A working society for the people who care for transplant patients.
Society for the Advancement of Transplant Anesthesia (SATA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2010. We are 1,200+ anesthesiologists, fellows, and allied professionals across more than 60 institutions, united by one goal: better outcomes for patients undergoing solid-organ transplantation.
Advance the standard of care. Together.
SATA exists to advance the field of solid-organ transplant anesthesia through education, research, and collaboration. We are a working society — our members run our committees, write our protocols, and teach in our courses. We exist to make it easier for the people doing the work to do it well.
- Patient-first
Every protocol, lecture, and standard we publish exists to make perioperative care safer and more humane.
- Collegial
We are clinicians first. Our work is collaborative, transparent, and free of pretense.
- Evidence-led
We curate, summarize, and originate the literature that shapes practice across the country.
- Generous
We believe knowledge — and credit — should flow freely between centers, fellows, and faculty.
Fifteen years of building this field.
- 2010SATA founded
A small group of liver transplant anesthesiologists meets to formalize a society.
- 2014First Annual Symposium
Inaugural symposium establishes the format we still run today.
- 2018Regional chapters launch
MidWest, West Coast, Southeast, and DMV-PA chapters begin.
- 2021Multicenter Database Project
First large-scale quality-improvement program for liver Tx anesthesia.
- 2023ILTS-SATA joint meeting
Annual joint meeting cements SATA's international presence.
- 2025FSATA designation approved
The Fellow of the SATA credential recognizes sustained leadership.
- 2026SATA app + new home
C8 Health partnership and a redesigned digital home for the society.
The Council that runs the work
An elected council of practicing transplant anesthesiologists, supported by a working committee structure.
Where the real work happens.
Every member can join a committee. They are how SATA gets things done.
Curates content, lectures, and the Article of the Month.
Drives the multicenter database and ERAS initiatives.
Engages new members and runs trainee outreach.
Coordinates with Clinical Transplantation and the SATA newsletter.
Lung and heart transplant subspecialty work.
Pediatric transplant anesthesia best practice.
Global collaboration with ILTS and partner societies.
Fellows and residents committee.