

At the end of 2010, the Berlin Medical Society celebrated its 150th anniversary. In the opening address, the 1st Chairman of the Society, Prof. Dr. med. Helmut Hahn, from the speech by Julius Leopold Pagel on the occasion of the 50th anniversary in 1910: “To write history of society would be to write history of all of medicine. . . ”In fact, the Berlin Medical Society has regularly accompanied progress in its lectures and meeting reports, true to its“ leitmotif ”of providing scientific information for all doctors at high level and through the best in their field.
The good cooperation with the former medical faculty of the University of Berlin and the Charité, which was relatively independent from it until 1953, is continued today with the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin. There are also collaborations with specialist societies in the medical district, for example the “Berlin Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics” and the “Kaiserin Friedrich Foundation for Medical Further Education” in the house of the same name on Robert-Koch-Platz.
At the festive event, Helmut Hahn emphasized the important role the Berlin Medical Society played over period of 150 years with its parent company, the Langenbeck-Virchow-Haus. After the fall of the Wall, this house had become what Virchow had predicted in 1865: “We represent roughly what an academy represents elsewhere. . . ”In simple terms, it could be said: New scientific findings from the neighboring research institutions, including the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, are implemented as information for the medical profession across disciplines by the Berlin Medical Society. The focus is always on the speakers' expertise, the topicality of the content and the science-based reliability.
During the ceremony, honorary memberships were awarded to Prof. Dr. H. c. Ludwig Georg Braun, CEO of B. Braun Melsungen AG, Prof. Dr. med. Karl Max Einhäupl, Chairman of the Board of Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, and Dr. H. c. Lothar de Maizière, former Prime Minister and former Federal Minister In the laudation, Hahn paid tribute to the services of these three new honorary members.
At the end of 2010, the Berlin Medical Society celebrated its 150th anniversary. In the opening address, the 1st Chairman of the Society, Prof. Dr. med. Helmut Hahn, from the speech by Julius Leopold Pagel on the occasion of the 50th anniversary in 1910: “To write history of society would be to write history of all of medicine. . . ”In fact, the Berlin Medical Society has regularly accompanied progress in its lectures and meeting reports, true to its“ leitmotif ”of providing scientific information for all doctors at high level and through the best in their field.
The good cooperation with the former medical faculty of the University of Berlin and the Charité, which was relatively independent from it until 1953, is continued today with the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin. There are also collaborations with specialist societies in the medical district, for example the “Berlin Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics” and the “Kaiserin Friedrich Foundation for Medical Further Education” in the house of the same name on Robert-Koch-Platz.
At the festive event, Helmut Hahn emphasized the important role the Berlin Medical Society played over period of 150 years with its parent company, the Langenbeck-Virchow-Haus. After the fall of the Wall, this house had become what Virchow had predicted in 1865: “We represent roughly what an academy represents elsewhere. . . ”In simple terms, it could be said: New scientific findings from the neighboring research institutions, including the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, are implemented as information for the medical profession across disciplines by the Berlin Medical Society. The focus is always on the speakers' expertise, the topicality of the content and the science-based reliability.
During the ceremony, honorary memberships were awarded to Prof. Dr. H. c. Ludwig Georg Braun, CEO of B. Braun Melsungen AG, Prof. Dr. med. Karl Max Einhäupl, Chairman of the Board of Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, and Dr. H. c. Lothar de Maizière, former Prime Minister and former Federal Minister In the laudation, Hahn paid tribute to the services of these three new honorary members.
With his support for the Berlin Medical Society, Braun made it possible to revitalize the Langenbeck-Virchow-Haus in Berlin-Mitte.
Einhäupl owes the Berlin Medical Society substantial part of its scientific performance. He continued in an exemplary manner the more than 100 years of fruitful partnership.
De Maizière was honored for his services in maintaining the Charité as medical faculty and for participating in the merger of the Association of Resident Doctors in Germany and the GDR Medical Association Rudolf-Virchow-Bund after the fall of the Wall.
Dr. med. Eberhard Neumann-Redlin from Meding