In July 1965, representatives from the student bodies of five osteopathic colleges were invited to attend the January 1966 meeting of the AOA Board of Trustees.

We went back to our schools to keep organizing the students to have a voice in their chosen profession.” - Al Faigin, DO - KCCOM Class of 1972.September 30, 1970 SOMA was incorporated under the general Not for Profit Corporation Act in the state of Illinois.

As of 2023, SOMA’s major publication is The Future DO a biannual magazine dedicated to research and essay content from medical students.

One of the founding Foundation Chairs, Edward Loniewski, wrote a letter to Steve Jobs looking for a temporary donation of the new McIntosh computer to project the Constitution and Bylaws of the Organization for ratification.

Raised funding to send 10 student doctors to the International Federation of Medical Student Associations annual meeting in Alexandria, Egypt.” - Karoly J. Dobay, IIIAs of 2021 the SOMA Foundation came under the American Osteopathic Foundation, the philanthropic non-profit serving Osteopathic Physicians nation-wide.

We hired a cruise ship in Florida for a SOMA evening at sea; sipped afternoon tea at the world famous 5-Star Greenbrier Hotel and Resort in WV, and enjoyed dinner and a show at the Flamingo in Las Vegas.

We found ways to have loads of fun interspersed with loads of hard work.” - Lorraine Byrd, DO WVSOM Class of 1990; SOMA Convention CoordinatorIn 1997 the National Osteopathic Student Caucus (NOSC), was formed as an opportunity for students at each college of medicine to bring forth issues of concern to national leadership.

A resolution was passed in the AOA House of Delegates for the creation of the NOSC, to unite the voices of the students of osteopathic medicine.

Finally, the Fall Convention is held yearly at OMED, an annual conference bringing together thousands of osteopathic physicians, residents, and medical students.