User:Société Internationale d'Urologie

The Society’s mission is to enable urologists in all nations, through international cooperation in education and research, to apply the highest standards of urological care to their patients. The SIU strives to position itself as a major international platform for sustainable urological education and collaborative humanitarian activities aimed at improving urological care.

The main goals initially identified by the founders of the SIU are still valid today: 1) to create and maintain the best possible conditions for communicating scientific information; 2) to promote both formal and informal contacts between national urological societies; and 3) to foster cooperation between urologists from all parts of the world despite differences in material conditions, professional concerns and political views.

Notably, the now-annual SIU Congresses give members and colleagues from all nations a forum in which to meet and discuss professional topics in a spirit of collegiality and common purpose.

The SIU partners on a regular basis with the International Consultation on Urologic Disease (ICUD). The ICUD Consultations are later published and become essential references in international urology.

Although there are multiple national and regional urological societies, the SIU is uniquely international in vision, scope and structure, attributes it endeavours to maintain and develop.

HISTORY

In 1907, in Paris, Professor Jean-Casimir-Félix Guyon—France’s very first professor of urology— and some 20 fellow urologists from Europe, the United States and South America founded the Association Internationale d'Urologie. Its first Congress, held in Paris in September 1908, was followed by two others: London in 1911 and Berlin in 1914.

In 1919, the Association Internationale d'Urologie became the Société Internationale d'Urologie. It included nearly 300 members at the time.

As was the case with most learned societies, membership was restricted to a fortunate few from the medical elite of select countries. This situation was finally reversed in 1997, when the Society abolished country quotas and extended membership to all qualified, praticising urologists.

In 2007, the SIU celebrated its centennial in its birthplace, Paris. The SIU President at the time, Dr. Alain Jardin, penned a history of the Society’s first century. Please click on the links to view the document and slide show.

Since 2003, the SIU Central Office in Montreal, Canada serves members worldwide, matches scholars to its accredited training centres, and organizes its now-annual Congresses.

Currently, the SIU is comprised of over 4,000 members.

BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP

Education

• Access to the SIU’s eLearning platform: the SIU Academy, featuring clinical case studies, electronic annotated publications, eSeries, live surgery broadcasts, and Congress webcasts.

Publications

• Access to ICUD (International Consultation on Urological Diseases) publications, such as those on Male LUTS (2012), Prostate Cancer (2011), Urethral Strictures (2010), and Vesicovaginal Fistula (2010).

• A monthly subscription to Urology - The Gold Journal, the official journal of the SIU (international non-member price: $494 US).

• The quarterly SIU newsletter.

SIU Congress

• Receive a significant discount off non-member registration fees at SIU Congresses, depending on the registration category.

Prestige and Recognition''

• Peer recognition and membership in an internationally recognized society, serving urologists since 1907.

Networking

• Online access to the SIU members-only section to view the SIU membership directory, network with international members and training centres, and pay dues online.

WEBSITE

https://www.siu-urology.org/default.aspx