The Association of Endoscopic Surgeons of Bosnia and Herzegovina (AESBH) was founded
in Tuzla at the Founding Assembly on 21 April 2018. The Statute was also adopted at that
time, and you may download it from this web site.
The abbreviation AESBH will be used (the English title) due to our desire to cooperate
closely with the EAES and associations in the region.
All physical persons who are citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, every doctor of medicine,
specialists in the realm of abdominal, thoracic or paediatric surgery, urology, neurosurgery,
orthopaedics, gynaecology, otorhinolaryngology, gastroenterology, and other medical
professional who work in endoscopic surgery, and who accept the Statute and aims and
activities of the Association, and who confirm this by their signature, may become members
of the Association.
The aims and activities of the Association are:
 Improving and continuing to develop endoscopic surgery in Bosnia and Herzegovina
 The life-long professional and scientific training of health workers involved in
endoscopic surgery through educational programmes, professional and scientific
meetings, congresses, seminars, lectures and courses, writing books, handbooks and
brochures, that is, all forms of medical training.
 Cooperation with other national, regional and international professional and scientific
societies dedicated to endoscopic surgery.
 Publishing publications in order to carry out the activities of the Association, pursuant
to the law.

Our aim is also to establish links with the European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons
(EAES), and provide an easier way for young surgeons from Bosnia and Herzegovina to train
in European centres. Also, with the assistance of the EAES, workshops will be organized
throughout BH.
The application form may be downloaded from the section on Membership.
Everyone, from initial payment of the membership fee, shall become a full member. They
shall receive a Certificate of Membership and shall acquire access to the various benefits we
as an Association shall offer our members.