German Society for Pediatric Surgery

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German Society for Pediatric Surgery eV
(DGKCH)
purpose Medical Society for Pediatric Surgery
Chair: Udo role
Establishment date: September 21, 1957
Seat : Luisenstrasse 58/59, 10117 Berlin
Website: dgkch.de

The German Society for Pediatric Surgery (DGKCH) is the scientific society of physicians who in Germany in specialist pediatric surgery are active. The company represents the interests of pediatric surgery in scientific, technical and professional matters.

aims

According to the articles of association, the DGKCH pursues the goals of “representing and promoting pediatric surgery in all scientific, technical and professional matters to the outside world, as well as maintaining cooperation among the members” , “developing the basis for the best possible pediatric surgical care and ensuring that it is implemented contribute " as well as " to enter into close cooperation with (...) interest groups associated with pediatric surgery. "

history

In the Federal Republic of Germany , at a meeting in Munich on September 21, 1957, at the invitation of Anton Oberniedermayr, the Association of German Pediatric Surgeons was established . In 1963 this was renamed the German Society for Pediatric Surgery in the German Society for Surgery . The first president was Oberniedermayr.

The Society for Pediatric Surgery was founded in the GDR in 1985 . It emerged from the Pediatric Surgery Section of the Society for Surgery of the GDR .

In 1990 the members of the Society for Pediatric Surgery of the GDR were accepted into the German Society for Pediatric Surgery.

The society currently (as of 2019) has around 800 members. The professional society is a member of the Working Group of Scientific Medical Societies ( AWMF ).

Scientific congresses

The association holds its annual meeting in spring as part of the congress of the German Society for Surgery . He holds his autumn conference at the congress of the German Society for Child and Adolescent Medicine .

The association is a member of WOFAPS (World Federation of Associations of Pediatric Surgeons). This was founded in 1974.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Articles of DGKCH of 30 April 2004
  2. Homepage ( Memento of the original from December 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wofaps.org