We hope you have taken some time to review the "About us" section and you are now interested in joining.

If you are a medical doctor or doctor of osteopathy living or practicing in the counties of El Dorado, Sacramento or Yolo, you may join the Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society and the California Medical Association through our office at SSVMS. If you live and work in another county, give us a call and we will tell you whom to contact.

Membership in both SSVMS and the CMA is required. Membership in the American Medical Association is voluntary, but highly recommended.

When we receive your completed application, it will be reviewed by the Membership Committee and forwarded to the Board of Directors. Once it is accepted, you will receive a letter and the dues invoice.

First-time members of SSVMS and CMA applying for active membership are eligible to participate in a three-year graduated dues discount program. If you are accepted for membership and qualify for this incentive, you will be paying 50% of the dues the first year, 75% the second and full dues in the third year.

Because there are various classes of membership, you may call our Membership Department or email us at info@ssvms.org, and we will get back to your regarding dues amounts.

How Much Are the Dues?
Physicians in full time practice who wish to belong must join both the Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society (SSVMS) and the California Medical Association (CMA). Membership in the American Medical Association is optional in California but highly encouraged. AMA membership is $420 per year.

Active membership for full time physicians is $425 for SSVMS and $545 for the California Medical Association for a total of $970 per year. Physicians who are employed by city, county, state or federal government pay half dues. Many of the specialty and multi-specialty group practices in El Dorado, Sacramento and Yolo Counties require their physicians to belong, strongly encourage and pay for membership or assist in the payment of dues.

SSVMS and the CMA in these three counties do not provide “group discounts” to medical groups or other physician organizations. We do offer 50% discount to all physicians (except those in government practice), regardless of mode of practice if they are first time members in California. The 50% first year discount is applied for the year that the physician first joins. A 25% discount is given for the second year and full dues are required in the third year and going forward from there.

1. You can fill out and print a copy of our SSVMS/CMA application (requires Acrobat Reader). When it is completed, print it out then mail or fax it to the SSVMS Membership Department at the address or fax number on the application.
   
   Click here to print out a copy of the Membership Application.
   
   
2. If you use the California Participating Physician Application, you can mail a copy to us, and we will use the information to prepare your application for your signature.
   
   
3. You can send, fax or email us a copy of your CV, and we will prepare your application for your signature.
   
   
4. You can click here to fill out a short form and we will mail you an application.