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Membership

Regardless of where you are in your professional journey, Academy membership provides the knowledge and inspiration you need to make a real difference in people's lives. From your time as a student through your orthotic and prosthetic career, the Academy provides opportunities to grow your expertise so you can create life-changing solutions for the patients you serve.

Benefits:

Stay Current

Access educational opportunities, world-class publications, and O&PiQ, the profession’s evidence database.

Stay Connected & Engaged

Be part of a community of like-minded professionals advancing O&P care while volunteering, collaborating, and shaping impactful programs and strategies.

Amplify Your Voice

Your membership gives you a stronger voice—backed not only by the Academy, but by nearly 2,000 members united to advance advocacy, reimbursement, and the issues shaping O&P care.

Membership Categories:

Find your best fit

From students and residents to seasoned practitioners, educators, researchers, and industry partners—there’s a category designed for you.

Fellow of the Academy: 

The designation Fellow of the Academy is a signature recognition earned through sustained education, service, and professional excellence. Fellows demonstrate mastery of practice and commitment to the O&P community.

  • FAAOP(A) – Associate Fellow of the Academy
  • FAAOP – Fellow of the Academy
  • FAAOP(D) – Fellow with Distinction

Fellow of the Academy Program