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:
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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.
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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.
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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.