International Federation of Societies of Surgery of the Hand

the Federation conducts a major scientific event every three years (the "congress"). the congress includes scientific publications and a full scientific program including lectures and presentations. Attendees include members of the Federation's member organizations and trainee surgeons from around the world. In 2019, this congress was held in berlin, germany (june 17th - june 21st) and was run in conjunction with the local society. A combined attendance of surgeons and therapists totalled over 4,000 delegates from 92 countries. In 2022 the next scientific congress was held in london, united kingdom, (june 6th-10th) and attracted 3,765 registrants from 91 countries. the activity from this congress is reported in this 2022 form 990.

the Federation publishes an ezine (e-magazine) which includes scientific articles contributed by various individual surgeons, medical professionals, professors and others.

the Federation supports the development and advancement of the science of Hand Surgery worldwide by making grants to other not-for-profit Hand Surgery Societies to fund educational opportunities and activities likely to improve the quality of Hand Surgery throughout the world. In 2022 further surgical training programs were conducted in central africa (kenya). Funding was provided to assist trainees and surgeons from lmic attend the asian-pacific Hand Surgery congress and the world congress on congenital malformations. Therapist colleagues were assisted with travel grants and a grant was awarded to commence production of a Hand Surgery textbook.