Society for Medical Decision Making

Annual Meeting Timeline (Subject to change):

3 November, 2025                  Call for Abstracts, Short Courses, and Symposia Opens
3 November, 2025                  Call for Reviewers Opens
14 January, 2026                    Call for Abstracts, Short Courses, and Symposia Closes
2 March, 2026                         Symposia, Short Course Decisions to Submitters
23 March, 2026                       Abstract Notices to Authors
23 March, 2026                       Registration Opens
1 June, 2026                           Early Registration Closes - Regular Registration Rates Apply
18 June, 2026                         Registration Closes - On Site Registration Only
27 June, 2026                         Board of Trustees Meeting, Times TBD
28 June - 1 July, 2026             Annual Meeting

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Meeting Chairs:
Emily Annika Burger, PhD
Torbjørn Wisløff, MSc, PhD

Scientific Review Co-Chairs:
Darin Zahuranec, MD, MS
Natalia Kunst, PhD

Lee B. Lusted Student Prize Co-Chairs:
Ryan Suk, PhD, MS
Jennifer Spencer, PhD

Short Course Co-Chairs:
Stavroula Chrysanthopoulou, PhD
Jacob Jameson, MS

Awards Chair:
Mark Bounthavong, PharmD, PhD

Career Development Chair:
Jinyi Zhu, PhD, MPH
Marissa Reitsma, PhD
Stijntje Dijk, MD, PhD

Social Media Co-Chairs:
Alistair Thorpe, PhD
Pia Sofie Henkle

Meeting Development Chair:
Ivar Kristiansen, MD, PhD, MPH

International Engagement Co-Chairs:
Anton Avanceña, PhD
Kine Pedersen, PhD

DART Committee Co-Chair:
Ellen Lipstein, MD, MPH
Jesse Jansen, PhD

Ambassadors: Eline Krijkamp, PhD, Tom Trikalinos, MD, PhD, Dan Matlock, MD, Ellen Engelhardt, PhD, Jeremy Goldhaber-Fiebert, PhD, Marc Sculpher, PhD, Ankur Pandya, PhD, Saskia Knies, PhD, Sven Klijn, MSc, Rowan Iskander, PhD, MA, Kelsey Snook, MA