The Gastroenterohepatology Association of Montenegro (GAM) was established in
March 2009, when the founding assembly of the association was held and the statute of the
association was adopted. As a non-governmental association, we were registered with the
Register of Non-Governmental Organisations under the name Gastroenterohepatology
Association of Montenegro under the reference number 4875 on 05 October 2009. The
association then had 15 members, and the president of the association was doctor Dušan
Mandić.
After submitting all the necessary documentation we, as an association, were admitted
to ESGE (European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy) on 24 November 2009 in
London. Since September 2013, the Gastroenterohepatology Association of Montenegro
(GAM) has been an official member of the World Gastroenterology Organization. Since
2014, our association has also been an official member of the United European
Gastroenterology (UEG).
Today, the association has 29 national members and two international members.
National members are doctors licensed for medical practice in Montenegro, they are members
of the Medical Chamber of Montenegro and meet the following conditions: - they are
specialists in gastroenterohepatology; - they are specialists who actively deal with
gastroenterohepatology with a license issued by the Medical Chamber of Montenegro

(internists, surgeons, paediatricians, infectious disease specialists, radiologists, pathologists,
and other related branches); - they are doctors specialising in relevant clinical areas.