Treating Our Family and Yours
The Maryland Association of Osteopathic Physicians is a non-profit organization representing osteopathic physicians (D.O.'s) in the state of Maryland
MAOP Application
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MAOP
4915 Deer Park Rd.
Owings Mills, MD 21117
MAOP Brochure Order Form
Click on the PDF file to download the MAOP brochure order form. Then print using Adobe Acrobat Reader, complete and return with check payable to:
MAOP
4915 Deer Park Rd.
Owings Mills, MD 21117
What can membership in MAOP do for you?
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First and foremost, connection with other D.O.s in the state and the region.
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CME dinners at various locations around the state.
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Legislative support services.
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Opportunity to serve as "Physician for the Day" for the Maryland General Assembly while in session (our slots are usually in February). Here you can meet with your state legislators, observe, and perhaps take part in the lawmaking process for the day.
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Free Patient information brochures simply pay shipping costs.
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Discounted fees for the Annual Chesapeake Regional Osteopathic Scientific Conference every June and the MAOP Fall Mini-Conference.
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MAOP acts as a referral base, referring students, patients, media, etc. to our member physicians.
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Newsletter featuring upcoming events and projects, osteopathic as well as general medical legislative issues, reimbursement tips, features on D.O.s in the news, and special accomplishments of our members.
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A website—a valuable resource for MAOP members as well as the general public.
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An executive director to assist you with all member concerns.
Download PDF letter
Dear Osteopathic Physician,
Simply put, we NEED YOU to join MAOP in 2010.
With landmark legislation effecting who receives medical care and who
delivers it, we need to step up and have OUR voices heard! Now is the right time for you to be a member of MAOP. With so much at stake, you need to be informed and involved—you have to belong. We have an ambitious mission:
To promote osteopathic medicine through a coordinated effort of professional
education, professional advocacy, member services, and public awareness
campaigns in order to ensure the availability of quality osteopathic health
care to the people of the State of Maryland.
MAOP has made tremendous strides since its official formation as a
non-profit organization in 1992. Our accomplishments belie the small number
of volunteer physicians and part-time staff that make MAOP work—for its
members and for all of Maryland's osteopathic physicians. We have always
provided a forum for professional networking. Additionally we were
instrumental in establishing a permanent DO position on the Maryland Board
of Physicians ensuring fair representation for all Maryland DOs. And we
continue to serve as a referral base for student rotations and for patients
seeking osteopathic care. In addition, since 1999 MAOP has raised over
$4,500 in its student scholarship fund and has awarded nearly $4,000 of that
to worthy students and residents.
One of our primary goals has always been to provide local and affordable
CME. In fact, since 1992, MAOP has offered over 560 hours of AOA Category
1-A credits. To that end, we are pleased to announce that MAOP and the AOA
have partnered to host the Regional Osteopathic Medical Education (ROME)
Mid-Atlantic Conference to be held July 29-31, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency
Chesapeake Bay in Cambridge, MD.
We know that the changing health care climate has been difficult for our
practices. What you may not know is that it has presented enormous
challenges for MAOP as well. In the first half of this decade
pharmaceutical sponsorship accounted for nearly 50% of MAOP annual revenue.
Since then, drug companies on average provide less than 20% of the money
MAOP receives annually. MAOP is committed to providing our services at as
low a cost to you as possible. We have not had a membership fee increase
since 2005 and our conference registration fees have increased minimally,
not actually covering our increased costs in this difficult economy.
Therefore, MAOP is counting on increased membership to make up our budget
shortfall. Does your membership make a difference? The answer is simply,
YES. If you are already a member, thank you for your past and continued
membership. If you are not a member, we NEED YOU to ensure the future of
osteopathic medicine in Maryland.