The Kansas City Society of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology was founded in 1908, the first of the Kansas City area specialty medical societies.

Today there are over 180 practicing members of the Society serving multiple counties in the greater Kansas City area, both in Kansas and Missouri. The  2018 annual meeting will be held February 2-3, 2018 at the Intercontinental Hotel on the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, MO.