The SPAQI Committees are charged with the overall leadership of the society and providing vision and oversight to all activities of the organization.

If you are interested in joining a committee, please contact [email protected].

• Guidelines Committee  - The Guidelines Committee is a vital arm of the SPAQI mission and perioperative committee, tasked with working with internal and external content experts, and additional subspecialty medical societies as indicated, to write SPAQI-branded guidelines or consensus statements for peer-reviewed publication.  
  • Co-chair: Richard Urman, MD, MBA
  • Co-chair: Dana Oprea, MD
    
    
• Communications & Website The Communications & Website Committee is responsible for outward facing communication about SPAQI and its mission. Responsibilities include reviewing website for accuracy and timeliness of content, as well as monitoring opportunities for improved content, navigation, and archiving. This committee is charged with maintaining and curating content for SPAQI’s social media accounts, including auditing social media traffic and return on investments. This committee also provides oversight for the SPAQI Newsletter.
  • Chair: Joan M. Irizarry-Alvarado, MD, FACP, DFPM
    

• Literature Review Committee  The Literature Review Committee is responsible for identifying and disseminating current literature of interest to SPAQI members. This includes tracking guidelines and research. The Literature Review Committee also maintains oversight of the monthly SPAQI Journal Watch.
  • Co-chair - Anu Taylor, MD
  • Co-chair - Barbara Rodgers, MD

• Perioperative Collaborative Practice Committee- The PCPC is a multidisciplinary group of SPAQI members with a goal to promote involvement of our advanced practice members.  The committee aims to address current topics and trends in perioperative medicine that are relevant to our advanced practice clinician and registered nurse members.   We meet by conference calls to share our staffing models, process flows and best practices and we also devote a portion of each call to a short educational module on a hot topic in perioperative medicine or a clinically challenging case.
  • Chair: Renee Robinson DNP
  • Vice-chair: Ashley Rumer, NP
  • Secretary: Kathleen Glasser, NP
  • SPAQI Board Member: Chris Berner, PA
    

• Community Based Perioperative Practice Group- The SPAQI Community Based Perioperative Committee focuses on providing guidance and support for community and non-academic hospitals interested in either starting or improving their existing perioperative programs. The committee recognizes there are issues and hurdles that are unique to the community setting and offers collaborative aid for rural, private, and community healthcare providers and systems who are looking to improve perioperative outcomes.
  • Co-Chair: Cheryl Orr, MD, DFPM
  • Co-Chair: Ken Hart, MD, DFPM