Society Collaborations
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Affiliated Societies
Academy of Surgical Research (ASR)
Founded in 1982, the Academy of Surgical Research promotes the advancement of professional and academic standards, education, and research in the art and science of experimental surgery. The Academy interfaces with medical and scientific organizations and governmental agencies in establishing and reviewing ethics, theories, practices, and research pertaining to surgery and the promotion of results for clinical application.
The mission of the Academy of Surgical Research is to foster the interdisciplinary transfer of ideas and theories by offering a common platform for reporting valid surgical research.
Italian Society of Hand Surgery (SICM)
The Italian Society of Hand Surgery–SICM, founded in 1962, as per its Statute “...pursues civic, solidaristic and socially useful purposes consisting of scientific, cultural and didactic activity and research...” with the aim of “promoting in Italy the development of physiopathology on the upper limb and surgical and rehabilitative techniques of the upper limb and hand, gathering the scholars of the subject for free exchanges of ideas and study programs.” The SICM has contributed decisively to the development of quality care within the National and European Health System. “The Society is a member of the International Federation of Society of Surgery of the Hand (I.F.S.S.H.) and the Federation of the European Society for Surgery of the Hand (F.E.S.S.H).” Since its founding, the SICM has promoted the development of highly specialized techniques in hand surgery, spreading them in Europe, assuming an important scientific and professional role at the international level, as well as contributing up to the present day to spread the skills of this discipline among young physicians and specialists in the fields of orthopedics, plastic, and reconstructive surgery, decisively complementing university training courses.
