Surgical Caucus of the AMA

Welcome to the official web page of the Surgical Caucus of the AMA (SCAMA). Founded in 1989, the Caucus provides a forum at each session of the AMA House of Delegates for discussion and recommendations concerning professional and socioeconomic issues of interest to surgeons. An Executive Committee manages the affairs of the SCAMA and provides direction to administrative support through the American College of Surgeons. 

According to our bylaws, membership in the Caucus is open to all physicians who are designated by the AMA as practicing surgery or any of its subspecialties who are serving as delegates or alternate delegates in the House of Delegates, the Organized Medical Staff Section, Medical Student Section, Young Physicians Section, or Resident and Fellow Section. In addition, Officers of the AMA and state medical society presidents are welcome to join. Finally, physicians who are not surgeons but who practice in specialties with significant clinical interactions with surgeons may also become members of the Caucus. Examples of these specialties include anesthesiology, critical care, emergency medicine, interventional cardiology, and interventional radiology. 

Again, thanks for visiting our web page. For further information on the Surgical Caucus, please select the appropriate links below, or contact the SCAMA Administrator, Jon Sutton, at surgical.caucus@facs.org.

Sincerely,

John H. Armstrong, MD, FACS
SCAMA Chair 

Revised March 5, 2008

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