SURGICOM

Improving the outlook for surgery and surgeons remains the primary function of Surgicom, and the strategy for achieving this is really two pronged.
1. Representation on bodies which make determinations affecting our future as a profession, the manner in which surgery will be practiced, and the vision for the future.
2. Ongoing contact with the funding industry to attempt to achieve an appropriate level of remuneration, and to establish a strong voice when decisions are made.

Vascular Society of Southern Africa

The objectives for which the Association was established were:

To aim at the improvement & advancement of the study of
    vascular disease in general.

To act as mouthpiece for medical & paramedical persons
    with an interest in vascular disease.

The advancement of knowledge & the science of vascular surgery.

To stimulate research in all aspects of vascular diseases.

The Pan African Association

The Pan African Association of Surgeons
(PAAS) which was founded on
1 August 1995

• To address/identify the surgical problems in Africa
• To co-ordinate surgical training and research

South African
Gastroenterology Society

The objectives for which the Association
was established were:

• To promote an interest in and the study of digestive
  diseases and abnormalities of the gastrointestinal system,
  liver, bile ducts and pancreas
• To serve as the leading authority and major voice in Gastroenterology...

South African Society
of Surgeons in Training

• Our mission is to become the premier
  representative body for all health care
  professionals’ interested in pursuing a
  career in general surgery.

Surgical Research Society of
Southern Africa

“The aims and objectives of the Society include
promoting the science and practice of surgery, providing
for the interchange of information about research related to
surgery, as well as to represent and further the interests of
surgeons in Southern Africa.”

Trauma Society of South Africa

• The Trauma Society is the prevention and mitigation of
  trauma due to all forms of mechanical injury
  (penetrating and blunt) through the propagation of
  quality treatment and appropriate
  surgical intervention.