World Organization of Gastroenterology (OMGE)

2 undated draft typescripts of Avery Jones' acceptance speech on receiving the Henry L. Bockus Medal. Copy of Policy Statement from a meeting of the OMGE Research Committee, chaired by Avery Jones, n.d.

1982

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The origin of this organisation was at the First International Congress of Gasteroenterology in Brussels, August 1935, at which the International Society of Gastroenterology was founded. It was founded largely due to the initiative of Georges Brohée (1887-1957), a Belgian Surgeon and Radiologist who promoted modern Gastroenterology, in particular by founding the Belgian Society of Gastroenterology in 1928. It is a federation of national societies and associations of gastroenterology, and was constituted in Washington DC on 29 May 1958, where the first World Congress of Gastroenterology was held. The first president was Dr. Henry L. Bockus. The organization was officially renamed the World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO) in May 2007.