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The Society for the Advancement of Science, Medicine and Surgery (Dutch: Het Genootschap ter bevordering van Natuur- Genees- en Heelkunde) was founded in 1790 in Amsterdam as the society for the Advancement of Surgery. Founder was Andreas Bonn, professor of anatomy and surgery at the Athenaeum Illustre, which is the predecessor of the University of Amsterdam. The general goal of the Genootschap is to improve the quality of the exact, medical and biological sciences at the University of Amsterdam, and in particular the scientific collaboration between these research fields. Membership of the Society is open to persons that hold a doctorate of the University of Amsterdam in Medicine or Science and to the faculty of the Medicine and Science faculty of the University of Amsterdam.
Activities of the society include

• Organizing scientific meetings
• Maintaining professorships by special appointment at the University of Amsterdam
• Supporting students with travel grants
• Honoring outstanding scientists by awarding medals

• Website The Society for the Advancement of Science, Medicine and Surgery (Dutch only)