List of Alpha Omega Alpha members

Alpha Omega Alpha is an honor society in the field of medicine. It has 132 active chapters in the United States. In 2025, it had initiated more than 200,000 members. Following are some of its notable members.

Academia

Presidents and chancellors

NameChapterInitiation yearNotabilityHaroutune ArmenianAmerican University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine1979President of the American University of ArmeniaDavid BaltimoreHonorary1987President of the California Institute of Technology and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1975Carol Black Honorary2003Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge and physician specialising in rheumatologyWalter BodmerHonorary1988Chancellor of the University of SalfordJulie Story ByerleyUNC School of Medicine2008President and dean of Geisinger Commonwealth School of MedicineMichael A. CaligiuriOhio State University College of Medicine2008President of the City of Hope National Medical CenterFrancisco G. Cigarroa University of Texas Southwestern Medical School1982Chancellor of the University of Texas SystemBenno C. Schmidt Jr.Honorary 1978President of Yale University and dean of Columbia Law SchoolEdward C. HalperinYale School of Medicine1979Chancellor and CEO of New York Medical CollegeFrank HarrisonUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical School1953President of the University of Texas at Arlington and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San AntonioRaymond HoffenbergHonorary2001President of Wolfson College, Oxford and endocrinologist J. Larry JamesonUNC School of Medicine1981President of the University of PennsylvaniaMichael M. E. JohnsUniversity of Michigan Medical School1968Chancellor of Emory UniversityAlbert R. JonsenHonorary 2009President of the University of San Francisco; chairman of the Department of Medical History and Ethics at the University of Washington School of MedicineShotai KobayashiHonorary2014President of Shimane University and dean of Shimane University Medical SchoolJ. Quigg NewtonHonorary2000President of the University of Colorado and mayor of DenverJames OrbinskiHonorary2003Principal of Massey College, TorontoValerie Montgomery RiceMorehouse School of Medicine2013President and dean of Morehouse School of MedicineIgnacio Sánchez DíazHonorary2014Rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of ChileFrederick SeitzHonorary1980President of Rockefeller University and president of the United States National Academy of Sciences Brian L. StromRutgers New Jersey Medical School2014Chancellor of Rutgers HealthMargaret Turner-WarwickHonorary1987President of the Royal College of PhysiciansRay L. WattsWashington University School of Medicine1980President of the University of Alabama at BirminghamTorsten WieselHonorary1992President of Rockefeller University, neuroscientist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1981

Vice presidents, vice chancellors, and provosts

NameChapterInitiation yearNotabilityDavid A. Asch Weill Cornell Medical College1984Senior vice president of the University of Pennsylvania and professor of medicine at the Perelman School of MedicineRichard BarohnUniversity of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine2003Executive vice chancellor for health affairs at the University of Missouri and dean of the University of Missouri School of MedicineNancy E. Gary Drexel University College of Medicine1984Executive vice president of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and dean of its F. Edward Hébert School of MedicineHarry R. JacobsonUniversity of Illinois College of Medicine1970Vice chancellor for health affairs and CEO of Vanderbilt University Medical CenterSteven LibuttiColumbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons1990Vice chancellor for cancer programs for Rutgers Health and director of the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New JerseyDaniel H. LowensteinUCSF School of Medicine1983Executive vice chancellor and provost at the University of California, San FranciscoSteven T. RosenFeinberg School of Medicine1976Provost and chief scientific officer of City of Hope National Medical Center

Deans

NameChapterInitiation yearNotabilityAzra BihoracUniversity of Florida College of Medicine2022Professor and senior associate dean of research at the University of Florida College of MedicineLuther ChristmanHonorary1981Dean of the nursing school at Vanderbilt University and Rush UniversityLoretta FordHonorary2000Founding dean of the nursing school at the University of RochesterMartha N. HillHonorary2009Dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing I. Michael LeitmanBoston University School of Medicine1985Professor and dean at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiLeah LowensteinUniversity of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health1954Dean and professor of medicine and biochemistry at the Boston University School of MedicineRobert H. MillerTulane University School of Medicine1973Dean of the University of Nevada, Reno School of MedicineEtta D. PisanoDuke University School of Medicine2003Professor of radiology at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and chief research dean at the American College of RadiologyHans PopperIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai1970Father of hepatology, pathologist-in-chief at the Mount Sinai Hospital, founder and first dean of the Mount Sinai School of MedicineMegan RanneyColumbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons2004Dean of Yale School of Public HealthFrederick Chapman RobbinsCase Western Reserve University School of Medicine1967Professor of pediatrics and dean of the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1954Paul B. RothmanYale School of Medicine1984Dean of the medical faculty and vice president for medicine at Johns Hopkins UniversityHermann von Wechlinger Schulte Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons1912Anatomist, professor, and dean of Creighton University School of MedicineRosemary A. StevensHonorary1989Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of PennsylvaniaGeorge H. WhippleJohns Hopkins School of Medicine1909Founding dean University of Rochester Medical Center, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1934

Department chairs

NameChapterInitiation yearNotabilityDavid H. AdamsDuke University School of Medicine1981Chairman of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai HospitalKamal BadrAmerican University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine1979Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at the American University of BeirutWilliam Bennett BeanUniversity of Virginia School of Medicine1934Professor and head of internal medicine at the University of Iowa College of MedicineColin BlakemoreHonorary1996Neurobiologist, director of medical studies at Downing College, and lecturer in physiology at the University of CambridgeMichael L. BrodmanIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai2007Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science at Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Health System, and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiCarol BrownColumbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons1986Chair for health equity at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and a professor at Weill Cornell Medical CollegeFrank A. ChervenakSidney Kimmel Medical College1976Chair of obstetrics and gynecology at Lenox Hill Hospital and the Zucker School of MedicineGary DesirYale School of Medicine1980Chair of the department of internal medicine at Yale School of MedicineDavid GiusFeinberg School of Medicine2014Director of the Women's Cancer Research Program and vice chair of translational research at the Feinberg School of MedicineMark S. GoldUniversity of Florida College of Medicine2007Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Florida College of MedicineSandi LamFeinberg School of Medicine2002Vice chair for pediatric neurological surgery at Northwestern UniversityPaul MischelWeill Cornell Medical College1991 Vice chair for research for the Department of Pathology at Stanford University School of MedicineJacqueline Nwando Olayiwola Ohio State University College of Medicine2016Chair and professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Ohio State University Wexner Medical CenterCharles D. PhelpsRoy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine1963Chair of the Ophthalmology Department at the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of MedicineKeith Peters Honorary2001Head of the School of Clinical Medicine and Regius Professor of Physic at the University of CambridgeWilliam S. PiercePerelman School of Medicine 1961Chief of the Division of Artificial Organs and the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, director of surgical research, and associate chair of the Department of Surgery at Pennsylvania State UniversitySteven M. ReppertUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine1973Chair of the Department of Neurobiology at the University of Massachusetts Medical SchoolMartin RothHonorary1998Chair of psychological medicine at Newcastle University Alan L. SchillerRosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science1982Chair of the Department of Pathology at Mount Sinai MedicalDavid SabistonJohns Hopkins School of Medicine1947Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Duke University School of MedicineYoel Sadovsky Washington University School of Medicine2004Chair of Women's Health Research, at the University of PittsburghRobert William SchrierIndiana University School of Medicine1962Chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and founding editor-in-chief of Nature Clinical Practice NephrologyStuart C. SealfonUniversity of South Florida College of Medicine1989Chairman of the Department of Neurology at Mount Sinai School of MedicineEric Manvers ShooterHonorary 2001Founding chairman of the Department of Neurobiology at Stanford University School of MedicineJohn T. SinnottUniversity of South Florida College of Medicine1989Chairman of internal medicine at the University of South Florida College of MedicineCharles VacantiUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine2003Head of the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Massachusetts and Brigham and Women’s Hospital; professor emeritus of anesthesiology at Harvard Medical SchoolDavid WeatherallHonorary1988Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of OxfordJohn N. WhitakerUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine1965Chairman of the Neurology Department at the University of Alabama at BirminghamOwen WhiteHonorary 2016Bioinformatician and director of the Institute for Genome Sciences at the University of Maryland School of MedicineJose WileyTulane University School of Medicine2025Chair of cardiovascular medicine and professor of medicine at Tulane University School of MedicineDean WinslowSidney Kimmel Medical College1976Chair of the Department of Medicine at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and professor and vice chair of medicine at Stanford University

Professors