INFORMATION REPORT 10 – M/2012 – Page 1
OSTEOPATHIC INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE
Johannes Mayer, MD, DOM (DE), Chair
This report reflects the activities of the OIA Board of Directors from July 2011 to February 2012.
2011 Potsdam Annual Conference and General Meeting
The OIA held their 2011 Annual Conference and General Meeting September 29-30, in Potsdam,
Brandenburg, Germany. The OIA partnered with the Osteopathic European Academic Network
(OsEAN) to present “Teaching Palpation,” which was part of the larger “Thorax – Movement,
Breathing, Life” conference, hosted by the German Osteopathic Association (VOD) and German
Association for Osteopathic Physicians (DGOM). In attendance at the OIA-OsEAN conference were
more than 140 osteopathic registrants from Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Finland, France,
Germany, Italy, Luxemburg, New Zealand, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States. The
full conference had more than 500 attendees.
The OIA’s business meeting closed the conference, where the Full membership elected three
representatives to the Board of Directors.
Peter Ajluni, DO, was re-elected to the Board, where he currently serves as the Secretary-Treasurer.
Jane Carreiro, DO, who was nominated by and represents the American Academy of Osteopathy
(AAO), was elected to her first term on the Board. Karen Nichols, DO, who was nominated by and
represents the AOA, was elected by acclamation to her first term on the Board. The OIA Board of
Directors is composed of nine directors currently representing six organizations, plus one lay member,
from five countries. All seats are three-year terms.
2012 Midyear Meeting – March 24-25, at the AAO Convocation
The OIA Board will hold their midyear meeting at the Galt House, as part of the AAO’s Convocation.
This meeting will include normal Board business, a strategic planning session and a special meeting of
the membership to consider several bylaws changes.
OIA Status Report on Osteopathy Document
Following the OIA’s meeting with World Health Organization (WHO) representatives in April, the
OIA Status Report on Osteopathy Task Force worked to develop Stage 1 of the report, which focuses
on the current state of the profession, including education, training and regulation. The Stage 1 Report
was sent to members for comment and was part of the discussion at the Potsdam Conference. The
Task Force has now begun work on Stage 2, which will include background on the profession and
prove the efficacy of OMT. Representatives from the Board will meet with WHO staff in February to
ensure that the document is being developed properly to fit in with the WHO’s new strategy and
timeline to fit in with their 2014 strategic plan.
OIA Newsletters
The OIA is now providing a quarterly newsletter to their members, which highlights member benefits
and services, recaps and previews official meetings, showcases new members and provides a listing of
upcoming member meetings.
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OIA Membership
The OIA has sixty-seven (67) organizational members representing institutions in twenty-four (24)
countries; eleven (11) Full, nine (9) Associate and forty-seven (47) Partner members.
Full Members
American Osteopathic Association (AOA-US); Australian Osteopathic Association (AOA-AU) ; British
Osteopathic Association (BOA); Canadian Osteopathic Association (COA); French Osteopathic
Physician Association (OFS); General Osteopathic Council (GOsC – United Kingdom); GermanAmerican Academy of Osteopathy (DAAO); German Association for Osteopathic Medicine (DGOM);
German Osteopathic Association (VOD); Osteopathic Council of New Zealand (OCNZ); Swiss
Federation of Osteopaths (FSO).
Associate Members
Canadian Federation of Osteopaths (CFO); Belgian Society of Osteopathy (SBO-SBO, UP); Consiglio
Superiore di Osteopatia (CSdO); Japan Osteopathic Federation (JOF); Norwegian Association of
Osteopathy (NAO); Register for Osteopaths of Belgium (ROB); Register of Osteopaths of Brazil
(RBrO); Register of Osteopaths of Russia (ROR); Uniform National Register of Osteopathy (UNRO).
Partner Members
American Academy of Osteopathy; American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine;
American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians; American Osteopathic College of Occupational
and Preventative Medicine; American Osteopathic Information Association; Association of
Osteopathic State Executive Directors; AVT Osteopathic College (Germany); British School of
Osteopathy; Bundesverband Osteopathie e.V.; Centre Européen d' Enseignement Supérieur de
l'Ostéopathie; Centre International d’Osteopathie; Centre Osteopathique Atman; Centre Osteopathique
Du Quebec; College Osteopathique de Provence; The Osteopathic Cranial Academy; Escuela Espanola
de Formacion Osteopatica (EFO); Ecole Superieure d’Osteopathie – Paris; Edward Via Virginia
College of Osteopathic Medicine; Escuela Espanola de Formacion Osteopatica; European Institute for
Osteopathic Medicine; European Register for Osteopathic Physicians; The European School of
Osteopathy; Institut Superieur d’Osteopathie – Lyon; Institute of Osteopathic Medicine (Russia);
International Academy of Osteopathy; Irish College of Osteopathic Medicine; Lincoln Memorial
University – DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine; Michigan State University College of
Osteopathic Medicine; Midwestern University/Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine; National
Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners; Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic
Medicine; Ontario Association of Osteopathic Manual Practitioners; Osteopathic Council of New
Zealand; Osteopathic European Academic Network; Pikeville University, Kentucky College of
Osteopathic Medicine; Registre des Osteopaths du Quebec; Registro de Osteopatas de Argentina; Saint
Petersburg Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education; Society for the Promotion of Manual Practice
Osteopathy; Student Osteopathic Medical Association; Sutherland Cranial Teaching Foundation
Belgium; Syndicat National de l’Enseignement Superieur en Osteopathie; Unitec New Zealand;
University of New England, College of Osteopathic Medicine; Victoria University, Osteopathic
Medicine Unit, School of Health Sciences; West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine; Western
University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific.