Clinical Practice Committee

The Clinical Practice Committee (CPC) of the Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists (SOCCA) serves as a collaborative forum to enhance member engagement and foster cross-disciplinary partnership across subspecialties within anesthesiology-based critical care. The CPC supports a growing portfolio of initiatives aimed at improving clinical practice, sharing expertise, and promoting innovation. Through its subcommittees, the CPC integrates diverse clinical perspectives into the broader work of SOCCA, contributing to the Society’s mission of advancing excellence in critical care.

Subcommittees

• Transplant
• MCS/ECMO/CTICU
• Quality & Safety
• Neurocritical Care
• Obstetrical CCM
• Global CCM

Godze Demiralp, MD (Chair, 2026)

George Williams, MD, FASA, FCCM, FCCP (Immediate Past Chair, 2026)

Anna Budde, MD (2025)

Zyad Carr, MD, FASA (2025)

Sreekanth Cheruku, MD, MPH (2025)

Gyan Das, MD (2025)

Austin DeBeaux, MD (2025)

Jose Diaz-Gomez, MD, FCCM, FASE (2025)

Mousab Eteer, MD (2025)

Bhargavi Gali, MD (2025)

Yang Gu, MD (2025)

Rachel Hammer, DO (2025)

Christina Jelly, MD, MS (2025)

Francis Kirk, MD (2025)

Alan Kovar, MD, MBA (2025)

Eric Leiendecker, MD (2025)

Aaron Lloyd, MD (2025)

Jai Madhok, MD, MSE (2025)

Jeffrey McMurray, MD (2025)

Victor Moulin, MD (2025)

Ameeka Pannu, MD (2025)

Bhoumesh Patel, MD (2025)

Amit Prabhakar, MD, MBA (2025)

Michael Stentz, MD, MS (2025)

Tim Tran, MD (2025)

William Trudo, MD (2025)

Chiedozie Udeh, MBBS, MHEcon, MBA, FCCP, FCCM, FASA (2025)

Transplant Critical Care Subcommittee

The Transplant Critical Care Subcommittee partners with SATA to advance perioperative transplant care. It focuses on developing educational content and clinical guidelines to improve outcomes throughout the transplant continuum.
Led by Ranjit Deshpande (Chair) and Megan Rashid (Vice Chair).

Mechanical Circulatory Support/ECMO/CTICU Subcommittee

This subcommittee is leading efforts to standardize MCS education for intensivists. In collaboration with ELSO, it is building accessible training resources for programs of all sizes.
Led by Lovkesh Arora (Chair) and Laura Sutherland (Vice Chair).

Quality and Safety Subcommittee

Focused on perioperative safety for critically ill patients, this group is building a community around QI initiatives, shared protocols, and a library of resources for ICU teams.
Led by Somnath Bose (Chair) and Joy Chen (Vice Chair).

Neurocritical Care Subcommittee

This subcommittee brings together providers caring for neurologically injured patients. Early projects include practice model benchmarking and collaboration with SNACC.
Led by Ozan Akca (Chair) and Elizabeth Mahanna (Vice Chair).

Obstetrical Critical Care Medicine Subcommittee

Addressing the unique challenges of critical illness in pregnancy, this subcommittee works closely with SOAP to develop guidelines and improve maternal-fetal outcomes.
Led by Ioannis Angelidis (Chair) and Emily Naoum (Vice Chair).

Global Critical Care Medicine Subcommittee

Partnering to further the cause of anesthesiologist intensivists and their patients worldwide.
Led by Vanessa Moll (Chair).