Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons

Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons

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Type society
Founded at 1997-01-10
Street address 7330 SW 62nd Place
Suite 410
33143 Miami
US
Website http://sls.org/
SLS is the largest Minimally Invasive or Laparoscopic Society in North America and perhaps worldwide with over 6000 active members. Many Laparoscopic and MIS specialties are represented; the main three are Surgical Endoscopy, Gyn Laparoscopy, and Endourology. SLS’ focus is multispecialty, providing a multidisciplinary education by giving a comprehensive view that is more inline with better physician orientation and patient outcome. Under the leadership of Paul Alan Wetter, MD and Janis Chinnock Wetter, SLS continues to grow, with a professional, non-profit, virtual in-house publishing staff, equipped with state-of-the-art computing and web tools that produce innovative and popular journals, meetings, textbooks and websites. JSLS -JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF LAPAROENDOSCOPIC SURGEONS, under the editorial leadership of Michael S. Kavic, MD. A peer reviewed, index medicus journal that was first published in January 1997. Today it is available in print as well as online with open a…