International Society of Surgery (ISS

Membership Application Procedure

Your opening of the on-line application form for membership in the International Society of Surgery indicates that you are most likely a surgeon who shows interest in joining the ranks of ISS/SIC. We are of course honoured in your interest and should like to provide you with some useful hints about the application procedure.

Who is eligible to become an ISS/SIC Member?

According to the constitution, the following will apply:

All members shall be medical doctors who have received training in a field of surgery and are or have been engaged as their main professional endeavor in a career involving a recognized field of surgery, including care of the critically ill and/or recognition of expertise in surgical research. Non-medical scientists involved in medical research related to surgery may also be accepted as members.

Manual or electronic application?

In order to facilitate and to shorten your application procedure, we have elaborated an electronic application form. Please take note that the electronic application can only be mailed if all mandatory fields (marked with an *) are complied with. This will also include the e-mail addresses of your two sponsors who must be ISS/SIC members from your country. The list of members and their postal and e-mail addresses are available from this homepage under Membership Directory.

Short description of application procedure

a) Go to the manual application procedure for membership (paper version)

b) Go to the electronic application procedure for membership