The Arkansas Osteopathic Medical Association (AOMA) was founded in 1980, when about five doctors from various areas of the state met in a hotel lobby in Little Rock, Arkansas and decided it was time for osteopathic physicians of Arkansas to have a professional organization and home. This new home would serve as a tool for the advancement of osteopathic medicine and the practicing osteopathic physician, ultimately helping enhance healthcare in Arkansas. With the help of the late Bob Jones, former Executive Director of the Oklahoma Osteopathic Association, the idea of the AOMA was realized, yielding new relationships and future leaders of the AOA. As an affiliate of the American Osteopathic Association, the AOMA is a true voluntary professional association and continues to exist in order to promote the causes, purposes, and goals of the osteopathic profession in Arkansas. It is a state organization OF physicians of osteopathic medicine (DOs), BY osteopathic physicians, and FOR osteopathic physicians, we premise that the individual’s interests are best served with unified effort and support in an Association. While it is important to remember our humble beginnings in that hotel lobby, it is the conceptualization of what was established at that first meeting that must not be forgotten. The AOMA is governed by a Board of Trustees and Officers nominated annually to conduct the Association’s business between members' election ballots. The Board of Trustees engages a professional full-time two person staff to manage the everyday and ongoing business of the Association. The Association’s business is for the benefit of individual members, the osteopathic profession, its institutions and other affiliated organizations as well as the many publics served by osteopathic medicine in Arkansas.
Trustees
AOMA Staff
President
Esther Tompkins
PM & R, Children's Hosipital
Little Rock, AR
President-Elect
Patty Williams
Family Practice
Countryside Clinic
Lake View, AR
Past-president
Brent Sprinkle, D.O.
PM & R, Arkansas Specialty Care Centers
Little Rock, AR
Secretary/Treasurer
Randy Conover, D.O.
Family Practice
Cenerton Medical Clinic
Cenerton, AR
Lonette Bebensee
General Surgery
Van Buren Surgeon's Office
Van Buren, AR
Gary Edwards, D.O., F.A.C.O.F.P
Family Practice
Cooper Clinic
Fort Smith, AR
Veryl Hodges, D.O.
Internal Medicine
Clopton Clinic
Jonesboro, AR
Roy Matthews, D.O., M.P.H.
United States Air Force, retired
Sherwood, AR
Kenneth Seiter, D.O.
Anesthesiology
Sparks Hospital
Ft. Smith, AR
Shane Spites D.O.
Family Practice
UAMS - AHEC
Jonesboro, AR
James Zini, D.O., F.A.C.O.F.P
Family Practice
Zini Medical Clinic
Mountain View, AR
Stacy Richardson, D.O.
Intern/Resident
Mountain View
Executive Director:
Frazier Edwards
Office: (501) 374.8900
Executive Assistant:
Lisa Hazel
Office: (501) 374.8900
The Arkansas Society of the ACOFP Annual Conference is fast approaching. March 3rd-7th at the Harrah's Resort and Casino in Tunica, Mississippi. There will be lots of activities for All of our participants. The AOMA will be offering 25 Category 1-A CME credits. This will include Speciality hours for Speciality Specific Credit. If you are interested in having direct contact to a large group of doctors, look into our exhibiting opportunities and feel free to contact us with any questions. If you're wondering wether or not exhibiting is for you, we have exhibits from all forms of products and services: Lawyers, Pharmaceutical, Jewelry stores, Medical Equipment, Hotels, crafts, Insurance, etc... For questions about the conference hit the Contact Us tab at the top right of the page. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you there!