Oklahoma

The mission of the Mid-America Orthopaedic Association is to serve its members through outstanding educational and fellowship opportunities and to provide value-added services, at the annual meeting and throughout the year.

Founded in 1946 as a chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), the Oklahoma Physical Therapy Association (OPTA) operates to represent, promote, and protect the profession of physical therapy in Oklahoma including practice, education, and research. Additionally, the OPTA strives to meet and support the needs and interests of its members who are licensed Physical Therapists, licensed Physical Therapist Assistants, physical therapy students, and physical therapist assistant students in order for them to meet the physical therapy needs of the people of Oklahoma. The OPTA is the driving force for advancing and promoting the practice of physical therapy.

The OSMA Foundation was established in 1991 to promote the betterment of public health through scientific and medical research, both directly and by the application of assets to the use of individuals for scientific and medical research, or to any corporation, trust, fund or foundation whose purposes and operations are scientific, educational, or charitable.