DAS Membership
Why not become a member of the UK’s biggest anaesthetic subspecialist society with over 2500 members, providing a focus for all clinicians wishing to improve the standard of airway management? Since its founding in 1995, DAS has evolved into the world’s largest and most active international airway management society.
Membership privileges of the Society include
- Notification of dates of Society meetings
- Reduced registration rates for Society meetings
- Access to Society information, web forums, online educational and scientific resources and the DAS publications
- Access to member-only funding and academic opportunities
- Eligibility for Full Members to vote for new Executive Committee members
- Opportunities for Full Members to stand for Committee posts
DAS Annual Scientific Meetings
The DAS Annual Scientific Meeting is usually held in a rotating UK venue every Winter. The meeting is granted Continuing Professional Development (CPD) approval by the Royal College of Anaesthetists at a tariff of 5 points per full day. A Trade Reception and Gala dinner are also held.
DAS supports academic anaesthesia through bi-annual Large and Small Project Grants awarded via the National Institute of Academic Anaesthesia (NIAA) and by direct applications for small funding support for planned airway-related research.
Awards include the DAS Macewen Medal, the Adrian Pearce Award, DAS Professor of Anaesthesia and Airway Management, Fellows of DAS (FDAS) and the Industry Award.
Member Benefits
Become a member
There are two membership categories: Full and Associate.
Full Membership is open to anyone medically qualified whether practicing in the UK and registered with the GMC or Overseas (and registered with their GMC equivalent).
Associate Membership is for non-medically qualified persons such as Operating Department Practitioners (ODPs) and Anaesthetic Nurses.
The current Full Membership annual subscription fee is £40 and the Associate Membership annual subscription fee is £10. Associate Members enjoy the same rights and privileges as Full Members but are not permitted to vote at the Annual General Meeting.
UK Memberships
UK Full Member
Full Membership is open to anyone medically qualified, practicing in the UK and registered with the GMC.
£40 per year
UK Associate Member
Associate Membership is for non-medically qualified persons such as Operating Department Practitioners and Anaesthetic Nurses.
£10 per year
International Memberships
Overseas Full Member
Overseas Full Membership is open to anyone medically qualified and registered with their GMC equivalent.
£40 per year
Overseas Associate Member
Overseas Associate Membership is for non-medically qualified persons such as Operating Department Practitioners and Anaesthetic Nurses.
£10 per year
Not sure what membership is for you? Contact [email protected]