About ISMIVS

The International Society of Minimally Invasive and Virtual Surgery (ISMIVS), previously known as International Society of Minimally Invasive and Noninvasive Medicine, was founded in July 2013 in Chongqing, China. ISMIVS’ vision is to accelerate the development of minimally invasive and noninvasive medicine through the clinical research, training, academic communications, and international collaborations. ISMIVS has convened 6 sessions of Yangtze International Summit on Minimally Invasive and Noninvasive Medicine.

The goal of ISMIVS is to promote and develop the highest standards of clinical practice in the field of minimally-invasive and noninvasive therapeutic medicine through education and research, under the guidance of the ideology of minimally-invasive and noninvasive medicine, i.e. “Diseases that harm require therapies that harm less.

ISMIVS seeks to provide physicians and allied health scientists and technologists with scientific and educational programs and materials of the highest quality, and to constantly improve the content and value of these scientific and educational activities. ISMIVS seeks to promote research in all aspects of minimally invasive and noninvasive medicine and related sciences, including clinical research in the promotion of quality and personalized healthcare.

ISMIVS seeks to foster closer fellowship among all members in the different branches of minimally-invasive and noninvasive medicine and greater cooperation among all members and allied healthcare professionals.

ISMIVS seeks to promote the concept of heath defined by the World Health Organization: "Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity"