Friday, 22 September 2017
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Since 2017, you can sign up as a member through our website.
Membership of the RBSS includes: free subscription to the online version of the Acta Chirurgica Belgica (if a printed version is required, a sum of 70,00 € needs to be asked), free attendance to all postgraduate courses of the RBSS’ sections, free access to the RBSS website, reduced registration fee at the annual Belgian Surgical Week.
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1st announcement - call for abstracts
Dear Colleagues,
The 19th Belgian Surgical Week will take place in the Ostend Thermae Palace, from Thursday 3rd to Saturday 5th May 2018
This year, being the 125th anniversary of the RBSS, the opening ceremony will be dedicated to the history and the future of surgery.
The scientificc theme of the meeting, suggested by the President and approved by the full board is
The Expanding Universe of Surgical Technology
Besides lectures, as previous years there will be also place for free paper, video and poster sessiosn which are not limited to the general theme of the congress.
We thus already encourage you to submit abstracts via the conference website:
Abstract submission will run between 1st of January 2018 and 14th February 2018 23:59:59 CET.
More information on rules of awards and regulations about the abstracts will be available closer to the start of the submission period. Please revisit the site to stay updated!
Dear Colleagues,
First of all I would like to thank you for the confidence and trust you have placed in me to fulfill the position of President of the Royal Belgian Society of Surgery.
In the coming years, major assignments will need to be further developed.
Firstly, all involved associations, be they scientific of professional, will need to finalize the reform in Belgian surgical training. To this date, considerable advancement has been made in a convivial and positive climate. I sincerely hope that this can be continued so as to reach a definite model of national surgical training.
In 2018, the Society will celebrate its 125th anniversary. The event will be marked at the next Belgian Surgical Week (3rd – 5th May 2018). A Golden Book, dedicated to the history of Belgian surgery and written by Professors R. Van Hee and P. Mendes da Costa, will be published. Since the creation of our Society, we have been inundated with new surgical technologies.
All along, surgical progress has been unbelievable. Starting off as a craftsmanship whereby the scalpel and the hand were the most important operating instruments it has evolved, thanks to the digital revolution, to a highly technological science whereby complex and expensive instruments have been developed. These advances have drastically changed modern surgery.
Bearing this in mind, next year’s congress shall therefore be dedicated to the theme ‘THE EXPANDING UNIVERSE OF SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY”.
At today’s rate of change, surgeons will see not one, but many revolutions during their career – the practice of surgery is changing faster than at any time in the past.
Training, financing as well as concentration of heavy pathologies and networking will certainly be matters of concern for our young surgeons.
In the light of the above mentioned facts, I believe that all surgeons and trainees in our country need to join hands for the sake of persisting the development of a future-orientated surgery.
With best regards,
Prof. Dr. J. Lamote
President of the Royal Belgian Society of Surgery
2017-2018
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