1909-1934 "Verein der Spezialärzte für Beinleiden"
23.-24. März 1957 Establishment meeting of the "Deutschen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Phlebologie" Hotel Frankfurter Hof in Frankfurt by Prof. F. Jaeger, Chefarzt der Chirurgischen Klinik Ludwigshafen.
Number of members:
| 1959 | : | 103 |
| 1965 | : | 236 |
| 1972 | : | 431 |
| 1977 | : | 600 |
| 2006 | : | 1.400 |
Annual conventions
| # | Place and Year | Congress Leader |
| 1. | Frankfurt 1957 | Dr. med. G. Olsen |
| 2. | Frankfurt 1957 | Dr. med. G. Olsen |
| 3. | Leverkusen 1958 | Prof. Dr. med. H. W. Pässler |
| 4. | Freiburg 1959 | Dr. med. E. Krieg |
| 5. | Ludwigshafen 1960 | Prof. Dr. med. F. Jäger |
| 6. | Salzburg 1961 | Dr. med. W. Rotter |
| 7. | Hamburg 1962 | Dr. med. U. Ellerbroek |
| 8. | Tübingen 1963 | Prof. Dr. med. W. Schneider |
| 9. | Aachen 1964 | Dr. med. G. Wesener |
| 10. | Wiesbaden 1965 | Prof. Dr. mcd. H. Grimmer |
| 11. | Wien 1966 | Prof. Dr. med. A. Wiedmann |
| 12. | Essen 1967 | Prof. Dr. med. N. Klüken |
| 13. | Berlin 1969 | Prof. Dr. med. H. Teller |
| 14. | Bad Nauheim 1970 | Dr. med. U. Demhowski |
| 15. | Augsburg 1972 | Prof. Dr. med. W. Nikolowski |
| 16. | Marburg 1973 | Prof. Dr. med. Friedrich |
| 17. | München 1975 | Prof. Dr. med. H. Ludwig |
| 18. | Bad Salzuflen 1976 | Prof. Dr. med. K. Salfeld |
| 19. | Wien 1977 | Prof. Dr. med. R. Santler |
| 20. | Essen 1978 | Prof. Prof. h. c. mult. Dr. med. Dr. h. c. N. Klüken |
| 21. | Innsbruck 1979 | Univ-Doz. Dr. med. R. May |
| 22. | Kopenhagen 1980 | |
| 23. | Frankfurt 1981 | Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. W. Hach |
| 24. | Hamburg 1982 | Dr. med. W. Stegmann Dr. med. U. Ellerbroek |
| 25. | Brüssel 1983 | |
| 26. | Tübingen 1984 | Prof. Dr. med. H. Fischer |
| 27. | Salzburg 1985 | FOA Dr. med. N. Zinnagl |
| 28. | Münster 1986 | Dr. med. H. Altenkämper |
| 29. | Essen 1987 | Prof. Prof. h. c. mult. Dr. med. Dr. h. c. N. Klüken |
| 30. | Aachen 1988 | Prof. Dr. med. V. Wienert |
| 31. | Straßburg 1989 | »Internationale Tagung« Dr. med. R. Stemmer |
| 32. | Darmstadt 1990 | Prof. Dr. med. Th. Wuppermann |
| 33. | Frankfurt/M. 1991 | Prof. Dr. med. W. Hach |
| 34. | Norderney 1992 | Prof. Dr. med. W. Lechner |
| 35. | Ulm 1993 | Dr. med. Dagmar Berg |
| 36. | Recklinghausen 1994 | Prof. Dr. med. Maria Zabel |
| 37. | Bamberg 1995 | Dr. med. L. Schimmelpfennig |
| 38. | Berlin 1996 | Prof. Dr. med. U. Schultz-Ehrenburg |
| 39. | Bonn 1997 | Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. E. Rabe |
| 40. | Tegernsee 1998 | Prof. Dr. med. habil. M. Marshall |
| 41. | Bremen 1999 | Prof. Dr. med. W. Lechner, Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. E. Rabe, Dr. med. H. Gerlach (together with the UIP congress) |
| 42. | Fulda 2000 | Dr. med. U. Ehresmann |
| 43. | Bad Krotzingen 2001 | Prof. Dr. med. W. Vanscheidt |
| 44. | Mannheim 2002 | Dr. med. H. Gerlach |
| 45. | Nürnberg 2003 | Dr. med. Th. Noppeney |
| 46. | Recklinghausen 2004 | Prof. Dr. med. Maria Zabel |
| 47. | Köln 2005 | Dr. med. H.J. Hermanns Dr. med. B.J. Bulling Dr. med. M. Camci Dr. med. G. Gallenkemper Dr. med. P. Waldhausen |
| 48. | Rostock 2006 | Prof. Dr. med. M. Jünger |
| 49. | Heidelberg 2007 | Prof. Dr. med. Th. Pröbstle |
| 50. | Bochum 2008 | Prof. Dr. med. M. Stücker |
| 51. | Monaco 2009 |
Prof. Dr. med. Eberhard Rabe |
| 52. | Aachen 2010 |
Prof. Dr. med. Marianne DeMaesener, Dr. med. Felicitas Pannier, Dr. Anja Sommer, Dr. med. Jutta Schimmelpfennig |
| 53. | Berlin | Dr. Ingo Flessenkämper |
| 54. | Lübeck 2012 |
PD Dr. med. Birgit Kahle |

