International Association of Surgeons, Gastroenterologists and Oncologists (IASGO)

IASGO was founded in Amsterdam in 1988. Today, they are privileged to have strong IASGO sections in more than 70 countries, which greatly assists in assessing educational needs. The main goal of this organization has been and remains globalization of medical knowledge and expertise through a well-structured and precisely organized system of continued medical education. It is their belief that medical knowledge and expertise belongs to every human being on this planet, and that has to be available beyond any kind of discrimination, based on individual institutional or national level, to every patient that strives for survival because of challenging and life-threatening diseases.

Unique goals of IASGO remain:
Improvement of standards of Medical Care by promoting Innovation and Multidisciplinary Approaches for the Treatment of GI Diseases.