Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kardiologie

The German Society of Cardiology - Heart and Circulation Research ( DGK ), headquartered in Bad Nauheim and office in Dusseldorf is a nonprofit scientific medical society with more than 8000 members. Its goal is the promotion of science in the field of cardiovascular disease, the organization of conferences and congresses and training, further education and training of its members. The DGK is the oldest and largest cardiology society in Europe. It lists for years growing membership figures: Cardiologist from universities and non- university institutions, practicing cardiologists, pediatric cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, cardiologists and theoretically working scientists, internists, pharmacologists, physiologists, pathologists, and biologists.

Conferences, annual meetings, activity

Annually organized by the DGK two large conventions, on the one hand, the annual meeting, which always takes place in the week after Easter in Mannheim, on the other hand, the fall meeting, the Rhythmology takes place at different locations in conjunction with the annual meeting of the working group in October. In contrast to the strong science-based annual meeting of the autumn conference has more character training at a high level.

The association created and revised periodically guidelines on cardiovascular disease and current topics in the heart and circulatory research. It gives awards and scholarships, which are funded by their own as well as from companies and private donors. The volume of the prizes currently stands at about 400,000 euros per year. Worth mentioning the Carl -Ludwig- Medal of Honor, the Albert Fraenkel Prize, the Prize for Science Journalism, the Rudolf Thauer Poster Prize and the Hans -Jürgen Bretschneider poster prize. One particularly successful subsidiary of DGK is the further and continuing education academy " cardiology ", which was founded in 2001 and offers nationwide numerous training courses.

To mark World Cardiology Congress in Paris in 1950, the Company became a member of the International Society and Federation of Cardiology ( ISFC ) and at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in London in 1952 a member of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). The company is also a member of the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany ( AWMF ) and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

History

As the " German Society for Cardiovascular Research " the DGK was founded on June 3, 1927 in Bad Nauheim, making it the oldest cardiological society in Europe. Initiators were Professors Bruno Kisch (Cologne) and Arthur Weber ( Bad Nauheim ) - supported by Franz Maximilian Groedel ( Bad Nauheim, later New York), of the American College of Cardiology (ACC ), co-founded in 1949. From 1949 to be named the company " German Society for Heart and Circulation Research ", in 1994 it trades under the present name.

The first Congress of the Society was organized in 1928 in Cologne. From then on until 1941 annual meetings were held at various venues. After the Second World War, the first meeting of the Society in 1949 was - and from then on every year - in Bad Nauheim instead. It was not until 1982 when the premises were cramped because of the increased number of members and the expansion of scientific meetings, it was decided to move the annual meeting to Mannheim.

Magazines

Journals of the German Society of Cardiology - Heart and Circulatory Research are

• Basic Research in Cardiology,
• Clinical Research in Cardiology,
• The cardiologist,
• Pacemaker electrophysiology,
• CardioNews.

Personalities

• Franz Loogen, president from 1975