Mission Statement
The objects of this Society shall be to encourage mutual understanding and cooperation between public health agencies and Osteopathic Medicine for the improvement of public health; by elevating and maintaining high standards of Osteopathic Institutions within the State, and by advancing the professional knowledge of surgery, obstetrics, and the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of disease in general; by stimulating original research and investigation and by collecting and disseminating the results of such work for the education and improvement of the profession and the ultimate benefit of humanity; by maintaining ethical conduct in all phases of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery; by directing and fostering a correct public opinion of the relations of the Osteopathic profession to the society and to the State, and by providing for united and frequent expression of the views of the profession; to suppress empiricism; to invest and re-invest surplus funds in such securities or properties as the Board of Trustees may from time to time determine; to publish and circulate publications of any kind and description in connection with this Society.