Sociedad Chilena de Mastología

What Sociedad Chilena de Mastología does

Sociedad Chilena de Mastología (SChM) is a non-profit scientific and professional association founded on June 1, 1987, in Santiago, Chile, by eleven founding physicians including Dra. Ivonne Pabst Feller as its first president. Its mission is to bring together Chilean medical specialists across surgery, gynecology, medical oncology, radiation oncology, radiology, and pathology who work in breast disease, in order to advance the science and clinical practice of mastology nationally. The society operates exclusively within Chile and is governed by an elected 11-member board of directors; current president is Dra. Fancy Gaete Verdejo (2024-2026 term), with a new board to be elected in April 2026 for 2026-2028.

SChM delivers its value through a portfolio of professional services rather than commercial products: continuing education jornadas, the biennial Chilean Mastology Congress (XVII edition most recently hosted), monthly peer-reviewed article commentaries, and a member-exclusive learning management system. It also develops and publishes national clinical consensus documents and AUGE Cancer Guidelines for breast cancer care, including historical consensus documents dating to 1999. Its membership is structured in two tiers — active members (qualified specialists with at least two years in breast disease, $70,000 CLP annual fee) and training members (residents from the second year of related postgraduate programs, $35,000 CLP) — with membership dues as the primary disclosed revenue stream and congress/jornada registrations and sponsorships as supplementary income. Membership confers access to gated educational content, event registration, and participation in consensus development.

The organization distributes content through its public website (mastologia.cl), a LearnDash-hosted member portal, and social channels on YouTube, Instagram, and LinkedIn, with public-facing breast cancer awareness content aligned to Chile's Plan Nacional del Cáncer 2022-2027. In August 2024, mastology was officially recognized as a specialty by Chile's Ministry of Health, materially strengthening SChM's regulatory standing. The society is independent, member-owned, and discloses no external funding, parent entity, or institutional ownership.

Name

Sociedad Chilena de Mastología

Legal name

Sociedad Chilena de Mastología

Website

https://mastologia.cl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Non-profit scientific and professional association founded in 1987 that brings together Chilean medical specialists across disciplines for breast disease care, providing continuing education, publishing national clinical guidelines, and organizing the biennial Chilean Mastology Congress.

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Product category

Medical Professional Association / Healthcare Specialty Society

NAICS

Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAKAFAJ

Breast Oncology

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Specialist Medical Practice/Hematology & Oncology

Keywords

• Mastology specialty
• Breast pathology
• Clinical guidelines
• Medical congresses
• Continuing medical education

Headquarters

HQ city

Peñalolén

HQ country

Chile

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual membership fees from active members and reduced fees for training members. Active members pay $70,000 CLP annually; training members pay 50% of this amount. This forms the primary recurring revenue stream for the society's operations.

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Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Sociedad Chilena de Mastología is a non-profit scientific and professional association that brings together Chilean specialists in breast pathology. It sells tiered membership subscriptions (Active and Training), runs recurring continuing-medical-education events such as Jornadas, hosts an annual national congress, and publishes clinical consensus documents and articles that inform national breast cancer protocols including AUGE guidelines.

Product overview

Sociedad Chilena de Mastología (SChM) is a non-profit scientific and professional association that brings together specialists in various areas of Breast Pathology in Chile. The organization does not offer a commercial product or software platform; instead, it provides professional membership services including educational events (jornadas and seminars), scientific consensus documents and clinical guidelines (such as the AUGE Cancer Guidelines), monthly article publications covering breast cancer research and clinical trials, and organizes national congresses (XVII Congreso Chileno de Mastología). The society also publishes member-exclusive content through a learning management system and maintains a professional directory of mastology specialists.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Active Membership Full professional membership for certified medical specialists practicing in breast pathology and related disciplines in Chile, priced at $70,000 CLP per year. Includes access to the member-exclusive online platform, educational events, the annual congress, and clinical consensus documents.
• Training Membership Discounted membership for medical residents, fellows, and graduate students training in breast-related specialties, priced at $35,000 CLP per year (50% of the Active rate). Provides access to the same educational resources, congresses, and clinical content as Active members.
• Congreso Chileno de Mastología The society's annual national scientific congress bringing together Chilean and international specialists in breast pathology for presentations, workshops, and multidisciplinary exchange. Currently convened as the XVII Congreso Chileno de Mastología.
• Jornadas de Mastología Recurring continuing-medical-education jornadas (specialty workshops) organized by SChM for members and the broader medical community to update participants on advances in breast pathology.
• Clinical Consensus Documents (AUGE-aligned) National clinical consensus documents and breast cancer protocols produced by SChM and aligned with Chile's AUGE ( Acceso Universal con Garantías Explícitas) framework, providing authoritative guidance for clinical practice in breast disease.

Quantifiable outcome

• Clinical consensus and guidelines published and accessible to members for standardization of breast cancer care in Chile

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Recent moves5 records

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Direct peers

• Asociación Argentina de Mastología: Argentine national mastology society that organizes continuing education, congresses, and consensus documents for breast specialists; directly comparable as a regional peer serving the same specialist community model.
• Sociedade Brasileira de Mastologia (SBM): Brazilian national mastology society with a broader member base but analogous structure: dues-paying membership, annual congress, national clinical guidelines, and multidisciplinary specialist representation.
• Sociedad Española de Senología y Patología Mamaria (SESPM): Spanish national society for breast disease specialists with a similar model of membership, congress organization, and clinical guideline development; comparable to SChM as a single-country professional association for mastology.
• Breast Surgery International: International society affiliated with the International Surgical Society that supports breast surgery education and training in low- and middle-income countries; thematically aligned with SChM's mission to advance the specialty in a middle-income setting.
• Senologic International Society (SIS): International multidisciplinary organization for senology/breast disease specialists, with national society affiliations worldwide; directly comparable as a federation-style umbrella for societies like SChM.

Broad incumbents

• European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists (EUSOMA): European multidisciplinary society focused on breast cancer specialist certification, quality standards, and breast unit accreditation; comparable in mission to standardize breast cancer care across regions.
• Society of Breast Imaging (SBI): US professional society for breast imaging specialists providing education, certification support, and conferences; comparable as a single-modality breast specialty society even though narrower than SChM's multidisciplinary scope.
• American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBrS): Large US-based professional society for breast surgeons offering membership, annual meetings, and clinical guidelines; comparable in function but much larger in scale and more surgically focused.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCGybMDIZEtmYjCavsADfIzQ
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mastologiachile
• Instagraminstagram.com/sociedadmastologia

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

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