The AAOO was incorporated in 1978, and was dissolved the following year after the membership voted to create an American Academy of Otolaryngology and an American Academy of Ophthalmology in its stead.
The AAOO was created in 1978 but dissolved in 1979 after its members voted to form two separate academies, the American Academy of Otolaryngology and the American Academy of Ophthalmology.