AOA Past Presidents

William Mayo, DO

Past President

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William S. Mayo, DO
Past President
Oxford, Mississippi

William S. Mayo, DO, an AOA board-certified osteopathic ophthalmologist practicing in Oxford, Mississippi, is the immediate past president of the AOA.

He is a clinical instructor at the William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where he served as chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology from 2010–2012.

Additionally, Dr. Mayo is a past president of the Mississippi Osteopathic Medical Association and the Mississippi EENT Society. He also has served on the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure since 2006 and was president from 2010-2012.

After earning his osteopathic medical degree from what is now the Kansas City (Missouri) University of Medicine and Biosciences College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1981, Dr. Mayo completed an internship and ophthalmology residency at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.​​​

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