The medical assistants in Ohio recognized the importance and value of an organization which would best promote the goal of an individual. After four medical assistants from Ohio, had attended a meeting for medical assistants in Kansas City, Kansas in 1956, they wished to form an organization in the state of Ohio that would become a part of the national organization.
A charter meeting was held on April 17-28, 1957 at the Secor Hotel in Toledo, with 77 medical assistants representing 18 communities in Ohio. There were already three chapters organized within the state. After two days of deliberations, a constitution and bylaws was adopted, and the Ohio State Society of Medical Assistants came into being. It was the desire of the newly formed organization to seek approval of the Ohio State Medical Association and affiliate with the American Association of Medical Assistants.

During the first year, the organization officially approved the Ohio state Society of Medical Assistants on June 8, 1958, which led to affiliation with the American Association of Medical Assistants.

List of past and present OSSMA Presidents