Society for Airway Management (SAM)

SAM was created by a group of physicians dedicated to the practice, teaching and scientific advancements of the field of airway management.

SAM members include Anesthesiologists, Nurse Anesthetists, Emergency Medicine Physicians, Pulmonologists, Critical Care Specialists, Surgeons, Paramedics, EMTs, Respiratory Therapists, members of industry and others from more than 20 countries worldwide.

Mission & Goals:
SAM shall be organized and operated as a nonprofit corporation exclusively for scientific and educational purposes without pecuniary gain or profit to its members or to any private individual. The purposes of SAM shall be:
• To associate and affiliate into one organization, all physicians who are engaged in the practice of medicine dealing with airway management, and non- physicians who are involved in airway related patient care, research or airway related product development.
• To advance the study of airway management, to contribute to the advancement of new airway management techniques, encouraging research, education, teaching and scientific advancement of airway management.
• To disseminate to the members and to the public, information concerning the importance of airway management, to sponsor professional meetings or conferences, and to publish scientific and cultural interest papers.