Austrian Society for Vascular Surgery
| Austrian Society for Vascular Surgery (ÖGG) |
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| purpose | medical association for vascular surgery |
| Chair: | Tina Cohnert |
| Establishment date: | 1968 |
| Seat : | Vienna |
| Website: | www.vasc-surg.at |
The Austrian Society for Vascular Surgery (Society for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery), abbreviated to ÖGG, is an Austrian association based in Vienna .
The purpose of the association is to promote research and professional and social development in the field of vascular surgery ; teaching and patient care without striving for economic gain in the sense of the common good for the benefit of the patient. This goal is to be achieved through scientific meetings, personal contacts between members and other means. The activities of the ÖGG extend over the federal territory of Austria .
history
The association was founded in 1968 and in 2011 had around 220 members. As the first German-speaking specialist society, the ÖGG was the godfather of the German Society for Vascular Surgery and the Swiss Society for Vascular Surgery , with which a conference is organized every three years.
organs
The association has the following bodies:
- Board
- Extended Board (Advisory Board)
- General meeting
- Arbitration board
- Cash auditors
Board of Directors 2013/2014
- President 2013/2014: Franz Hinterreiter, Linz
- 1st Deputy President: Tina Cohnert, Graz (President of the next term of office 2015/2016)
- Secretary General: Thomas Tauscher, Innsbruck
Board of Directors 2015/2016
- President 2015/2016: Tina Cohnert, Graz
- 1st Deputy President: Thomas Hölzenbein, Salzburg (President of the next term of office 2017/2018)
- Secretary General: Thomas Tauscher, Innsbruck
Members
The association consists of full members, affiliated members, corresponding members, honorary members and supporting members:
- Ordinary members can be those domestic and foreign persons who deal with vascular surgery.
- Affiliated members can become those domestic and foreign persons who deal in research, teaching or practical work with the vascular surgical environment in the broadest sense.
- To corresponding members meritorious doctors and scientists can be elected by the General Meeting on a proposal of an ordinary member after approval by the Board.
- To honor members of an ordinary member such personalities can by the General Meeting on a proposal for approval of the Board are elected, the special services have acquired the angiologic-vascular surgery research and the goals of the society.
- Physical or legal persons as well as companies that have a special interest in the further development of medical science and practice in connection with their business can be accepted as supporting members . The following companies are supporting members (as of 2011): Asanus Medizintechnik GmbH , B. Braun Melsungen , CR Bard GmbH , Bayer AG , BY WASS GmbH , Ethicon , MAC's Medical Group , Maquet GmbH & Co KG , UCB SA , Vascutek Deutschland GmbH , WL Gore & Associates , Johannes Zodl Jotec
Hans von Haberer certificate of honor
The ÖGG awards the Hans von Haberer Certificate of Honor at irregular intervals, which is dedicated to the famous deceased Austrian surgeon Hans von Haberer . The certificate is awarded exclusively to representatives from business and industry for special services and achievements in promoting vascular surgery in Austria.