Membership Committee Update Volume 35 Issue 4

The SOCCA membership committee has been working to find new ways to reach out to the membership and solicit more feedback to continue to improve our society’s offerings.

We conducted a membership survey in the early fall, which over 100 members completed. We want to thank each and every one of you for your time and honesty in your responses. Some of the highlights from the responses included:

1 – More in-person gatherings

2 – More CME offerings

3 – More acknowledgment of efforts on behalf of the Society

Watch for communications about meetups at SCCM, SCA, IARS, SNACC, ASA, and more in 2025! And we are happy to arrange meetups at other meetings as well. Please reach out to info@socca.org if you are planning to attend any other meetings where there might be a SOCCA presence. 

The education committee is in the process of creating the 2025 Educational Calendar, and we are happy to announce that we will be offering CME for more of our webinars. We also want to make sure that we acknowledge the efforts of all our volunteers, so we will be making this a priority in 2025.

Our Job Fair this year was conducted in a new format and was a great success! For the first time, we were able to recruit sponsors for the event and gave attendees face-to-face contact with groups looking to hire critical care anesthesiologists. We want to thank our speakers, Dr. Louisa Palmer, Dr. Sarah Khorsand, Dr. Marguit Kaufman, and our sponsors: Mayo Clinic, Anesthesia Specialists of Bethlehem, Ochsner Health, University of Louisville, and Weill Cornell Medicine.

Despite some glitches, the event ran very smoothly. We look forward to a longer event next year to allow for more time in breakout rooms with potential employers!

Finally, our membership committee members took a more grassroots approach this year in reaching out to recently lapsed members to encourage them to rejoin the society - and many folks did! 2025 also promises a revamped mentorship program and more Early Career Intensivists and Physicians in Private Practice meetups! We hope to see you at our final meetups of 2024 on 11/21 and on 12/12.