The German Society of Surgery (german: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chirurgie) is a German medical organization.
It was founded in 1872 and is one of the oldest medical-scientific
learned societies
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. It is headquartered in
Berlin
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and is headed by president Joachim Jähne and secretary-general Hans-Joachim Meyer.
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Organizations established in 1872
Medical and health organisations based in Berlin
Medical associations based in Germany
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