About SMIT

About Society for Medical Innovation and Technology

The Society for Medical Innovation and Technology is an international society, formed in 1989 under the name by an innovative group of medical practitioners led by John Wickham.

The founding members were leaders in their fields and were dedicated to the multidisciplinary advancement of minimally invasive therapy in an attempt to reduce patient trauma arising from surgical operations or radiological interventions. The current membership base includes representatives from most medical specialtes, instrument manufacturing, biomedical engineering and research.