The purpose of The Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists shall be to furnish leadership, foster advances and to afford a forum for the exchange of knowledge pertaining to research, practice, and education in gastrointestinal and abdominal radiology.

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The Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists was founded in 1971 under the leadership of Drs. Alexander R. Margulis and Richard H. Marshak, who organized a founding committee composed of themselves, H. Joachim Burhenne, William Seaman, and Walter Whitehouse. These individuals were motivated by a strong belief that the many new developments in the field of gastrointestinal radiology had created a need for an organization which could meet annually to review research and disseminate new knowledge to radiologists interested in this aspect of radiology.

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