Société Internationale de Chirurgie (SIC)
Introduction & Goals of Membership
The ISS/SIC, founded in 1902 in Brussels, Belgium, would like to function with two aims in mind:
on the one hand it wants to function as a very benevolent "umbrella organization" for to keep the "house of surgery" together for all problems of general interest to all surgical specialties,
on the other hand, the ISS/SIC has also a vital interest in upkeeping general surgery as an important training base.
For the implementation of the advancement of the science and art of surgery, the following functions are provided:
World Congress of Surgery - the International Surgical Week (where scientific exchanges between the various surgical specialties are promoted by the means of joint presentations, panels & workshops),
Regional Postgraduate Courses under the auspices of the Society
The ISS/SIC does not visualize itself as a mass organization, it would, however, hope to group throughout the world surgeons willing to invest some time and energy in a quality conscious international venture. Surgeons deciding to accept this challenge will soon find out that such an engagement is intellectually stimulating and humanly rewarding.
Contact
ISS/SIC c/o Allveco AG
Seltisbergerstrasse 16
CH-4419 Lupsingen
Switzerland
Phone: +41 61 815 96 66
Fax: +41 61 811 47 75
E-mail: surgery(at)iss-sic.ch