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Welcome to SOAP!
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 Celebrating Over 150 Years of Obstetric Anesthesia
The Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) was founded in 1968 to provide a forum for discussion of problems unique to the peripartum period. SOAP is comprised of anesthesiologists, obstetricians, pediatricians, and basic scientists who share an interest in the care of the pregnant patient and the newborn.
Membership
A membership in SOAP is an opportunity to meet people who share your interests, and to stimulate improvements in health care for pregnant patients.
Benefits of SOAP Membership
- Learn new skills, techniques, and methods of safe care
- Access the SOAP directory of members, previous meeting files, newsletters, and supplements
- Access American College of Obstetricians and Gynecology documents
- Reduced subscription rates to Obstetric Anesthesia Digest, IJOA, Anesthesia and Analgesia
- Reduced registration fees for SOAP sponsored meetings
- Meet others in OB anesthesia practice for advice and counsel
2012 SOAP Meetings
President’s Message
 Greetings! I want to begin by saying I am honored to have been elected to serve as President of the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) an organization that has been part of all my professional life since 1980. I want to thank all my SOAP colleagues for having given me this wonderful opportunity to serve. I also want to take the opportunity on behalf of the Society to thank Dr.Robert D'Angelo for his service as President of SOAP and for his dedication, hard work, outstanding performance and perseverance in carrying out the responsibilities this past year.
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Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship
The Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship was approved by the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) in 2011. At the American Society of Anesthesiologists 2011 Annual Meeting in Chicago in October 2011, an informal meeting of Obstetric Anesthesiology Program Directors and other interested parties was held in order to review the process for applying for, and receiving ACGME accreditation for fellowship programs. The following PowerPoint presentations were made and discussed by those in attendance.
SOAP Fellow Blog
A SOAP fellow blog has been created as a means for Fellowship Program Directors to share thoughts and ideas as the initial Program Information Forms (PIFs) are submitted to the ACGME.
Please contact Dr. Michael Froelich at Froelich@uab.edu if you would like to be added to the blog.
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As I look back over the last thirty years and the distinguished list of Presidents that have served the Society and their achievements as well as the dedication of the SOAP Board of Directors (BOD) members, I am truly humbled and even more determined and dedicated to serve the Society in not only fulfilling the mission but also some of the key components of the mid-term and long- term strategic plan.
The 43rd Annual SOAP meeting was undoubtedly a huge success as indicated by the evaluations. Majority of the comments were that it was one of the best meetings and that the food was great, although the venue received mixed reviews. I could not have done it without the assistance of Dr. Kenneth Nelson and Michele Campbell and I extend my gratitude to both.
Continuing to build on the success of the meeting, my personal goals for the term and moving forward would be to ensure that we continue to achieve the goals set out in the strategic plan, and to work towards achieving some of the mid term and long term plans in areas of education, research, clinical practice, finances, and membership drive. SOAP’s long term plan is to be a leader in obstetric anesthesia education, have a global footprint, and target all anesthesia providers that practice obstetric anesthesia. My goals for enhancing education will include: Implementation of Webinars that can offer On-Line CME courses, with the assistance of the CME and Education committees. I will work with the Sol Shnider Planning Committee on the 2012 meeting. Along with BOD members and future program committee members, I would like to develop a template for Global outreach education for hosting a pre-symposium with the Latin American component societies.
Similar to the perinatal network in obstetrics and in keeping with the strategic plan, I envision SOAP creating a SOAP Research Network. I will work with some of our outstanding researchers in the Society to initiate protocols for multi-center research trials. Dr. D ‘Angelo will be completing the SCORE project and along those lines I would like to explore with ASA, AQI national Obstetric Anesthesia benchmarks.
As SOAP continues to grow we need to ensure that the revenue stream and financial well being of the Society are robust. I would like to enlist the help of the Legacy committee to enhance donations to OAPEF.
Lastly, I will strive to work with the membership committee to continue to enhance the membership drive in the following ways: by enlisting new members and enhancing Fellow and Resident membership and activities, increasing value for SOAP members, making our website user friendly, availability of contact information, newsletters, communication corner, post pictures / videos (Institutional memory), minutes from SOAP committees and BOD meeting, survey results. We will continue to update the website and have transparent communications from the BOD to the members.
Sincerely yours,
Maya S. Suresh, M.D.
SOAP President
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