About
What Is OAA?

Mission:
To advance the profession and honor the tradition of acupuncture and Oriental medicine in Oregon.
Guiding Principles:
- We protect and advance the scope of practice of AOM in Oregon
- We build a supportive community for AOM practitioners
- We provide business support and legal reference for AOM practitioners
- We educate AOM practitioners to enhance their professional skills
- We communicate and collaborate with other health care practitioners
- We develop and nurture a relationship with the general public to increase AOM awareness, understanding and support

Ross McCallum
President

Mary Jean Brinkman
Vice President

Elizabeth Bourgeois
Secretary

Jonathan Contant
Treasurer

Tracy Thorne
Membership Chair

Tara Gregory
Board Member at Large

Munleen Soni
Board Member at Large

Kym Garret
Board Member at Large

Austin Cory
OCOM Student Representative

Rachel Bell
NUNM Student Representative
Our Philosophy
Our vision is to use strong, incentivized membership to engage in effective public outreach, education and AOM advocacy resulting in public policy that supports financial sustainability for practitioners, a strong statewide, national and international AOM community, and full integration of AOM in modern health care.