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Welcome to the website of SOMANZ - the Society of Obstetric Medicine of Australia and New Zealand. The Society aims to advance clinical and scientific knowledge of hypertensive diseases and medical disorders in pregnancy and to foster collaboration with other regional and international societies interested in hypertension in pregnancy and obstetric medicine.

ANNUAL MEETING
It is with immense pleasure that we would like to welcome you to Auckland for the 2009 Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of Obstetric Medicine of Australia and New Zealand. In the time-honoured tradition of the society we have endeavoured to develop a meeting that will stimulate your interest from a clinical and a scientific point of view. We feel particularly privileged to host Cathy Nelson-Piercy as our international keynote speaker but also are showcasing our very talented New Zealand and Australian speakers.
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JOURNAL
'Obstetric Journal' will be available shortly online to financial members of SOMANZ only

GUIDELINES
GUIDELINES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF HYPERTENSIVE DISORDERS OF PREGNANCY
2008 - Download the PDF

SOMANZ – so good we named it twice! In 2004 a new society called ANZSOM (Australian and New Zealand Society of Obstetric Medicine) was formed after the amalgamation of ASSHP (Australasian Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy) and OMGA (the Obstetric Medicine Group of Australasia).

Due to the similarity of the name to other societies it was necessary to rename the organisation SOMANZ – the Society of Obstetric Medicine of Australia and New Zealand. All previous members of ASSHP and OMGA became automatic members of the newly formed Society and subscription notices have been sent inviting them to renew their membership.

Membership of SOMANZ is open to any person who is engaged in research or in practice of the broad field of hypertension in pregnancy or obstetric medicine, or who has demonstrated particular interest in this area.

New members are always welcome and can join by contacting Suzie Neylon, Executive Officer for SOMANZ on email sneylon@racp.edu.au or by telephone (+61) 2 9256 5462. Following the call for nominations and a ballot, the first Council of SOMANZ was formed with most states and territories of Australia and New Zealand represented.