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Organized Nov. 11, 1932 as the Society for the Advancement of Gastroenterology. In 1934 became the National Society for the Advancement of Gastroenterology and in 1938 the name changed to National Gastroenterological Association. In 1954 the name changed to American College of Gastroenterology with headquarters in New York.

The American College of Surgeons was the accrediting body for hospitals until the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Hospitals was created in 1951.