Austrian Society for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
| Austrian Society for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine (ÖGKJ) |
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| purpose | Medical Society |
| Chair: | President: Daniela Karall |
| Establishment date: | 1962 |
| Number of members: | approx. 1800 (as of July 2019) |
| Seat : | Innsbruck / Tyrol; Office at S12! studio12 gmbh |
| Website: | [1] |
The Austrian Society for Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine (ÖGKJ) - until 1988 "Austrian Society for Paediatrics" - is a medical society based in Innsbruck / Tyrol. The company is subject to Austrian association law.
purpose
The purpose of the company includes the implementation and promotion of research and teaching in the field of paediatrics and their border areas, as well as the publications associated with these areas of responsibility. The company supports projects that serve to further develop medical care for children and young people.
As part of its teaching activities, the company provides specialist training and professional development for specialists and assistant doctors in paediatrics. Training events, annual meetings, scientific meetings and symposia are held.
As a medical society, the ÖGKJ represents both resident and employed doctors in paediatrics and adolescent medicine and serves as a representative of the professional group both in public, in the media and within other medical specialties. It co-opts with various partners and other specialist societies. In addition to representing professional interests, the company is the point of contact for (future) parents, children and young people.
Founding history
The Austrian Society for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine was founded in 1962. Until then there was no Austria-wide association of paediatricians.
The foundation stone was laid in 1903 with the formation of a "Pediatric Section" within the Society for Internal Medicine in Vienna (founded in 1901). On January 21, 1904, the section's first meeting took place in the lecture hall of the St. Anna Children's Hospital. Theodor Escherich (1857–1911) was elected president at this meeting . Due to the high proportion of pediatricians in the society - shortly after it was founded there were already 102 members - the name was changed in 1904 to the Society for Internal Medicine and Paediatrics . The number of pediatricians increased noticeably, which in 1927 ultimately led to the emancipation of the Pediatric Section from the Society for Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. On September 28, 1928, the Pediatric Section held its first meeting as the Society for Pediatrics in Vienna . Clemens von Pirquet (1874–1929) was appointed the first president . After his death, Franz Hamburger (1874–1954) served as president from 1930.
With the annexation of Austria to the German Reich (1938) the Society for Pediatrics was dissolved like many other medical societies. It was re-established under the National Socialists as a specialist group for medical paediatrics of the Vienna Medical Society . Franz Hamburger , avowed National Socialist and NSDAP member, was appointed chairman of the specialist group. At the first meeting in February 1939, he gave the keynote address on "National Socialism and Medicine". There is hardly any evidence of the scientific activities from this period. Many Jewish doctors had their license to practice medicine revoked on September 30, 1938. They had no choice but to emigrate. Some were deported to extermination camps or committed suicide. Of 113 paediatricians in Vienna, 96 were categorized as Jewish by the National Socialists. With the influx of "Aryan" doctors from the other federal states, however, the shortage of paediatricians was partially counteracted.
At the end of the Second World War , it was decided on April 24, 1946 to re-establish the Vienna Society for Pediatrics and August von Reuss (1879–1954) was appointed its first director. The call for a nationwide association of paediatricians became louder and louder in these upheaval years. Therefore, after the restoration of Austrian sovereignty (1955), several prominent paediatricians advocated the establishment of such a system. The first initiative came from Walter Swoboda (1915–2008), who had been appointed medical director of Gottfried von Preyer's Children's Hospital in Vienna from the Vienna University Children's Hospital. With the support of Karl Kundratitz (1889–1975), Hans Asperger (1906–1980) and Ernst Lorenz (1901–1975), the Austrian Society for Pediatrics was established in 1962 . Ernst Lorenz was the first president (1962–1964) and Walter Swoboda his first secretary. Founding statutes were established. The association's goals emphasized the nationwide cooperation of Austrian paediatricians, the reconciliation of interests between hospital and practice pediatrics, the organization of annual and advanced training conferences to ensure further training, the effective representation of the interests of pediatrics in the public health system, as well as representation at home and abroad. In the founding year 1962 the society had 210 members. A membership fee of 50 schillings was collected. The first annual conference took place in November 1963 at the University of Vienna . Since 1988 the society has been called the Austrian Society for Child and Adolescent Medicine .
organization
The presidium consists of:
- president
- Secretary General
- Vice President
- Head of the Professional Affairs Unit
- Treasurer
- Two secretaries
- Board member of a university clinic for paediatrics, if he does not already hold a position in the presidium
The individual functions are assigned by choice. The President of the Society and its first secretary are elected for a term of three years by the penultimate General Assembly preceding their term of office. There must be at least one year between being elected and taking office.
Presidents and First Secretaries from 1962
| 1962-64 | E. Lorenz - W. Swoboda |
| 1965-66 | E. Martischnig - W. Swoboda |
| 1967-68 | H. Asperger - EG Huber |
| 1969-70 | W. Swoboda - E. Zweymüller |
| 1971-72 | H. Berger - L. Hohenauer |
| 1973-74 | F. Fraundorfer - G. Weissenbacher |
| 1975-76 | E. Zweymüller - K. Kellerer |
| 1977-78 | A. Rosary - E. Mushroom |
| 1979-80 | W. Waldmann - O. Stöllinger |
| 1981-82 | H. Berger - H. Frisch |
| 1983-84 | L. Hohenauer - K. Widhalm |
| 1985-86 | G. Weissenbacher - A. Klabuschnigg |
| 1987-88 | E. Zweymüller - H. Gadner |
| 1989-90 | EG Huber - T. Hovdar |
| 1991-92 | R. Kurz - W. Muntean |
| 1993-94 | W. Stögmann - F. Paky |
| 1995-96 | W. Endres - W. Sperl |
| 1997-99 | H. Gadner - HA fence screen |
| 2000 - 02 | I. Mutz - G. Schweintzger |
| 2003 - 05 | W. Müller - R. Kerbl |
| 2006 - 08 | W. Kaulfersch - 2006 M. Edlinger, 2007-2008 R. Kerbl |
| 2009 - 11 | K. Schmitt - R. Schwarz |
| 2012-2014 | R. Kerbl - A. Trinkl |
| 2015-2017 | W. Sperl - W. Eder |
| 2018-2020 | D. Karall - S. Scholl-Bürgi |
Working groups and presentations
Within the company, working groups and units are formed that deal with various scientific topics and represent the spectrum of medical specialties in paediatrics.
The tasks of working groups and units include promoting and facilitating the goals of society. This includes the processing and deepening of scientific or professional subjects as well as the subject-specific exchange of experience and the processing of practical and scientific questions.
Members
The Austrian Society for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine (ÖGKJ) currently has around 1,800 members (as of July 2019). These are divided into:
Ordinary members are doctors who become members on the basis of a written declaration of contributions. New full members are accepted by resolution of the Presidium. The Presidium informs the Board of Directors and the General Assembly about the new members.
Extraordinary members can become persons who are interested in the goals of the association if they submit a written declaration of contribution.
Supporting members can be all physical persons, groups of persons and legal persons who care about pediatric and adolescent medicine and who undertake to pay at least ten times the annual fee of a full member. You become a supporting member by submitting a written declaration of membership with a membership application.
Corresponding members can be Austrian and foreign doctors on application by a full member who have achieved special scientific achievements and who have been elected as corresponding members by the General Assembly.
Persons of outstanding scientific importance and persons who have made outstanding contributions to the association's purposes can be elected honorary members by the plenary meeting on the basis of a proposal by two full members and on the proposal of the executive committee. You will receive a certificate of honor. Ordinary membership does not expire through election as an honorary member. Honorary members, even if they are full members, are exempt from membership fees.
Annual meetings
The first annual conference took place in November 1963 at the University of Vienna. The conference serves for advanced training, exchange and networking, and awards and prizes are given for outstanding scientific achievements. Then the general assembly takes place.
Awards and promotions
1. Clemens von Pirquet Prize
2nd Austrian Science Prize for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
3rd Science Award for Pediatric Hematology and Oncology of the Austrian Society for Pediatrics
4. Theodor Escherich Medal
August 5th von Reuss Medal
literature
- Sperl, Wolfgang, Kerbl, Reinhold, (eds.), 50 years of the ÖGKJ. Festschrift Pediatrics in Austria. Development of hospitals. History of the association, Salzburg 2012
- Swoboda, Walter, Chronicle of the Austrian Society for Child and Adolescent Medicine 1962–1997, Vienna 1998
- Annual report of the Austrian Society for Pediatrics 2015–2017, Innsbruck 2018
Web links
- official website
- Pediatricians online (on behalf of the ÖGKJ)
Individual evidence
- ^ Statutes of the Austrian Society for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. Retrieved May 12, 2019 .
- ^ Stögmann, Walter: Vienna Pediatric Association 1903-1962: Forerunner of the Vienna section of the Austrian Society for Pediatrics. In: 50 years of the ÖGKJ. Festschrift Pediatrics in Austria. Development of hospitals. History of the association. Sperl Wolfgang, Kerbl Reinhold (ed.), 2012, pp. 42–65 , accessed on May 15, 2019 .
- ↑ Mag. Dr. Christian Lechner: Report on the “History of Pediatrics” . In: Springer Medizin Verlag GmbH (Ed.): Monthly Pediatric Medicine . Journal for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine . tape 167 , no. 2 , February 2019, ISSN 0026-9298 , p. 174-176 .
- ^ Statutes of the Austrian Society for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. Retrieved May 16, 2019 .
- ^ Statutes of the Austrian Society for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. Retrieved May 16, 2019 .