American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians

What American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians does

The American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians (ACOEP) is a non-profit professional membership organization founded in 1975 in Toledo, Ohio and currently headquartered in Warrenville, Illinois. It serves more than 2,000 osteopathic emergency physicians, residents, and medical students across the United States, with the stated mission of supporting quality emergency medical care and advancing the philosophy and practice of osteopathic medicine. ACOEP was instrumental in establishing emergency medicine as a recognized osteopathic specialty and was AOA-chartered in 1978; the AOBEM board certification pathway it helped create remains tightly coupled to its CME programming.

The organization's product portfolio centers on education and community. Core offerings include the Digital Classroom online learning platform (hosted on peachnewmedia.com), the annual Spring Seminar and Scientific Assembly conferences, OMED participation, CORE/COLA board review courses, the EM Over Easy podcast, the FOEM research competitions, the WestJEM publication partnership, and the RSO (Resident Student Organization) sub-brand for pipeline development. Membership is tiered from Student ($25) through Active Attending ($800), with intermediate Resident ($50), Early Attending ($425), Military ($650), and Retired ($200) tiers, supplemented by a Life Membership pathway and a Fellows/Distinguished Fellows recognition program. Day-to-day operations are outsourced to Affinity Strategies, which provides the Executive Director and association management staff.

ACOEP's revenue model is a classic professional-association stack: recurring membership dues across multiple tiers, conference and event registration fees, CME course fees (online and in-person), and exhibitor/sponsorship revenue from industry partners reaching its physician audience. Go-to-market is event-driven, anchored on two annual conferences and supplemented by an online member portal, podcast distribution, a seasonally published Pulse newsletter, and active social media channels.

Name

American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians

Legal name

American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians

Website

https://acoep.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ACOEP is a 50-year-old non-profit professional membership organization serving 2,000+ osteopathic emergency physicians, residents, and students across the United States through tiered membership, annual conferences, CME courses, research competitions, and advocacy.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

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Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual membership dues from physicians, residents, and students at various tiers provide recurring revenue. Dues range from $25 (student) to $800 (active attending) with additional fees for fellowship designations.
2. Conference and Event Fees: Revenue from Spring Seminar, Scientific Assembly, OMED participation, and workshops. Includes registration fees, add-on workshops, and exhibit/sponsor opportunities.
3. CME Course Fees: Online and in-person continuing medical education courses through Digital Classroom, Oral Board Review, COLA/CORE review courses generate additional revenue from members and non-members.
4. Exhibitor and Sponsor Revenue: Annual sponsorship and exhibit opportunities at conferences provide revenue from industry partners seeking access to ACOEP's physician audience.

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Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ACOEP is a professional membership organization that provides tiered individual memberships, accredited continuing medical education, and community-building programs for osteopathic emergency physicians. Its paid offerings center on annual membership dues, two major conferences (Spring Seminar and Scientific Assembly), online CME through the Digital Classroom, board review courses for CORE/COLA exams, and fellowship recognition designations.

Product overview

The American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians (ACOEP) is a professional membership organization that provides a comprehensive suite of educational products and services for osteopathic emergency physicians. The core offerings include the Digital Classroom online learning platform, annual conferences (Spring Seminar and Scientific Assembly), the CORE/COLA board review courses, the FOEM Research Competitions program, and the EM Over Easy podcast. ACOEP also offers Fellowship recognition programs, career services through its Career Center, publishes the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, and supports the Resident Student Organization (RSO). The organization operates on a membership model, with benefits tiered by career stage from students through attending physicians.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EM Over Easy: Official podcast of ACOEP that goes beyond clinical medicine to discuss emergency medicine and medical education topics with a blend of real-world experience and levity.
• The Pulse
• Digital Classroom

Products and services

• Digital Classroom Online hub for excellence in emergency medical education offering on-demand CME courses, webinars, Oral Board Review, COLA/CORE Review, and other continuing education content for ACOEP members and non-members.
• Spring Seminar Annual Conference

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 2,000 members served across attending physicians, residents, and medical students
• +4 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles4 records

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Foundation for Osteopathic Emergency Medicine (FOEM)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1998FOEM is the official philanthropic arm of ACOEP, established in 1998. FOEM showcases high-quality research and rewards physicians, students and residents with national spotlight, publication opportunities, and cash prizes through research competitions including Clinical Pathological Case Competition and Oral Abstract Competition. FOEM also provides scholarships and supports mentorship and leadership initiatives.
• Western Journal of Emergency Medicine (WestJEM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWestJEM is the official publication of ACOEP, ranked as the 5th-ranked emergency medicine journal worldwide. ACOEP members receive discounted fees to publish their research in WestJEM.
• American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerACOFP is joint provider of CME activities with ACOEP. ACOFP is accredited by ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians and co-provides Spring Seminar and other educational programs.
• American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine (AOBEM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAOBEM administers the CORE (Continuous Osteopathic Recertification Examination) and COLA (Cognitive Assessment Recertification Examinations) for board certification in emergency medicine. ACOEP provides review courses at Spring Seminar to prepare members for these examinations.
• American Osteopathic Association (AOA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAOA is the primary osteopathic professional organization. ACOEP received affiliate status in 1975 and charter in 1978 from AOA. ACOEP is accredited by AOA to provide osteopathic CME.
• OMED Conference (AOA)flagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerACOEP participates in OMED, the annual Osteopathic Medical Conference organized by AOA. ACOEP brings its emergency medicine programming, leadership activities, networking opportunities, and member engagement events to OMED. ACOEP members receive access to OMED programming with significant AOA member pricing incentives.
• TeamHealthminorGTM or Marketing PartnerTeamHealth sponsored the Party Hat Station and Photo Spot at the 50th Anniversary Celebration and Scientific Assembly in Nashville.
• MaritzminorOthersMaritz is the official registration and housing provider for OMED conferences. ACOEP members use Maritz to register and book hotel rooms for OMED events.
• Affinity StrategiescoreOthersAffinity Strategies provides executive director and association management services to ACOEP. Staff including Executive Director Amanda Mahan and Association Manager Megan Heller are employed through Affinity Strategies.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• American College of Osteopathic Internists (ACOI): ACOI is another osteopathic specialty college serving internal medicine physicians. It is structured similarly to ACOEP with membership dues, CME conferences, and journal partnerships, and competes for osteopathic physician mindshare.
• Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM): SAEM is a national academic society for emergency medicine educators and researchers, offering conferences, publications, and research grants. ACOEP competes with SAEM for academic EM physicians and residents seeking CME and scholarly engagement.
• American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM): AAEM is a membership organization for board-certified emergency medicine specialists focused on democratic practice ownership and fair working conditions. It competes with ACOEP for dues-paying EM physicians seeking advocacy and CME.
• Emergency Medicine Residents' Association (EMRA): EMRA is the resident-led section of ACEP serving emergency medicine residents and medical students. ACOEP's RSO competes directly with EMRA for resident membership, board prep resources, and engagement.
• American College of Osteopathic Surgeons (ACOS): ACOS is an osteopathic specialty college for surgeons with a similar membership, education, and advocacy model. It demonstrates the comparable professional society structure ACOEP operates within the broader osteopathic specialty college ecosystem.
• American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP): ACOFP is a peer osteopathic specialty college that co-provides CME activities with ACOEP, including Spring Seminar. It serves osteopathic family physicians and competes for member attention and CME spend within the osteopathic community.
• American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP): ACEP is the dominant professional society for emergency physicians in the US, with ~40,000 members. It is the allopathic counterpart to ACOEP and directly competes for the same audience of EM practitioners, though it serves the broader MD and DO community.

Others

• Foundation for Osteopathic Emergency Medicine (FOEM): FOEM is the philanthropic arm of ACOEP (established 1998), but functions as a peer in operating research competitions, scholarships, and grant programs within the EM research landscape. While affiliated, it operates semi-independently with its own board.
• American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM): ABEM administers the allopathic emergency medicine board certification, while ACOEP supports AOBEM (osteopathic counterpart). They are adjacent ecosystem participants in physician certification, with each specialty college supporting its respective certifying board.

Broad incumbents

• American Osteopathic Association (AOA): AOA is the primary osteopathic professional organization that granted ACOEP affiliate status in 1975 and charter in 1978. ACOEP operates as a specialty college under the AOA umbrella, leveraging AOA's CME accreditation and OMED conference platform.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/acoep
• YouTubepodcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/em-over-easy/id1144153406
• Facebookfacebook.com/190507357627801
• Instagraminstagram.com/emovereasy
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/american-college-of-osteopathic-emergency-physicians

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