Meharry Medical College	Nashville, Tennessee	Active
Gamma of Missouri	1957	University of Missouri School of Medicine	Columbia, Missouri	Active
Alpha of Lebanon	1958	American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine	Beirut, Lebanon	Active
Alpha of Nova Scotia	1958	Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	Inactive
Alpha of Alberta	1958	University of Alberta	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	Inactive
Alpha of Florida	1959	University of Miami Miller School of Medicine	Miami, Florida	Active
Kappa of New York	1959	Albert Einstein College of Medicine	New York City, New York	Active
Beta of Florida	1960	University of Florida College of Medicine	Gainesville, Florida	Active
Alpha of West Virginia	1962	West Virginia University School of Medicine	Morgantown, West Virginia	Active	^[15]
Alpha of New Mexico	1968	University of New Mexico School of Medicine	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Active	^[16]
Gamma of Louisiana	1973	LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport	Shreveport, Louisiana	Active	^[17]
Zeta of Texas	1974	Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine	Lubbock, Texas	Active	^[18] ^[19]
Delta of Ohio	1974	University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences	Toledo, Ohio	Active	^[20]
Alpha of South Dakota	1978	University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine	Vermillion, Sioux Falls, Rapid City, and Yankton, South Carolina	Active	^[21]
Zeta of Ohio	1982	Northeast Ohio Medical University	Rootstown, Ohio	Active	^[22]
Delta of Tennessee	1985	East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine	Johnson City, Tennessee	Active
	1985	University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine	Reno, Nevada	Active	^[23]
Gamma of Georgia	1989	Morehouse School of Medicine	Atlanta, Georgia	Active	^[24]
Beta of Puerto RIco	1990	Ponce Health Sciences University	Ponce, Puerto Rico	Active	^[25]
Alpha of Hawaii	1990	University of Hawaiʻi John A. Burns School of Medicine	Honolulu, Hawaii	Active
Delta of Massachusetts	1996	UMass Chan Medical School T. H. Chan School of Medicine	Worcester, Massachusetts	Active	^[26]
Gamma of Puerto Rico	Between 1990 and 2020	Universidad Central del Caribe, School of Medicine	Bayamón, Puerto Rico	Active
Delta of Michigan	2011	Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine	Auburn Hills, Michigan	Active	^[27]
Epsilon of Florida	2012	FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine	Miami-Dade County, Florida	Active	^[28]
	2012	Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine	Dayton, Ohio	Active	^[29]
	2014	Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine	Pennsylvania	Active	^[30]
Nu of New York	2015	Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell	Hempstead, New York	Active	^[31]
Beta of Connecticut	2016	University of Connecticut School of Medicine	Farmington, Connecticut	Active	^[32]
Gamma of New Jersey		Cooper Medical School of Rowan University	Camden, New Jersey	Active	^[33]
Delta of Puerto Rico		San Juan Bautista School of Medicine	Caguas, Puerto Rico	Active	^[34]
Zeta of Michigan	2021	Central Michigan University College of Medicine	Mount Pleasant, Michigan	Active	^[35] ^[36]
		University of Nevada, Las Vegas Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine	Paradise, Nevada	Active	^[37]
Epsilon of Illinois	2022	Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine	Chicago, Illinois	Active	^[38]
Xi of New York		City University of New York School of Medicine	Manhattan, New York City, New York	Active	^[39] ^[40]
Beta of Arizona	2024	University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix	Phoenix, Arizona	Active
		Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine	Hanover, New Hampshire	Active
		ECU Brody School of Medicine	Greenville, North Carolina	Active
		Eastern Virginia Medical School	Norfolk, Virginia	Active
			Boca Raton, Florida	Active
		Florida State University College of Medicine	Tallahassee, Florida	Active	^[41]
		Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York City, New York	Active
		Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine	Huntington, West Virginia	Active
		Medical College of Wisconsin	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Active
		Mercer University School of Medicine	Macon, Georgia	Active
Gamma of Michigan		Michigan State University College of Human Medicine	East Lansing, Michigan	Active	^[42]
Theta of Florida		Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine	Davie, Florida	Active
		Penn State University College of Medicine	Hershey, Pennsylvania	Active
		Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University	Stony Brook, New York	Active
		Robert Wood Johnson Medical School	New Brunswick, New Jersey	Active
		Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science	North Chicago, Illinois	Active
		Rush Medical College of Rush University	Chicago, Illinois	Active
Beta of New Jersey		Rutgers New Jersey Medical School	Newark, New Jersey	Active	^[43]
Eta of Illinois		Southern Illinois University School of Medicine	Springfield, Illinois	Active	^[44]
		Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine	Bryan, Texas	Active
			El Paso, Texas	Active
Gamma of Maryland		Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine	Bethesda, Maryland	Active	^[45]
		University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson	Tucson, Arizona	Active
		UC Davis School of Medicine	Davis, California	Active
		University of California, Irvine School of Medicine	Irvine, California	Active
Zeta of Florida		University of Central Florida College of Medicine	Orlando, Florida	Active	^[46]
		University of Kentucky College of Medicine	Lexington, Kentucky	Active
		University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine	Kansas City, Missouri	Active
		University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences	Grand Forks, North Dakota	Active
Beta of Alabama		University of South Alabama College of Medicine	Mobile, Alabama	Active	^[47]
		University of South Carolina School of Medicine	Columbia, South Carolina	Active
		University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville	Greenville, South Carolina	Active
Gamma of Florida		University of South Florida College of Medicine	Tampa, Florida	Active	^[48]
		University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School	Austin, Texas	Active
		UT Health San Antonio Long School of Medicine	San Antonio, Texas	Active
			Galveston, Texas	Active
		Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute	Roanoke, Virginia	Active
		Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University	Providence, Rhode Island	Active
Epsilon of Michigan		Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine	Kalamazoo, Michigan	Active	^[49]

Notes and References

1. Robson, John, ed. (1963). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (17th ed.). Menasha, Wisconsin: The Collegiate Press, George Banta Company, Inc. pp. 565-566.
2. Root, William Webster and Alpha Omega Alpha. Alpha Omega Alpha (Medical Scholarship Society) History and Constitution. Ithaca: Cornell Publications Printing Company, 1922. p. 5. via Library of Congress
3. Shepard, Francis W., ed. (1927). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (11th ed.). Menasha, Wisconsin: George Banta Publishing Company. p. 316-317. – via Google Books.
4. Web site: 1956 . Brill . G. Meredith . Alpha Omega Alpha Directory . 2024-11-17 . Cayuga Press, Inc. . en . Ithaca . Hathi Trust.
5. Web site: Chapters . 2024-11-18 . Alpha Omega Alpha . en-US.
6. Web site: Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society Pritzker School of Medicine . 2024-11-18 . The University of Chicago . en.
7. Web site: Student Clubs . November 18, 2024 . University of Toronto Termerty Faculty of Medicine.
8. Web site: Alpha Omega Alpha Norton College of Medicine . November 18, 2024 . State University of New York Upstate Medical University.
9. Web site: June 10, 2024 . Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society Carver College of Medicine . 2024-11-18 . University of Iowa.
10. Web site: Farmer . Lisa R. . History & Constitution Alpha Omega Alpha Texas Alpha Chapter . 2024-11-18 . University of Texas Medical Department . en.
11. Web site: Alpha Omega Alpha . 2024-11-18 . UTHSC . en.
12. Web site: Alpha Omega Alpha . 2024-11-18 . Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans.
13. Web site: Alpha Omega Alpha . 2024-11-18 . George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences . en.
14. Web site: Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, David Geffen School of Medicine Chapter . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210413145312/https://medschool.ucla.edu/current-dgsom-aoa . 2021-04-13 . 2024-11-18 . David Geffen School of Medicine . web.archive.org.
15. Web site: Alpha Omega Alpha (ΑΩΑ) Honor Medical Society School of Medicine . 2024-11-19 . West Virginia University.
16. Web site: Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society (AOA) School of Medicine . 2024-11-18 . University of New Mexico School of Medicine.
17. Web site: Alpha Omega Alpha . 2024-11-18 . LSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine . en-US.
18. Web site: Gollahon . Kate . May 11, 2023 . Alpha Omega Alpha Banquet Celebrates Induction of TTUHSC School of Medicine Students and Faculty . 2024-11-18 . Daily Dose . Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine.
19. Book: School of Medicine Medical Student Handbook . January 2018 . Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center . 23 . November 18, 2024.
20. Web site: Graduation Awards - College of Medicine and Life Sciences . 2024-11-19 . University of Toledo College.
21. Web site: May 13, 2009 . Eleven from The U inducted into AOA national honor society . 2024-11-18 . University of South Dakota . en.
22. Web site: Alpha Omega Alpha College of Medicine . 2024-11-18 . College of Medicine at NEOMED . en-US.
23. Web site: Alpha Omega Honor Society School of Medicine . 2024-11-18 . University of Nevada, Reno . en.
24. Web site: Alpha Omega Alpha . 2024-11-18 . Morehouse School of Medicine.
25. Web site: Student Life . 2024-11-18 . Ponce Health Sciences University . en-US.
26. Web site: 2017-04-13 . AOA . 2024-11-18 . UMass Chan Medical School . en.
27. Web site: Dietderich . Andrew . February 1, 2024 . Topgun for Medicine: Twenty-nine OUWB students inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Society . 2024-11-18 . InMedicine-Story . Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine . en.
28. Web site: AOA Epsilon Chapter . 2024-11-18 . Florida International University . en-US.
29. Web site: September 13, 2023 . Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society Boonshoft School of Medicine . 2024-11-19 . Wright State University.
30. Web site: Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society . 2024-11-18 . Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine . en.
31. Web site: Alpha Omega Alpha . 2024-11-18 . Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.
32. Web site: Tracy . Anderson . 2016-03-07 . AΩA Honor Society School of Medicine . 2024-11-18 . University of Connecticut School of Medicine . en-US.
33. Web site: 2017 . CMSRU earns Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society Chapter Cooper Medical School . 2024-11-18 . Rowan University . en.
34. Web site: Student Organizations . 2024-11-18 . San Juan Bautista School of Medicine.
35. Web site: Worster . Kate . June 21, 2022 . CMU College of Medicine inducts 21 students into medical honor society . 2024-11-18 . www.cmich.edu . en.
36. 2022 . CMU College of Medicine inducts 21 students into prestigious medical honor society . 2021-2022 Annual Report . Central Michigan University College of Medicine . 6.
37. Web site: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine . 2021-05-14 . Medical School Establishes Chapter of Prestigious Honor Society . 2024-11-18 . University of Nevada, Las Vegas . en.
38. Web site: Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society at the Stritch School of Medicine . 2024-11-18 . Loyola University Chicago.
39. Web site: 2024-03-19 . Medical Honor Societies . 2024-11-18 . CUNY School of Medicine . en-US.
40. August 2024 . AΩA adds two new Chapters . The Pharos . Summer . 58.
41. Web site: Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society College of Medicine . 2024-11-18 . Florida State University.
42. Web site: AoA Inductees College of Human Medicine . 2024-11-18 . Michigan State University.
43. Web site: Honor Medical Society Office Of Student Affairs . 2024-11-18 . Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.
44. Web site: May 24, 2022 . Honor medical society welcomes Class of '22 . 2024-11-18 . SIU School of Medicine.
45. Web site: USU AOA . 2024-11-18 . USU AOA . en-US.
46. Web site: Alpha Omega Alpha . 2024-11-18 . University of Central Florida . en-us.
47. Web site: 2019-08-30 . USA medical students named to Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society . 2024-11-18 . Med School Watercooler . Frederick P. Whidden College of Medicine University of South Alabama.
48. Web site: Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society Morsani College of Medicine . 2024-11-18 . USF Health.
49. Web site: Annual Student Awards and Faculty Recognition . November 18, 2024 . Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine.