Presentation SRBGE
Administrative council is composed of 9 members and meet at least 3 times /year :
President:Jacques Deflandre
First Vice-president : Jean François Gigot
Second Vice-president : Vincent Lamy
General Secretary: Jean-Luc Van Laethem
Clerk : Catherine Van Kemseke
Associate Secretary: Hubert Piessevaux
Editor of Acta Gastroenterologica: Peter Michielsen
Editor of Acta Gastroenterologica: Peter Starkel
Treasurer: Hubert Louis
Scientific council is composed of 10 members who assist the administrative council in its scientific function.
Around 400 members are registered either as effective members or trainee members of the society.
Aims
Public health
improve prevention, screening and treatment of gastrointestinal tract diseases
favour information and education of the population about gastrointestinal tract diseases
keep contact with national and regional authorities to help and reach the two previous aims
Research
favour collaborations between clinical and research centres in gastrointestinal tract diseases
promote national and regional research projects on epidemiology of gastrointestinal diseases
participation in the Georges Brohée Fund (see link)
Professional life
favour adhesion to SRBGE
favour interactions between national interest groups working on specific topics of gastrointestinal tract diseases (including hepatology, pancreas, inflammatory bowel disease, oncology, endoscopy,…)
provide health professionals with specific guidelines
encourage health professionals to improve and evaluate quality of health care
Continuous training
provide health care professionals with high quality symposiums on various topics related to gastrointestinal tract diseases
Actions
Scientific meetings
participation in the “Belgian week of Gastroenterology” (see link). Belgian week of Gastroenterology is the national meeting of gastroenterology with around 500 participants. The SRBGE is one of the 6 Belgian societies taking part in its organisation.
organisation of the “Day of the President”. This one day clinical symposium is usually held in June and is organized with the active collaboration of the President of the Society.
organisation of the “Actualities in Gastroenterology”. This one day scientific and clinical symposium is usually held in October and is organized with the active collaboration of the scientific council of the Society.
Medical journal
The SRBGE edits the journal “Acta Gastroenterologica Belgica” (Actagastroenterologica on the net- see link). This journal is published 4 times a year and publishes peer-reviewed original papers, case-reports or reviews, as well as extended summaries from the symposiums organized by the Society.
Adhesions
SRBGE is open to every request of adhesion. Members must be physicans or scientists interested in the field of gastroenterology
request must be made before the 15th of January each year as the General Assembly is usually held mid-February (in conjunction with the Belgian Week of Gastroenterology).
annual adhesion fee is 75 euros for trainees and 100 euros for specialists and include adhesion, free participation to the 2 SRBGE symposiums (‘Day of the President’ and ‘Actualities in Gastroenterology’) as well as subscription to the journal “acta gastroenterological belgica”
for more details see link
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