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The Argentine Medical Association (''Asociación Médica Argentina'') is the principal professional association of physicians in Argentina. It is a medical non-profit organization with headquarters in Buenos Aires. ==Overview== The group was founded on September 5, 1891, as the ''Sociedad Mèdica Argentina'' by a conference of doctors in Buenos Aires led by Dr. Pedro F. Roberts, an ophthalmologist, and Doctors José Penna and Alfredo Lagarde. Though the society was preceded by the Buenos Aires National Academy of Medicine (founded in 1822), the former was founded with a focus on advocacy on behalf of the nation's medical professionals, and was a response to hardships imposed by the Panic of 1890. Although the founding conference debated the possibility of establishing the society as a guild or trade union, these options were discarded in favor of creating a professional association and learned society. The society was initially composed of 106 members, and was housed within the Illuminated Block, a historic, Jesuit center of learning; among its founding members was Dr. Juan B. Justo, later a leader of the Socialist Party of Argentina. It relocated to offices of its own in 1892, and as it grew, it became legally necessary to have the society succeed to the Argentine Medical Association, a name adopted by an assembly held on August 13, 1913. The Buenos Aires city government granted it a valuable Santa Fe Avenue lot for the construction of new offices in 1917, and the following year, new headquarters were inaugurated. The new facilities allowed the association to grow, and by 1923, over 1,000 physicians had become members. Six societies comprised the association in 1919: internal medicine, surgery, biology, microbiology, radiology, and ophthalmology. Societies of urology and otolaryngology were added in 1922, and later, toxicology (1926), and pharmacology (1928). Dr. Carlos Mainini's tenure (1936–42) was marked by a notable expansion of the group's academic activities, including the establishment of the societies of orthopedic surgery, endocrinology, nutrition science, and mental health, as well as the Argentine Society of Medical History. The Argentine Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery was inducted in 1952. The institution grew to include 43 societies, 7 associations, and 25 committees; over 37,000 physicians (over a fourth of the nation's total) were members. The association issues accreditation to health facilities nationwide, and since 1950, operates the school of Continuing Medical Education, which offers 60 courses to over 2,000 students yearly (including around 300 from overseas). Its periodical, the ''Revista de la Sociedad Médica Argentina'' has been published since October 1891, and its library, opened in 1917, houses over 25,000 volumes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Argentine Medical Association」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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