SICM was founded in 1994 to provide a platform for the development of Intensive Care in Singapore. It has brought together intensive care specialists from Anaesthesia, Respiratory Medicine and other base specialities to provide the driving force for the development of multidisciplinary intensive care.

Our current agenda is to concentrate on training and development of the next generation of multidisciplinary intensivists and also to initiate research and databases.

We have played a significant role in conjunction with our Ministry of Health to set up a National Multidisciplinary ICM Training Program. We have also started up a research arm to initiate and collaborate research among the different restructured hospitals.

The Australian & New Zealand Intensive Care Society was formed in 1975 and is the premier representative body for specialists practising intensive care medicine in Australia and New Zealand.  The society has over 650 members spread across the two countries and internationally.  Despite its relatively small size ANZICS has developed a high international profile through the activities of the Clinical Trials Group and the adult and paediatric outcomes databases (CORE).  ANZICS committees are also responsible for studying safety and quality in intensive care practice and the development of clinical practice guidelines and for the management of the organ donor process in intensive care units.  ANZICS plays an important role in advocacy for intensive care specialists with government bodies.  ANZICS is an active member of the Asia-Pacific Association for Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Societies for Intensive and Critical Care Medicine.