"Be worthy to serve the suffering"

Richard L. Byyny, MD, FACP

With a distinguished history of 116 years of service to medicine and society, Alpha Omega Alpha (AΩA) is the nation’s interdisciplinary honor medical society, recognizing, advocating for, and inspiring physicians in the care of patients and the promotion of health. Members may be elected throughout their career. They epitomize academic and clinical excellence, professionalism, leadership, education, scholarship, service, and “being worthy to serve the suffering.”

AΩA is dedicated to improving care for all by recognizing high educational achievement; honoring gifted teaching; encouraging the development of leaders in academia and the community; supporting the ideals of humanism; and promoting service to others.