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The IOMS 2023 Winter Scientific Seminar is almost ready!
Why come? See right here! Just click on any of the pages below.
Registration opens Saturday, October 5th - watch your Inbox or leave your email address below for more details.
IOMS 2023 Delegation to the AOA House of Delegates
The NEW Illinois Osteopathic Medical Society (IOMS) website is now online!
Our new site will help members connect, highlight the great work being done by DOs in Illinois, seamless join/renew, register for meetings, and more!
Pardon our dust while we are still under construction. Meanwhile, we invite you to see what we've started…
www.IOMS.org
Thanks to MemberClicks for their support while we launch the new website.
We are honored to have been selected for this award and look forward to receiving the award at American Osteopathic Association DO Day next month.
Congratulations to the 2023 AOA Advocacy Award Recipients! Awardees will be recognized during the DO Day in-person conference on Wednesday, April 19.
Register today! - https://bit.ly/3XK7p8u
Illinois Osteopathic Medical Society (IOMS)
Congressman Ami Bera Michael Burgess
The Illinois Osteopathic Medical Society (IOMS) announces the candidacy of Teresa A. Hubka, DO, MS, FACOOG (DIST), FACOG, CS, for the office of 2023-2024 American Osteopathic Association (AOA) President-Elect.
Visit this link to download the nomination letter from our President, Kimberly A. Huntington-Alfano, DO, along with the formal announcement for Dr. Hubka’s candidacy and her CV.
www.ufosocieties.org/storage/app/media/IOMS_Nomination.pdf
In observance of MLK Jr Day, the IOMS office will be closed on Monday, January 16th.
How family and friends can help their loved ones, especially Black men, become better advocates for their health. A new series in Essence features Jen Caudle, DO, Associate Professor at Rowan University.
https://bit.ly/3vcfRk6
Wishing our members and friends happy holidays and a very happy new year.
Dr. Omar Lateef, DO, President and CEO of RUSH University Medical Center shared “Lessons from the Pandemic: The Future of Healthcare” with Illinois osteopathic physicians (DOs) yesterday at our Winter Scientific Seminar.
Congratulations to our top presenters at today’s poster presentations. Excellent work!
Osteopathic medical students presented their research posters today at the Winter Scientific Seminar.
It was great to see so many IOMS Past Presidents on Day 3 of our Winter Scientific Seminar. Great networking with colleagues!
It was a pleasure having them both join us as speakers today. Very informative. Well done!
We’ve got another exciting day (Day 3) of CME, networking, and poster presentations tomorrow.
Topics include: Cyber Liability, Weekend Warrior, NMM/OMM Documentation, Running Your Practice, Lessons from the Pandemic, Hospice Key Metrics, Concussion, and Lung Cancer Screening.
Great networking and advocacy discussion during the Welcome Reception at the IOMS Winter Scientific Seminar. Thanks for joining us American Osteopathic Association President Ernest Gelb, DO, and AOA CEO Kevin Klauer!
Congratulations Senator Suzy Glowiak Hilton on receiving Legislator of the Year! Thanks for all you do for healthcare equity in Illinois.
Pictured with IOMS President Kim Huntington-Alfano, DO, (left) and Harry Lausen, DO, IO-PAC Chair (right).
We look forward to seeing Dr. Gelb and Dr. Klauer at our meeting later this week.
Both AOA's President, Ernest R. Gelb, DO, FACOFP, and our CEO, Kevin M. Klauer, DO, EJD, are honored to attend the Illinois Osteopathic Medical Society (IOMS) Annual Winter Scientific Seminar. Dr. Gelb will be giving the AOA update on Friday, December 9th.
https://bit.ly/3FcJuYn
The American Osteopathic Association (AOA) CEO, Kevin M. Klauer, DO, EJD, during his keynote speech at Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine.
“Be proud. Be distinct. And above all, don’t be perfect.” Sage advice from Dr. Klaurer to the Class of 2026. “Resist the temptation to blend in with others…you absolutely have a distinctive approach to medicine.”
Watch the video here -
The American Osteopathic Association (AOA) President, Ernest Gelb, DO, FACOFP, talks with Medical Economics about the importance for physicians to use mental health resources to keep their mind, body and spirit strong.
Ernest R. Gelb, DO, FACOFP, 126th president of the American Osteopathic Association, discusses the importance of physician wellness and resources.
Financial advice for Physician residents.
The IOMS represented Illinois osteopathic physicians, residents/fellows, and medical students at the 2022 American Osteopathic Association (AOA) House of Delegates.
The IOMS delegation is in Chicago at the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) House of Delegates this weekend. Representing the osteopathic profession in Illinois.
The AOA, AACOM, NBOME, and AAOE issued a statement urging further discussion and understanding about osteopathic distinction.
https://www.nbome.org/news/osteopathic-community-joint-statement/
As leaders of the osteopathic medical education and osteopathic medical communities in the United States, we acknowledge and empathize with trainees who often encounter bias in transition to residency, such as requests for DO students to take USMLE in addition to COMLEX-USA in the residency applicat...
The IOMS extends our thoughts and prayers to the families and colleagues of the Tulsa mass shooting, including a member of our Osteopathic family: Stephanie J. Husen, DO; Preston Phillips, MD; Amanda Glenn; and William Love.
A great day at American Osteopathic Association with the delegation! This team was amazing!
The Illinois Osteopathic Medical Society (IOMS) thanks all those who have served in the United States Armed Forces today, Veterans Day, November 11, 2021. 🇺🇸
Welcome, Class of 2025!
Happy Independence Day!
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We join the American Osteopathic Association in their effort to protect patient safety, support honesty and transparency, and ensure patients have access to physician-led, team-based care.
Position Statement: The American Osteopathic Association calls for truth in advertising, intellectual honesty and transparency with the use of professional designations of non-physician clinicians in service of the public interest. We also call for organized, collaborative discussions among stakehol...
Share your concern today. Ask Governor JB Pritzker to today. Don’t delay.
The American Osteopathic Association and the IOMS are fighting back. This bill can financially ruin physician practices and puts patient access to medical care in jeopardy.
Gov Pritzker - Please consider all Illinois , and their patients, especially those in much-needed specialties — Veto Senate Bill 72.
Follow link for details...
https://osteopathic.quorum.us/campaign/30973/
Write the Governor Today! Tell him to Veto SB 72
Share your concern today. Ask Gov Pritzker to today. Don’t delay.
The American Osteopathic Association and the IOMS are fighting back. This bill can financially ruin physician practices and puts patient access to medical care in jeopardy.
Governor JB Pritzker - Please consider all Illinois , and their patients, especially those in much-needed specialties — .
https://osteopathic.quorum.us/campaign/30973/
Write the Governor Today! Tell him to Veto SB 72
While may be 40 on the best & worst states to be a , if Governor JB Pritzker signs SB 72, we could drop closer to 50.
Share your concern TODAY — before it’s too late. - SEE LINK IN COMMENTS to share your concern! Don’t delay!!
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Illinois ranked 40 based on 19 different factors that impact the practice of , such as requirements, job competition, safety, and *** insurance rates***.
Let’s keep the best physicians in unique specialties in — not drive them out or keep us recruiting the best. Signing SB 72 will deter from practicing or pursuing much-needed specialties in Illinois.
https://thedo.osteopathic.org/2021/05/the-best-and-worst-states-for-doctors-in-2021/
Montana leads WalletHub's new list, while Rhode Island comes in last. See where your state landed.
We partnered with the American Osteopathic Association to address workplace violence . At a time when DOs & other health care professionals are treating patients for COVID-19, there’s growing safety concerns RE workplace injury/violence.
Read full letter for details here:
http://app1.vocusgr.com/ViewAttachment.aspx?EID=i3mVKARR1qe%2bCWyYi6rv9uJ%2f40oSTP9EcpiR0lbAZaM%3d
Completing 4 years of , DOs acquire advanced skills in preventive, comprehensive care & training in musculoskeletal system. DOs are your family , surgeons, & all specialties. We are
April 18-24 is Osteopathic Medicine Week
DOs approach medicine from a unique perspective, striving to help patients be truly healthy in mind, body & spirit—not just free of symptoms or pain.
It’s National Osteopathic Medicine Week, April 18-24.
Today begins National Osteopathic Medicine Week! There are over 4,000 licensed osteopathic physicians (DOs) throughout the great state of Illinois.
This week we recognize physicians and medical students who treat patients with the distinctive whole-person approach to medicine.
Congratulations Midwestern University Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine (CCOM)!
#1 in the country for impact on primary care who entered into primary care specialties
*and*
#17 in the country for Primary Care
https://www.midwestern.edu/about/mwu-now/news/chicago-college-of-osteopathic-medicine-earns-high-us-news-ranking.xml
Midwestern University’s Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine (CCOM) recently earned a top spot on the U.S. News and World Report ranking of Best Medical Schools in the practice area of primary care. The Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine ranked 17th on the list that evaluated medical schoo...
The Illinois Osteopathic Medical Society (IOMS) joins the Illinois Psychiatric Society in leading the effort, along with the Illinois State Medical Society and a long list of other organizations, in OPPOSING Illinois Senate Bill (SB) 2272. Tomorrow, Tuesday, April 13, the IL Senate Committee on Behavioral and Mental Health will hold a hearing to discuss SB 2272, legislation that would allow psychologists with insufficient medical training to prescribe dangerous and highly addictive Schedule II medications to anyone, including young and elderly patients.
**TAKE ACTION NOW** at the link below, then share the link with all Illinois citizens -- friends, colleagues, medical students, physicians, and others who have a genuine concern about opioid prescribing and patient safety.
https://osteopathic.quorum.us/campaign/32480/
We need your help writing your state lawmakers! Tell them to protect patient safety by opposing SB 2272!
The Illinois legislature recently introduced a new version of a prejudgment interest bill that is harmful to physicians and their patients. This new bill was introduced due to overwhelming opposition to the original bill in the state House. Unfortunately, this new bill is not is not any better.
The Illinois Osteopathic Medical Society (IOMS) and the American Osteopathic Association(AOA) have been fighting back against this new bill in the state legislature (SB 72), and if passed, can financially ruin physician practices and puts patient access to medical care in jeopardy.
This bill allows prejudgment interest to accrue on the date the action is filed in medical liability cases in the amount of six percent per year, which could result in exorbitant professional liability insurance rate hikes and deter physicians from practicing or pursuing much-needed specialties in Illinois.
SB 72 was fast-tracked through both chambers in the state legislature and is now on the way to Governor Pritzker to sign.
Can I count on you to send the governor an email? Tell him to veto SB 72 today.
, , future physicians who want to practice in Illinois, and , please follow this link to share your concern and let your voice be heard.
Stopping this bill couldn't be more important as physicians continue to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Use the link below to send your concerns and call the Governors office with your request to Veto Senate Bill (SB) 72 today.
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https://osteopathic.quorum.us/campaign/30973/
Write the Governor Today! Tell him to Veto SB 72
The Illinois Osteopathic Medical Society (IOMS) and the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) have been fighting back against a bill in the state legislature (HB 3360) that can financially ruin physician practices *and* puts patient access to medical care in jeopardy.
This bill requires the payment of prejudgment interest in medical liability cases in the amount of nine percent per year, which could result in exorbitant professional liability insurance rate hikes and deter physicians from practicing or pursuing much-needed specialties in Illinois.
H.B. 3360 was fast-tracked through both chambers in the state legislature and is now on the way to Governor Pritzer to sign.
, , future physicians who want to practice in Illinois, and , please follow this link to share your concern and let your voice be heard.
https://osteopathic.quorum.us/campaign/30973/?
Stopping this bill couldn't be more important as physicians continue to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Write the Governor Today! Tell him to Veto H.B. 3360!
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