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The Special Operations Medical Association (SOMA) is the only medical association in the world that brings together the unique blend of pre-hospital, tactical, wilderness, austere, disaster and deployed medicine.

2019 SOMSA

May 5 - 9, 2019
Charlotte Convention Center
Charlotte, North Carolina

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Announcements

  • 2019 SOMSA Call for Proposals
    ​​Click here​ for the 2019 SOMSA Call for Proposals.  

    NEW THIS YEAR - The Call for Proposals now requests submissions for both Research Abstracts and main Assembly presentations, including Labs.​​

    Submission deadline is Monday, Oct. 1, at midnight Pacific time.​

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  • SOMA Volunteer Application

    ​SOMA is soliciting volunteers to serve on its committees.  Share your expertise; sign up today.

    Click here​ for more information.​

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  • 2018 SOMSA Research Award Winners

    ​We are please to announce the 2018 research award winners who earned their honor at SOMSA earlier this week in Charlotte.

    • Click here for the ​Best Research Oral Presentation;
    • Click here for the Best Research Oral Presentation by an SOF Medic;
    • Click here for the Best Research Poster Presentation, and
    • Click here​ for the Best Research Poster Presentation by an SOF Medic​.

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  • SOMA Celebrates 30th Anniversary

    ​We are pleased to release SOMA's 30th Anniversary logo.  Congratulations to ​Leo Tanaka for his winning submission.  Dr. Tanaka receives 2019 complimentary membership and VIP registration for 2018 SOMSA.​

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News

  • From Our Friends at NAEMT
    On behalf of the NAEMT Military Relations Committee Chair Dr. Craig Manifold, SOMA members are invited to participate in our survey on U.S. military prehospital medical service and transition. 
     
    SOMA In the News

    Click here​ to see Air Force Elite Surgical Teams highlighted on CBS News.​

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  • New Device Helps Prevent Trauma Deaths

    The compensatory reserve index can predict when a patient will go into shock from internal injuries. U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research photo.

    Battlefield medics and emergency responders have seen it before: a patient with no visible wounds suddenly goes into shock from internal bleeding.

    At that point, no matter how fast medical...

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