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Ohio State Medical Association
AbbreviationOSMA
FormationMay 14, 1846
Founded atColumbus, Ohio, U.S.
TypeProfessional association
HeadquartersDublin, Ohio, U.S.
Location
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MembersAbout 15,000 (2004)
Websitewww.osma.org Edit this at Wikidata

The Ohio State Medical Association (OSMA) is a professional association that represents physicians, medical residents, and medical students in the U.S. state of Ohio.[1][2] It is the largest and oldest statewide physician-led group in Ohio, and it has ties to the American Medical Association and to county medical societies.[2][3] The group has its main office at 5115 Parkcenter Avenue in Dublin, Ohio, and it was incorporated in 1904.[4][5]

The group began as the Ohio State Medical Society on May 14, 1846, when twenty-five doctors met at the Neil House in Columbus, Ohio, and wrote a constitution.[6][7] That first meeting led to a charter from the Ohio General Assembly in February 1848, which made the group a body corporate and politic.[6][8] The Ohio Medical Convention was part of Ohio medical history from 1835 to 1851, and it met before and alongside the society.[9][10]

The society adopted a constitution and code of bylaws on May 16, 1848, and it held meetings at the same time as the Ohio Medical Convention from 1846 until 1851.[6][9] The Ohio Medical Convention merged with the society after 1851, and the society changed its name to the Ohio State Medical Association on May 28, 1902.[9][11] The current name was incorporated in May 1904, and a House of Delegates was created with representatives from each county medical society.[6][4]

The association started The Ohio State Medical Journal in July 1905, and that journal ran until December 1986.[12][13][11] After 1986, Ohio Medicine took the place of the older journal.[13][12] The group had about 15,000 members in 2004, and it works on legislative issues such as medical liability reform.[14][15] The OSMA is still linked to the American Medical Association and to county medical societies across Ohio.[3][2][1]

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  1. 1 2 Hancock, Laura (November 3, 2023). "Several doctor and medical groups remain mum on Ohio abortion amendment". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland.com. Retrieved September 15, 2026. The Ohio State Medical Association, representing over 15,000 physicians... have been silent on state Issue 1.
  2. 1 2 3 Smyth, Julie Carr (September 17, 2018). "Ohio doctor groups divided over governor's race endorsement". Associated Press. Columbus, Ohio: Associated Press. Associated Press. Retrieved September 15, 2026. In July, Republican Attorney General Mike DeWine landed the coveted endorsement of the Ohio State Medical Association, the state's largest and oldest physician group.
  3. 1 2 "OSMA Announces Support for HB130 as Prior Authorization Bill Introduced in Ohio House". Ohio State Medical Association. Ohio State Medical Association. March 30, 2023. Retrieved September 15, 2026. OSMA is the largest and oldest statewide physician-led association in Ohio. We are affiliated nationally with the American Medical Association and locally with county medical societies.
  4. 1 2 ProPublica (2015). "Ohio State Medical Association, Full Filing". Nonprofit Explorer. New York, New York: ProPublica. Retrieved September 15, 2026. Ohio State Medical Association, 5115 Parkcenter Ave, Dublin, OH 43017. Year of formation: 1904.
  5. ↑ "Last Chance to Register!". Ohio State Medical Association. Dublin, Ohio: Ohio State Medical Association. Retrieved September 15, 2026. Ohio State Medical Association • OSMA.org 5115 Parkcenter Avenue • Suite 200 • Dublin, OH 43017.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "OSMA History". Ohio State Medical Association. Ohio State Medical Association. Retrieved September 15, 2026. The Ohio State Medical Society (later named the Ohio State Medical Association) was organized in a parlor of the old Neil House in Columbus, Ohio, on a Thursday evening, May 14, 1846... 25 physicians were admitted to the charter membership.
  7. ↑ "Ohio State Medical Association". Journal of the American Medical Association. 156 (2). Chicago, Illinois: American Medical Association: 180–181. 1954. doi:10.1001/jama.1954.02950020086018. According to the medical archives of Ohio, on May 14, 1846, "a number of medical gentlemen," 25 in all, assembled at the Neil House in Columbus, adopted a constitution, and organized the Ohio State Medical Society, now the Ohio State Medical Association.
  8. ↑ Charter, constitution and proceedings of the Ohio State Medical Society, for the years 1848-9. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State Journal Office. 1849. NLM ID: 101210029. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That R. Thompson, F. Carter, G. W. H. Landon, A. H. Mussey, J. ...
  9. 1 2 3 "Ohio Medical Convention Proceedings, 1846 May 12". ArchiveGrid. OCLC. Retrieved September 15, 2026. The Ohio Medical Convention held an annual meeting each year from 1835 to 1851. Sessions of the Medical Convention of Ohio and the Ohio State Medical Society were held concurrently from 1846 to 1851, after which the Medical Convention of Ohio merged with the Ohio State Medical Society.
  10. ↑ Paterson, Robert G. (1943). "Ohio Medical History, 1835–1858: Still Further Aspects". Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Quarterly. 52. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society: 307–372.
  11. 1 2 Forman, Jonathan (1947). "The Ohio State Medical Journal". Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Quarterly. 56. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society: 379–386.
  12. 1 2 "The Ohio State medical journal". National Library of Medicine Catalog. Bethesda, Maryland: National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine. NLM ID: 0401013. Retrieved September 15, 2026. The Ohio State medical journal. Author(s): Ohio State Medical Association. Publication: [Athens, Ohio] : Ohio State Medical Association, 1905-1986.
  13. 1 2 "State Medical Society Journals: Ohio". Research Guides. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Library. Retrieved September 15, 2026. Volumes 1-82 (1905-1986) of the Ohio State Medical Journal and 83-87 (1987-2000) of Ohio Medicine are available online.
  14. ↑ Romano, Michael (April 15, 2004). "Survey shows Ohio docs troubled by med mal premiums". Modern Healthcare. Chicago, Illinois: Crain Communications. Retrieved September 15, 2026. More than one-third of the physicians in Ohio will close their practices within the next two years if medical liability insurance premiums continue to rise, according to a new survey by the 15,000-member Ohio State Medical Association.
  15. ↑ Thomas, Roy H. (November 15, 2009). "Federal tort reform vital to health care reform". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland.com. Retrieved September 15, 2026. The Ohio State Medical Association, which represents a majority of doctors in Ohio... The association, an affiliate of the American Medical Association...
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