Past Meetings

Annual Meetings

2020s

49th
Las Vegas, NV
Name of Chair · Abstracts: SHOCK, 2026
May 31 – June 3, 2026
48th
Boston, MA
Name of Chair · Abstracts: SHOCK, 2025
May 31 – June 3, 2025
47th
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Name of Chair · Abstracts: SHOCK, 2024
June 1 – June 4, 2024
46th
Portland, OR
Name of Chair · Abstracts: SHOCK, 2023
June 17 – June 20, 2023
45th
Toronto, CA
Name of Chair · Abstracts: SHOCK, 2022
June 4 – June 7, 2022
44th
Virtual*
Philip Efron, M.D., Chair · Abstracts: SHOCK (Suppl. 1)
Oct 11 – Oct 15, 2021
43rd
Virtual*
Philip Efron, M.D., Chair · Abstracts: SHOCK (Suppl. 1), 2020
June 6 – June 9, 2020

*43rd & 44th meetings were held virtually due to COVID-19 and the closure of the US/Canada border.

2010s

42nd
Coronado, CA
Laurie Kilpatrick, Ph.D., Chair · SHOCK (Suppl. 1), 2019
June 8 – June 11, 2019
41st
Scottsdale, AZ
David Hackam, M.D., Ph.D., Chair · SHOCK (Suppl. 1), 2018
June 9 – June 12, 2018
40th
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Clifford Deutschman, M.D., Chair · SHOCK (Suppl. 1), 2017
June 3 – June 6, 2017
39th
Austin, TX
Mark Jeschke, M.D., Chair · SHOCK (Suppl. 1), 2016
June 11 – June 14, 2016
38th
Denver, CO
Edward R. Sherwood, M.D., Ph.D., Chair · SHOCK (Suppl. 1), 2015
June 6 – June 9, 2015
37th
Charlotte, NC
Michaela West, M.D., Ph.D., Chair · SHOCK (Suppl. 1), 2014
June 7 – June 10, 2014
36th
San Diego, CA
Ping Wang, M.D., Chair · SHOCK (Suppl. 2), 2013
June 1 – June 4, 2013
35th
Miami Beach, FL
James Lederer, Ph.D., Chair · SHOCK (Suppl. 1), 2012
June 9 – June 13, 2012
34th
Norfolk, VA
Timothy Billiar, M.D., Chair · SHOCK (Suppl. 1), 2011
June 11 – June 14, 2011
33rd
Portland, OR
Craig Coopersmith, M.D., Chair · SHOCK (Suppl. 1), 2010
June 12 – June 15, 2010

2000s

32nd
San Antonio, TX
Ernest E. Moore, M.D., Chair · SHOCK (Suppl. 1), 2009
June 6 – June 9, 2009
31st
Cologne, Germany
Edmund Neugebauer, Ph.D., Chair · SHOCK (Suppl. 1), 2008
June 28 – July 2, 2008
30th
Baltimore, MD
Timothy G. Buchman, M.D., Ph.D., Chair · SHOCK (Suppl. 1), 2007
June 9 – June 12, 2007
29th
Broomfield, CO
Daniel G. Remick, M.D., Chair · SHOCK (Suppl. 1), 2006
June 3 – June 6, 2006
28th
Marco Island, FL
Basil A. Pruitt Jr., M.D., Chair · SHOCK (Suppl. 3), 2005
June 4 – June 7, 2005
27th
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Kevin J. Tracey, M.D., Chair · SHOCK (Suppl. 2), 2004
June 5 – June 8, 2004
26th
Pheonix, AZ
Kathleen H. McDonough, Ph.D., Chair · SHOCK (Suppl. 1), 2003
June 7 – June 10, 2003
25th
Big Sky, MT
H. Hank Simms, M.D., Chair · SHOCK (Suppl. 1), 2002
June 8 – June 11, 2002
24th
Snowbird, UT
H. Gill Cryer, M.D., Ph.D., Chair · SHOCK (Suppl. 1), 2001
June 9 – June 12, 2001
23rd
Marco Island, FL
Alfred Ayala, Ph.D., Chair · SHOCK (Suppl. 2), 2000
June 3 – June 6, 2000

1990s

22nd
Philadelphia, PA
Allan M. Lefer, Ph.D., Chair · SHOCK (Suppl. 1), 1999
June 12 – June 16, 1999
21st
San Antonio, TX
Mark G. Clemens, PhD, Chair · SHOCK (Suppl. 1), 1998
June 14 – June 17, 1998
20th
Indian Wells, CA
Edwin A. Deitch, M.D., Chair · SHOCK (Suppl. 2), 1997
June 15 – June 18, 1997
19th
Grand Traverse, MI
James W. Holcroft, M.D., Chair · SHOCK (Suppl. 2), 1996
June 2 – June 5, 1996
18th
Asheville, NC
Mohammed M. Sayeed, Ph.D., Chair · SHOCK (Suppl. 2), 1995
June 11 – June 14, 1995
17th
Big Sky, MT
Mitchell P. Fink, M.D., Chair · SHOCK (Suppl. 1), 1994
June 5 – June 8, 1994
16th
Santa Fe, NM
James A. Cook, Ph.D., Chair · Circulatory Shock (Supplement 2), 1993
June 13 – June 16, 1993
15th
Point Clear, AL
Donald E. Fry, M.D., Chair · Circulatory Shock 37:1, 1992
June 7 – June 10, 1992
14th
Vienna, Austria
John W. Holaday, Ph.D., Chair · Circulatory Shock 34:1, 1991
June 2 – June 6, 1991
13th
Durango, CO
H. Richard Adams, DVM, Ph.D., Chair · Circulatory Shock 31:1, 1990
June 8 – June 11, 1990

1978–1989

12th
Marco Island, FL
Irshad H. Chaudry, Ph.D., Chair · Circulatory Shock 27:4, 1989
June 9 – June 12, 1989
11th
Lake Geneva, WI
John C. Passmore, Ph.D., Chair · Circulatory Shock 24:4, 1988
June 5 – June 8, 1988
10th
Montreal, Canada
Robert F. Bond, Ph.D., Chair · Circulatory Shock 21:4, 1987
June 7 – June 11, 1987
9th
Scottsdale, AZ
Gerald S. Moss, M.D., Chair · Circulatory Shock 18:4, 1986
June 8 – June 11, 1986
8th
Baltimore, MD
Daniel L. Traber, Ph.D., Chair · Circulatory Shock 16:1, 1985
June 9 – June 12, 1985
7th
Toronto, Canada
Glen A. Taylor, M.D., Chair · Circulatory Shock 13:1, 1984
June 4 – June 6, 1984
6th
Grand Teton National Park, WY
Robert W. Phillips, Ph.D., Chair · Circulatory Shock 10:3, 1983
June 6 – June 8, 1983
5th
Smugglers Notch, VT
Robert R. Wolfe, Ph.D., Chair · Circulatory Shock 9:2, 1982
Papers: Advances in Shock Research, Vols. 9 & 10, 1982
June 9 – June 11, 1982
4th
Marco Island, FL
Sherwood M. Reichard, Ph.D., Chair · Circulatory Shock 8:2, 1981
Papers: Advances in Shock Research, Vols. 7 & 8, 1982
June 4 – June 6, 1981
3rd
Lake of the Ozarks, MO
Lerner B. Hinshaw, Ph.D., Chair · Circulatory Shock 7:2, 187-223, 1980
Papers: Advances in Shock Research, Vols. 5 & 6, 1981
June 11 – June 13, 1980
2nd
Williamsburg, VA
David G. Reynolds, Ph.D., Chair · Circulatory Shock 6:2, 165-198, 1979
Papers: Advances in Shock Research, Vols. 3 & 4, 1980
June 7 – June 9, 1979
1st
Arlie, VA
William Schumer, M.D., Chair · Circulatory Shock 5:2, 182-232 1978 · Circulatory Shock (Supplement 1), 1979
Papers: Advances in Shock Research, Vols. 1 & 2, 1979, and Metabolic and Cardiac Alternations in Shock and Trauma
June 7 – June 9, 1979

International Congresses

8th
Eighth Congress of the International Federal of Shock Societies
Tokyo, Japan
Hiroyuki Hirasawa, M.D., Ph.D., Chair · SHOCK 46 (Suppl. 2), 2016
Oct 2 – Oct 5, 2016
7th
Seventh International Shock Congress - 35th Annual Conference on Shock
Miami Beach, Florida, USA
James Lederer, Ph.D., Chair · SHOCK 37 (Suppl. 1), 2012
June 9 – June 13, 2012
6th
Sixth International Shock Congress - 31st Annual Conference on Shock - 7th International Conference on Complexity in Acute Illness
Cologne, Germany
Edmund Neugebauer, Ph.D., Chair · SHOCK 29 (Suppl. 1), 2008
June 28 – July 2, 2008
5th
Fifth International Shock Congress & 6th World Congress on Trauma, Shock, Inflammation and Sepsis
Munich, Germany
Eugen Faist, M.D., Chair · SHOCK 21 (Suppl. 1), 2004
March 2 – March 2, 2004
4th
Fourth International Shock Congress
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Allan M. Lefer, Ph.D., Chair · SHOCK 11 (Suppl. 1), 1999
June 12 – June 16, 1999
3rd
Third International Shock Congress
Act City Hamamatsu, Japan
Kazuo Okada, M.D., Chair · SHOCK 14 (Suppl. 1), 1995
Oct 21 – Oct 23, 1995
2nd
Second International Shock Congress
Vienna, Austria
Gunther Schlag, M.D., Chair · Circulatory Shock 34:1, 1991
June 2 – June 6, 1991
1st
First International Shock Congress
Montreal, Canada
Robert F. Bond, Ph.D., Chair · Circulatory Shock 21:4, 1987
June 7 – June 6, 1987

International Symposia

Manchester, England — Sept 5–8, 1984
“The Scientific Basis of the Care of the Critically Ill” · M.H. Irving and R.A. Little, Chairs · Partially Supported by the Shock Society
Budapest, Hungary — July 17–24, 1980
Co-sponsors: Shock Society and International Congress of Physiology, Arisztid G.B. Kovach, John J. Spitzer, and H.B. Stoner, Chairs
Papers: Advances in Physiological Sciences, Vol. 26, Homeostasis in Injury and Shock, Pergamon Press, 1981
"The Scientific Basis of the Care of the Critically Ill" M.H. Irving and R.A. Little, Chairs
Partially Supported by the Shock Society

Shock Society / International Sepsis Forum Symposium

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada — June 2–4, 2004
Co-sponsors: Shock Society and International Sepsis Forum, John C. Marshall, M.D., Chair
Papers: SHOCK 21 (Supplement 1), 2004