German Society for Mountain and Expedition Medicine
| BExMed | |
|---|---|
| Founding year: | 1996 |
| Average number of members: |
1600 doctors |
| Board of Directors 2019-2021: |
Rainald Fischer Helga Vollendorf Georg Kunze Christoph Tannhof |
| Website: | www.bexmed.de |
The German Society for Mountain and Expedition Medicine e. V. (BExMed) is a German association for the scientific and practical promotion of mountain medicine based in Haar (near Munich) .
history
The association was founded in November 1996 in Munich , after a few years earlier Austrian and German mountain-loving doctors had joined forces in the Austrian Society for Alpine and Altitude Medicine . Founding members of the association aren Rainald Fischer , Herbert Forster, Wolf-Dieter Hirsch, Thomas Hochholzer, Christoph Kruis, Bernhard Lauber, Gertrud Mayer, Kurt-A. Riel, Wolfgang Schaffert, Jörg Schneider, Gabriele Stadler and Walter Treibel. Wolfgang Schaffert was the company's first president.
In addition to the ÖGAHM, the BExMed has now grown into one of the highest- altitude medical associations with the largest number of members worldwide . There is close cooperation with national and international specialist societies such as the ICAR as well as the International Society for Mountain Medicine and the Union International des Associations d'Alpinisme .
Since 1992, the ÖGAHM and BExMed have been conducting training in alpine physicians in cooperation with the institutes for sports science at the universities of Salzburg and Innsbruck and the Austrian mountain rescue service . The courses can be completed with the Diploma in Mountain Medicine and the Diploma in Wilderness and Expedition Medicine .
Since 1997 the journal "Flug- und Reisemedizin" has been the publication organ. The magazine, now renamed "Flugmedizin Tropenmedizin Reisemedizin", is currently published 6 times a year by Thieme-Verlag .
As a joint organ of the Austrian Society for Alpine and High Altitude Medicine and the German Society for Mountain and Expedition Medicine, the "Alpine Medical Circular" appears twice a year.
In 2013 Peter Bärtsch and in 2016 Franz Berghold and Wolfgang Schaffert were honored as honorary members of the society.
Web links
- Website of the German Society for Mountain and Expedition Medicine
- Literature from and about the German Society for Mountain and Expedition Medicine in the catalog of the German National Library