Kinderchirurgie

What Kinderchirurgie does

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendchirurgie e.V. (DGKJCH), formerly Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kinderchirurgie e.V. (DGKCH) until 22 November 2024, is the official German professional medical society for pediatric and adolescent surgery, founded in 1963 and headquartered at Langenbeck-Virchow-Haus, Luisenstraße 58/59, 10117 Berlin. As a registered non-profit association (eingetragener Verein), the society represents more than 1,000 pediatric surgeons working across approximately 131 pediatric surgical clinics and departments in Germany. It publishes scientific guidelines via AWMF, maintains the KinderRegister für angeborene Fehlbildungen (KiRaFe) registry for congenital malformations (currently connected to 20+ clinics with data on 240+ patients), and coordinates fellowship, awards, and continuing medical education programs including the Akademie für Kinder- und Jugendchirurgie and the KiWI online curriculum.

DGKJCH's core deliverables are non-commercial: scientific congresses (it co-organizes the Deutscher Chirurgie Kongress (DCK) with DGCH and supports SIOP, AKIC, KKJ, and EUPSA), professional advocacy on hospital financing, DRG systems, pediatric emergency care, and child-safety policy, and standards-setting collaboration with 18+ partner organizations including APS, BAG Mehr Sicherheit für Kinder, BNKD, Bündnis Kinder- und Jugendgesundheit, DGKJ, DGU, EUPSA, WOFAPS, DIVI, and Paulinchen e.V. The 9-person Berlin staff runs membership administration, press office functions (with Dr. Joachim Süß as press spokesperson and Olivia Päßler as press officer), and event operations. President since April 2026 is Prof. Guido Seitz (University Hospital Gießen-Marburg), who succeeded PD Dr. Barbara Ludwikowski on a three-year term.

The society's revenue model is dual-pronged and disclosed at a high level only: recurring membership fees from the 1,000+ pediatric surgeons it represents, layered with registration fees and sponsorship from the congress portfolio. Specific fee schedules are not publicly disclosed. Its principal strategic asset is the KiRaFe registry, funded by the Dr. Emil Alexander Huebner und Gemahlin-Stiftung, which provides a domain-specialized dataset on congenital malformation treatment quality and long-term outcomes across an increasingly broad German clinic footprint. The 2024 rename from DGKCH to DGKJCH reflects an explicit scope expansion into adolescent surgery in line with the updated medical specialty designation.

Name

Kinderchirurgie

Legal name

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendchirurgie e.V.

Website

https://kinderchirurgie-deutschland.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1963

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

DGKJCH is the German professional medical society for pediatric and adolescent surgery (founded 1963, Berlin), representing 1,000+ surgeons across ~131 clinics. It runs congresses, publishes guidelines, maintains the KiRaFe congenital malformation registry, and advocates on hospital financing and child-safety policy.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Professional Society - Pediatric Surgery

NAICS

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (541), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Workforce Development & Training Grants (Public Health) (HLAJALAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Data Governance, Standards & Interoperability (ICD, HL7/FHIR, LOINC, SNOMED) (HLAJAJAM)

Keywords

• Pediatric surgery society
• Medical professional association
• Surgical continuing education
• Clinical quality registry
• Medical scientific congress

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

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Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: The society operates primarily through membership fees from pediatric surgeons across Germany, with membership application process available on the website.
2. Scientific Congresses and Events: Organizes and hosts scientific congresses including the Deutscher Chirurgie Kongress (DCK), providing registration fees and sponsorship revenue.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

DGKJCH is the German national professional medical society for physicians specializing in pediatric and adolescent surgery. It offers tiered membership categories (full, associated, honorary, senior), a national clinical quality registry (KiRaFe), the annual DCK scientific congress, multiple continuing education programs (Akademie, KiWI online portal, Exzellenzakademie), clinical guidelines and position papers, scientific prizes and scholarships, the peer-reviewed journal "Kinderchirurgie," and specialty advocacy in healthcare policy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Membership (Full, Associated, Honorary, Senior) Tiered professional membership program for physicians specialized in pediatric and adolescent surgery, providing affiliation, credentialing, and access to society resources.
• KiRaFe Clinical Quality Registry National clinical quality registry capturing pediatric surgery outcomes and quality data across participating institutions in Germany.
• DCK Scientific Congress Annual scientific congress convening pediatric surgeons for scientific exchange, presentations, and professional networking.
• Akademie für Kinder- und Jugendchirurgie Continuing education academy offering structured courses for pediatric surgeons to maintain and advance clinical competencies.
• KiWI Online Continuing Education Online learning portal delivering continuing medical education modules for pediatric surgeons.
• Exzellenzakademie Advanced excellence academy offering higher-level training for pediatric surgeons seeking specialist expertise.
• Scientific Publication "Kinderchirurgie" Peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing research and clinical content in pediatric and adolescent surgery.
• Scientific Prizes and Scholarships Awards and scholarships supporting research and academic achievement within pediatric and adolescent surgery.
• Clinical Guidelines and Position Papers Authoritative clinical guidelines and position papers setting standards of care in pediatric and adolescent surgery.
• BNKD - Federal Association for Nursing in Pediatric Surgery Subdivision of the society dedicated to pediatric surgical nursing, providing specialized training and professional representation for nurses in the field.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1000 pediatric surgeons represented across 131 clinics and departments in Germany
• +4 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

20 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Arbeitsgemeinschaft Tumorzentren (adt)minorOthersPartnership in cancer center network for pediatric oncology coordination
• Aktionsbündnis Patientensicherheit e.V. (APS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPatient safety initiative collaborating on guidelines and safety standards for pediatric care, including safe ambulatory anesthesia guidelines
• AWMF onlinecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on medical guidelines and standards through the Association of Scientific Medical Societies
• BAG Mehr Sicherheit für Kinder e.V.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnual child safety day collaboration on accident prevention for children
• Berufsverband der niedergelassenen Kinderchirurgen Deutschlands e.V. (BNKD)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClose partnership with 25+ years of collaboration on outpatient pediatric surgery, joint advocacy for healthcare policy, and shared scientific events. BNKD has 65 practices performing ~50,000 surgeries annually
• Bündnis Kinder- und Jugendgesundheit e.V.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition for child and adolescent health, working on healthcare reform advocacy and pediatric care improvement
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chirurgie (DGCH)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent surgical society, co-organizing the Deutscher Chirurgie Kongress (DCK)
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin (DGKJ)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister pediatric society, joint congress participation, and shared advocacy for pediatric healthcare reform
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Unfallchirurgie (DGU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on pediatric trauma surgery and trauma prevention programs
• Deutsche Interdisziplinäre Vereinigung für Intensiv- und Notfallmedizin (DIVI)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on pediatric emergency and intensive care standards
• Deutsche Liga für das KindminorOthersChild welfare league for child rights advocacy
• Deutsches Netzwerk Versorgungsforschung (DNVF)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on healthcare services research related to pediatric surgery
• European Paediatric Surgeons Association (EUPSA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean professional society for pediatric surgery, hosting annual congresses and promoting international collaboration
• GKind - Gesellschaft für Kinderschutz in der MedizincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on child protection in healthcare settings, child abuse detection, and reporting protocols
• Netzwerk KinderrechteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUN Children's Rights Convention implementation network
• UEMS - Union Européenne des Médecins SpécialistesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean medical specialist union for professional standards
• VLKKD - Vereinigung leitender Krankenhausärztinnen und -ärzte für Kinder und JugendlichecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint advocacy for pediatric hospital care and healthcare reform
• WOFAPS - World Federation of Associations of Pediatric SurgeonscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal pediatric surgery organization, promoting World Pediatric Surgery Day awareness
• Paulinchen e.V. - Initiative für brandverletzte KindercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnual collaboration on Tag des brandverletzten Kindes (December 7), burn prevention education, and patient support for burned children
• ZNS - Hannelore Kohl Stiftung (now ZNS-Stiftung)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Tag der Gehirnerschütterung (Concussion Awareness Day) for children and adolescents

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chirurgie (DGCH): German umbrella society for all surgical disciplines. DGKJCH co-organizes the Deutscher Chirurgie Kongress (DCK) under DGCH's roof — DGCH is the broad incumbent in which DGKJCH's pediatric surgery niche sits.
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin (DGKJ): German pediatric medicine (nonsurgical) society. Sister society covering the medical pediatric side; shares congress activity, joint policy advocacy, and audience overlap with DGKJCH on child-healthcare issues.

Direct peers

• British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS): UK national professional society for pediatric surgeons. Direct international counterpart performing CME, scientific congresses, guideline development, and advocacy for British pediatric surgeons — a mirror of DGKJCH's mandate at national scale.
• Société Française de Chirurgie Pédiatrique (SFCP): French national society for pediatric surgeons. Performs the same triad of specialty training, scientific meetings, and policy advocacy for French pediatric surgeons, making it a direct peer for benchmarking European specialty-society models.
• Berufsverband der niedergelassenen Kinderchirurgen Deutschlands e.V. (BNKD): German outpatient pediatric surgeons' association with 25+ year collaboration ties to DGKJCH. Covers 65 practices performing ~50,000 outpatient surgeries/year — the same pediatric surgery constituency in the ambulatory segment, making it DGKJCH's closest domestic peer.
• American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA): US national pediatric surgery society — the largest such body globally. Runs parallel functions (CME, subspecialty fellowships, advocacy, outcomes research) that map one-to-one onto DGKJCH's roles.
• European Paediatric Surgeons' Association (EUPSA): Continental pediatric surgery society that hosts annual congresses and standardizes European training. Operates one level above DGKJCH but with overlapping scientific, educational, and advocacy functions, frequently co-hosting events.

Others

• AWMF — Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Wissenschaftlichen Medizinischen Fachgesellschaften: Umbrella organization for all German scientific medical specialty societies. DGKJCH uses AWMF infrastructure to publish national clinical guidelines; AWMF is the standards-publisher that DGKJCH's guidelines flow through rather than a competitor.

Regional players

• Japanese Society of Pediatric Surgeons: Japanese national pediatric surgery society covering an aging population's pediatric surgical needs with comparable scientific congresses and subspecialty tracks. Useful peer for cross-comparison of national society operations in Asia.
• Canadian Association of Paediatric Surgeons (CAPS): Canadian pediatric surgery society with comparable CME, guideline, and advocacy mandate. Functions in a different healthcare system but offers a useful cross-reference on member engagement models outside the DACH region.

Market position

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Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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