The first Annual Meeting of the Association was held on 9th March 1990 in the General Hospital in Birmingham with Mr Geoff Oates as the first President: 62 people attended. Ten years later in July 2000, the Association’s Annual Meeting with Professor John Nicholls as President was attended by over 900 delegates. The total membership is now over 1,000. The growth of the Association reflects the importance of Coloproctology within the field of Gastroenterology. Coloproctology is not just surgeons; it is a specialty of physicians, oncologists, pathologists and radiologists with specialist nurse support essential to the management of patientsThe first Annual Meeting of the Association was held on 9th March 1990 in the General Hospital in Birmingham with Mr Geoff Oates as the first President: 62 people attended. Ten years later in July 2000, the Association’s Annual Meeting with Professor John Nicholls as President was attended by over 900 delegates. The total membership is now over 1,000. The growth of the Association reflects the importance of Coloproctology within the field of Gastroenterology. Coloproctology is not just surgeons; it is a specialty of physicians, oncologists, pathologists and radiologists with specialist nurse support essential to the management of patients.
An important feature of the growth of the Association has been the development of the regional Chapters. Each Chapter is represented on Council by a Chapter Representative elected from within the membership of the Chapter. The role of the Chapter Representative is to arrange local Chapter meetings and to represent the Chapter within the region at all political levels.
The remaining members of Council are the Officers and Chairmen of the Clinical Services, Education and Training, Editorial, Public Relations and Ethics, Research and Audit, Independent Healthcare and Website Committees, representatives from the BSG, AUGIS, histopathology oncology, radiology and the Chairmen of the Dukes' Club, Nursing Forum and the Colon and Rectal Disease Research Foundation.
The Association has established and owns its own journal working closely with Blackwell as publishers; the first edition was in January 1999.
The role of the specialties has been recognised by the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland with each specialty playing an important part within Council and at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Surgeons.
The Association recognises that it has a responsibility to develop the specialty of Coloproctology while remaining mindful of the needs of the population that it serves.
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