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The Chairman and Chief Medical Director of the Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Prof. Dr. J. Rüdiger Siewert, was awarded honorary membership of the German Society for General and Visceral Surgery (DGAV) at its opening session in early October in Dresden.

DGAV President Prof. Dr. Albrecht Stier acknowledged Prof. Siewert as his own surgical teacher and sponsor, as the founding president of the DGAV, and for his important accomplishments in the field. The DGAV deals with the promotion of general and visceral surgery both in science and in practice.