Honor medical society inducts 5 area natives

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The Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society at the Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy, recently inducted 37 new members that included students, graduate trainees, honorary faculty and honorary alumni.

Five Youngstown-area natives are among the inductees. They are: Michael Chichak, AOA treasurer, and Sarah Crafton, both Class of 2011; John Graham and Nicholas Miladore, both Class of 2012; and Daniel Ricchiuti, M.D., Alum.

The Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society was founded by William Webster Root and five medical students at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Chicago in 1902 and is the only national honor medical society in the world. Election to Alpha Omega Alpha is a distinction that accompanies a physician throughout his or her career.

Members can be elected as students, graduates or faculty of an affiliated institution, or because of distinguished achievement in any field or on an honorary basis. Chapters elect undergraduate members from students in their last two years of medical school. Scholastic excellence is not the only criterion for election; integrity, capacity for leadership, compassion, and fairness in dealing with one’s colleagues are considered to be of equal significance.