Quick Facts

AΩA is a leading advocate for scholarly attainment and moral purpose in medicine.

AΩA's mission statement:
Alpha Omega Alpha—dedicated to the belief that in the profession of medicine we will improve care for all patients by:

AΩA has 120 chapters in medical schools throughout the United States and has elected more than 150,000 members since its founding.

Fifty-one Nobel Prize winners in Physiology or Medicine, and in Chemistry, have been AΩA members. Thirty of those were elected to AΩA prior to winning the Nobel Prize.

Nearly seventy-five percent of deans of U.S. medical schools are members of AΩA.

Each year, AΩA grants more than $575,000 to medical students and faculty for awards, projects, and prizes that recognize outstanding commitment and dedication to caring for others and providing high quality health care.