Deutsche Gesellschaft für Innere Medizin e.V. (DGIM)

The German Society of Internal Medicine (DGIM) was founded in Wiesbaden in 1882 as the "Congress for Internal Medicine" and is now one of the largest medical-scientific specialist societies in Germany with more than 21,000 members. The DGIM represents the concerns of internists in hospitals and practice, research and teaching, further education and training. It represents the interests of internal medicine in politics and to the public, as well as to authorities and organizations of medical self-administration. As a non-profit association, the Society promotes science and research in the entire field of internal medicine. It sees it as its mission to translate scientific findings into applied medicine and thus enable patients to benefit directly from advances in internal medicine. It ensures the transfer of medical achievements into everyday clinical practice through numerous training programs. To this end, it is committed to the integration of the specialties of internal medicine and maintains relationships with the main scientific societies.