German Society for Cardiology - Cardiovascular Research
| German Society for Cardiology - Heart and Circulatory Research (DGK) |
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| purpose | Medical Society for Cardiology |
| Chair: | Andreas Zeiher |
| Establishment date: | June 3, 1927 |
| Number of members: | 10424 |
| Seat : | Bad Nauheim |
| Website: | dgk.org |
The German Society for Cardiology - Heart and Circulatory Research e. V. (DGK) is a non-profit, scientific medical society with almost 10,000 members and is based in Bad Nauheim and has an office in Düsseldorf . Its aim is the promotion of science in the field of cardiovascular diseases, the organization of conferences and congresses and the education, training and further education of its members. The DGK is the oldest and largest cardiological society in Europe. Its membership has been growing for years: cardiologists from universities and non-university institutions, resident cardiologists, pediatric cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, cardiological and theoretical scientists, internists, pharmacologists, physiologists, pathologists and biologists.
Congresses, annual meetings, activities
Every year the DGK organizes two large congresses, on the one hand the annual conference, which always takes place in the week after Easter in Mannheim, on the other hand the autumn conference, which takes place in connection with the annual conference of the Rhythmology working group in October at different locations. In contrast to the strongly scientifically oriented annual conference, the autumn conference has a more advanced training character at a high level.
The association creates and revises guidelines on cardiovascular diseases and current topics in cardiovascular research. It awards prizes and grants that are financed by itself as well as by companies and private donors. The volume of this prize money is currently around 700,000 euros per year. Mention should be made of the Carl Ludwig Medal of Honor , the Otto Hess Doctoral Scholarship, the Albert Fraenkel Prize, the Arthur Weber Prize , the Prize for Science Journalism, the Rudolf Thauer Poster Prize and the Hans Jürgen Bretschneider Poster Prize . There is also an honorary membership. A particularly successful subsidiary of the DGK is the Advanced and Advanced Training Academy Cardiology , which was founded in 2001 and offers numerous advanced training courses nationwide.
On the occasion of the World Cardiology Congress in Paris in 1950, the Society became a member of the International Society and Federation of Cardiology (ISFC) and, on the occasion of the European Cardiology Congress in London in 1952, a member of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). The society is also a member of the Working Group of Scientific Medical Societies (AWMF).
The DGK is a member of the non-smoking alliance .
history
On June 3, 1927, the German Society for Cardiovascular Research was founded in Bad Nauheim , making it the oldest cardiological society in Europe. The initiators were Professors Bruno Kisch (Cologne) and Arthur Weber (Bad Nauheim) - supported by Franz Maximilian Groedel (Bad Nauheim, later New York), who co-founded the American College of Cardiology (ACC) in 1949. From 1979 onwards, the society was called the German Society for Cardiovascular Research , and has been operating under its current name since 1994.
The company's first congress was held in Cologne in 1928 . From then until 1941, meetings were held annually at different locations. After the Second World War, the Society's first conference took place in Bad Nauheim in 1949 - and annually from then on. It was not until 1982, when the premises were too cramped due to the increased number of members and the expansion of the scientific meetings, that the decision was made to move the annual conference to Mannheim.
The DGK was recognized for its educational activities during the corona pandemic by the "Heroes in Crisis" campaign initiated by the FAZ Institute and the IMWF.
Magazines
Journals of the German Society for Cardiology - Heart and Circulatory Research are
- Basic Research in Cardiology ,
- Clinical Research in Cardiology ,
- The cardiologist ,
- Pacemaker + electrophysiology ,
- Cardio News .
Personalities
- Sven Effert , honorary member since 1990
- Franz Loogen , President from 1975
- Gerd Heusch , President from 2007 to 2009
- Hugo Katus , President from 2016 to 2019
literature
- Berndt Lüderitz, Gunther Arnold (Ed.): 75 years of the German Society for Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research. Springer, Berlin et al. 2002, ISBN 3-540-41431-2 .
- Timo Baumann: The German Society for Circulatory Research in National Socialism 1933–1945 . Springer, Berlin a. a. 2017, ISBN 978-3-662-54399-3 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://dgk.org/ueber-uns/vorstand/
- ^ Honorary members of the German Society for Cardiology
- ↑ DGK honored for engagement in the Corona crisis , DGK press office, July 10, 2020; accessed: July 17, 2020
- ↑ Distinguished Heroes in the Crisis , undated, accessed July 17, 2020