Techniques in Coloproctology
Official Journal of the Italian Society of Colo-Rectal Surgery (SICCR), Mediterranean Society of Coloproctology (MSCP), Israel Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery (ISCRS), Mexican Society of Coloproctology, North-Northeastern Society
of Coloproctology
M.S.C.P. - So.Me.Co.P.
Mediterranean Society of Coloproctology
Société Méditerranéenne de Coloproctologie
The Mediterranean Society of Coloproctology - Sociétè Méditerranéenne de Coloproctologie (MSCP - SoMeCoP) Has been established in Rome on March 1998
The purposes of the M.S.C.P./So.Me.Co.P. are:
1. to gather into one Association all surgeons and physicians from Mediterranean countries who have a special interest in coloproctology
2. to encourage and promote scientific and cultural exchange among the above countries
3. to promote visits and implement continuing education of doctors from the above countries. Particular interest shall be dedicated to surgical
training and technological update
4. to establish a network of coloproctology units (at least one in each of the above countries) in close contact with each other, and each
one acting in its own country as a reference point for local coloproctologists
5. to promote and organize a biennial international convention
6. to encourage the establishment of colorectal surgery as a specialty in all of the above countries.
Today the society joins medical doctors and scientists from several Mediterranean countries (Africa: Egypt, Morocco; Asia: Israel,Turkey; Europe: Albania, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Serbia-Montenegro, Slovenia, Spain.