The First Society Dedicated to Transplant Anesthesia
Founded in 2011, SATA is the independent, clinician-based professional association serving anesthesiologists and critical care specialists in transplantation medicine. As an ASA-affiliated subspecialty society, we exist to advance the scope of practice — and the science — that makes modern organ transplantation possible.
SATA exists to advance the practice, science, and education of transplant anesthesia — and to give the specialty a unified voice across institutions, borders, and career stages.
We believe transplant care begins in the operating room, and that the anesthesiologists who shape it deserve a society built around their work, their training, and their patients.
SATA's educational programs, research initiatives, and member services are made possible in part by the corporate organizations that share our commitment to advancing transplant anesthesia
Founded in 2011 by clinicians who recognized that transplant anesthesia deserved a society of its own.
OUR STORY
Anesthesiologists have been pioneers of organ transplantation since the field’s earliest days — refining the perioperative protocols that made liver transplantation possible, and defining the qualifications that govern transplant anesthesia leadership today. By the early 2010s, that work had outgrown what informal communities of practice could support
OUR MISSION
To advance the practice, science, and education of transplant anesthesia — and to give the specialty a unified, clinician-led voice.
- Patient outcomes first.
- Education that elevates the specialty.
- Research grounded in real-world practice.
- Advocacy that shapes policy and standards.
- Community across borders and career stages.
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