German society for general and visceral surgery / Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie (DGAV)

Aims and tasks of the DGAV:
The objective of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie is the advancement of general and visceral surgery in science and in practice, especially through

• systematic advanced training and continuing education,
• contributions to quality assurance measures,
• establishment and deepening of contacts to the superordinate German Society for Surgery (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chirurgie), to the other surgical foci and to neighboring disciplines, as well as to domestic and foreign professional societies with similar interests,
• coordination of research and implementation of the results in practice.