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 A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an organization that exists to promote an academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and science. Membership may ...

. It is headquartered in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

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 {{Germany-org-stub