Alpha Omega Alpha is the only national medical honor society in the world. Founded in 1902, the society was originally established 鈥渢o encourage high ideals of thought and action in schools of medicine and to promote that which is highest in professional practice.鈥 Today, there are over 130 chapters in medical schools throughout the United States and more than 183,000 members elected since its founding. The honor of A惟A membership is accompanied by the responsibility to uphold and promote the mission that in the profession of medicine, patient care will be improved by:
- Recognizing high educational achievement
- Honoring gifted teaching
- Encouraging the development of leader in academia and the community
- Supporting the ideals of humanism; and
- Promoting service to others
The Texas Beta chapter of A惟A at 草榴社区入口 was founded in 1949, the 55th chapter in the country. Medical students are elected to A惟A membership based on their academic performance, research endeavors and commitment to the community. Generally, one-fifth of the graduating class is elected to membership. In addition, our A惟A chapter elects deserving residents, faculty and medical school alumni each year.
A惟A Student Selection Process
The A惟A selection process has undergone significant changes since its inception and continues to evolve locally and nationally. Below is the timeline for a traditional student, where 鈥淪eptember of MS3 year鈥 represents an intent to graduate in the following academic year (eg. for the Graduating Class of 2025, September 2023 would be an early MS3 student).
Timeline for the selection process
- September of MS3 year 鈥 updated process for A惟A Selection to be announced
- Mid-January of MS3 year 鈥 Top ~10% based on core clinical GPA are notified of nomination to submit full portfolios; all other students are invited to submit 3 Honors Items for consideration for nomination (given 2 weeks to submit)
- Early February MS3 year 鈥 A惟A Selection Committee reviews Honors Items for determination of student nominations (up to an additional ~25% of the class)
- Late February MS3 year 鈥 Portfolio requests sent out to all A惟A nominees (up to 35% of the class); students have over 1 month to prepare portfolios
- Late March MS3 year 鈥 Portfolios due for all nominees
- Late April MS3 year 鈥 Students notified of A惟A selection
See and a . NOTE: The final process for MS3 students will not be determined until September of the MS3 year.
A惟A Postgraduate Selection Process
The selection process for postgraduate nominees (residents/fellows, faculty and alumni) begins in December of each year. The most updated should be submitted to Bianca Vorish at Bianca.Vorish@bcm.edu.
Feedback regarding the selection process is welcome 鈥 please reach out to Dr. Atul Maheshwari (BCM A惟A Councilor) at atul.maheshwari@bcm.edu for any questions, comments or concerns.
2024 Texas Beta Chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society Inductees

Class of 2024 Medical Student Initiates
Ebubechi Adindu, 鈥婣drish Anand鈥, Sahifah Ansari, 鈥婻ichard Appel, 鈥婣lexis Batiste, 鈥婼arah Bohac, 鈥婣manda Braddock, 鈥婤renna Briles, 鈥婨than D'Silva, 鈥婼hangyi Fu, 鈥婣nusha Gandhi, 鈥婰aurynn Garcia, 鈥婱cKenna Gessner, 鈥婱aya Guhan, 鈥婣nmol Gupta, 鈥婱organ Hammack鈥, Greta Handing, 鈥婽areck Haykal, 鈥婥assandra Helfer, 鈥婦arien Hinson, 鈥婦avid Hsiou, 鈥婽ejas Joshi, Justin Kahla, 鈥婣lyssa Liang鈥, Rishabh Lohray, 鈥婲athaniel Loyd. 鈥婣rmando Martinez, 鈥婸arker Mitchell, 鈥婱atthew Morones, 鈥婯ristiana Nasto, 鈥婰uke Nordstrom鈥, Thomas Pecha鈥, Ashley Pollicelli, 鈥婾ma Ramesh鈥, Sanika Rane, 鈥婩elicia Rosiji, 鈥婯athleen Strybos, 鈥婬ailey Tinsley, 鈥婬annah Todd, 鈥婣lexandra Vallera, 鈥婮ennifer Vu鈥, Nicole Walters, 鈥婱elinda Wang鈥, Dina Zamil鈥

2024 Resident and Fellow Initiates
Dr. Farid Abushamat, 鈥婦r. Ali Ahmad, 鈥婦r. Amer Alsoudi鈥, Dr. Maria Espinosa, 鈥婦r. Jeanette Girard, 鈥婦r. Sharanya Joginpalli, 鈥婦r. Kemp Knott鈥, Dr. Marwa Mansour, 鈥婦r. Jessian Munoz, Dr. Adeolu Oladunjoye, 鈥婦r. Ryan Palacios, 鈥婦r. Jonathan Pan, 鈥婦r. Aishwarya Pareek, 鈥婦r. Ashley Patel, 鈥婦r. Piyush Pathak, 鈥婦r. Rair Valero Carrion, 鈥婦r. Alexandra Waits

2024 Faculty Initiates
Dr. Anjali Aggarwal (鈥婸rofessor, Family and Community Medicine), 鈥嬧婦r. David Bauer (鈥婸rofessor, Neurosurgery鈥嬧), Dr. N. Thao N. Galvan 鈥(Associate Professor, Surgery), 鈥嬧婦r. Dan Gombos鈥 (Associate Professor, Pediatrics), 鈥婦r. Nicola Hanania (鈥婸rofessor, Internal Medicine)
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We continue to develop our community of Alpha Omega Alpha members from 草榴社区入口. To keep up to date with chapter news and events, please complete our sign-up form. This information will be received by our chapter administrator, Bianca Vorish. For further questions, please contact her at bianca.vorish@bcm.edu.