Dear SCMS Member,

The SCMS Board of Directors would like to invite you to renew your membership in the Snohomish County Medical Society for 2026. 

Membership and dues for the Snohomish County Medical Society has been separated from the WSMA since 2015.
You are no longer required to be a member of both organizations as you were in the past. However, you can renew your dues for 2025 with your WSMA dues or pay your SCMS dues directly to us. Instructions are below to join/renew.

What SCMS Brings To You:

• Peer Collegiality through educational, political and social gatherings. In the past few years we have taken members out on a whale watching trip, cruise around Lake Washington and to Tillicum Village. An annual membership event, a thank you for your membership.
• e-Newsletter twice a year focusing on timely local, regional or national health issues affecting your practice
• Patient & physician political advocacy through relationships with your state legislators and the WSMA with representation at the annual WSMA House of Delegates Meeting which sets WSMA policy. The SCMS also partners with surrounding counties on initiatives.
• SCMS Resident Grants: up to $2,500.00
• The Snohomish County Medical Society is a great resource for general information relating to medical practice
• Rates to join: $150.00 for physicians, $75.00 for PAs and no fee for residents medical students and PA students.

Thank you for recognizing the importance of supporting your local medical community by paying your membership dues.

If you have any questions about your membership, please feel free to contact our association director, Linda Krause, at the SCMS office (206) 956-3624, or by email at: admin@snohomishmedical.org

Sincerely,

Gerald N. Yorioka, MD
President

We invite you to become a member of your County Medical Society.
While we encourage membership in both the Washington State Medical Association and SCMS, we also provide the option to join or renew your SCMS membership independently.

To join SCMS online, please follow these steps:

1. Visit the WSMA website and select one of the options to log in.
2. If you do not see options to pay dues after logging in, select Pay Your Dues from the Membership dropdown in the banner at the top of the page.
3. On the dues page, choose Pay Dues to pay both WSMA and County dues, or select Pay County Dues Only button to pay County dues.
4. Follow the prompts in the online payment process and complete your payment at checkout.

Snohomish County Medical Society Residency Scholarship & Community Grant
Applications Open January 1, 2026

The Snohomish County Medical Society (SCMS) Board of Trustees is proud to announce a scholarship and community project grant opportunity for medical residents living or training in Snohomish County. This initiative is designed to support and encourage resident physicians who are passionate about community health and engagement.

SCMS will award up to $2,500 to a selected resident to support the development and implementation of a community-focused health project.

Past recipient – Dr. Kirstin Hansen of Sea Mar CHC for her Walk with a Doc Community Project.

Eligibility Requirements

• Must be a resident physician in good standing within their training program.
• Must be a current resident member of SCMS.

Application Components

Applicants must submit an essay that addresses the following:

1. Why did you choose to become a physician?
2. Describe your proposed community project and how it aligns with one or more of the grant focus areas listed below.

Residency Community Project Grant Focus Areas – 2026
Projects should aim to impact one or more of the following areas:

1. Improve community health literacy and promote patient advocacy
2. Expand the use of telemedicine in local medical practices
3. Encourage physician engagement in Accountable Communities of Health
4. Tackle public health priorities at the community level
5. Strengthen the doctor–patient relationship in care delivery
6. Identify opportunities and needs for charitable health care
7. Address health care access for non-citizen populations

Apply Today!

Join the Snohomish County Medical Society as a Trustee

The Snohomish County Medical Society (SCMS) Board of Trustees is the governing body for the SCMS. The Board supervises the Executive Director, elect’s officers, establishes a budget, sets strategic direction, approves new members, and assures that SCMS activities further the interests of the membership.

The Board may have up to twelve members elected by the SCMS membership. All SCMS members in good standing are eligible to stand for election to the Board. We encourage all members to join the Board. If you are interested in serving on the SCMS Board, please submit a bio-sketch to admin@snohomishmedical.org by December 31, 2026 for the 2027 fiscal year. If you have any questions, please contact us at: admin@snohomishmedical.org

The trustees meet four times a year. ALL SCMS Members are welcome to attend any Trustee meeting. Please RSVP to: LMK@wsma.org if you would like to attend.

The 2026 meeting dates are:
All meeting start times are 6:00 pm

February 10, 2026
May 19, 2026
September 8, 2026 (WSMA Resolutions Review – Open to all SCMS Members)
December 15, 2026