International Society of Surgery (ISS) / Societe Internationale De Chirurgie (SIC)

The International Society of Surgery (ISS) / Société Internationale de Chirurgie (SIC) is a global not-for-profit membership organization, founded in 1902, and based in Zurich, Switzerland. It functions with two aims in mind: As as a very benevolent “umbrella organization” to keep the “house of surgery” together for all problems of general interest to all surgical specialties, o the ISS/SIC has also a vital interest in maintaining general surgery as an important training base.