The Southern Society for Clinical Investigation is a
professional society
A professional association (also called a professional body, professional organization, or professional society) usually seeks to further a particular profession, the interests of individuals and organisations engaged in that profession, and the ...
for
medicine
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, based in the
southern United States
The Southern United States (sometimes Dixie, also referred to as the Southern States, the American South, the Southland, or simply the South) is a geographic and cultural region of the United States of America. It is between the Atlantic Ocean ...
.
The organization was founded as the Southern Society for Clinical Research on October 5, 1946, at a meeting in
attended by representatives from nineteen
medical school
A medical school is a tertiary educational institution, or part of such an institution, that teaches medicine, and awards a professional degree for physicians. Such medical degrees include the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS, M ...
s in the southern U.S. Its first president was
Tinsley Randolph Harrison
Tinsley Randolph Harrison (March 18, 1900 – August 4, 1978) was an American physician and editor of the first five editions of ''Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine''. Harrison specialized in cardiology and the pathophysiology of hea ...
, and it began holding annual scientific meetings from 1947. The organization was renamed in 1966 to its present name, in order to avoid confusion with the Southern Section of the
American Federation for Clinical Research. In 1984, it became the sponsor of the ''
American Journal of the Medical Sciences''.
Awards
The Founders' Medal Award has been awarded annually since 1973 to notable members of the SSCI.
References
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External links
Official website
Medical associations based in the United States
Organizations established in 1946
Medical and health organizations based in Alabama
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