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Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Membership Benefits
ACS
Awards

Honorary Fellows of the American College of Surgeons

Year

Honorary Fellow

Country

Specialty

2023

Luigi Bonavina, MD, FACS

Italy

General Surgery

2023

Christopher Chapple, BSc, MBBS, MD, FRCS(Urol), FEBU, FCSHK(Hon)

United Kingdom

Urological Surgery

2023

Nicola Fearnhead, BM BCh, FRCS, DM, FASCRS

United Kingdom

Colon-Rectal Surgery

2023

Anna Martling, MD, PhD

Sweden

General Surgery

2023

Deborah McNamara, MB(Hons), FRCSI, MD, FRCSI(Gen)

Ireland

General and Colon-Rectal Surgery

2023

Masaki Mori, MD, PhD, FACS

Japan

General Surgery

2023

Richard David Rosin, MS, MB BS, FRCS(Eng), FRCS(Ed), FICS, FCCS, DHMSA

Barbados

General Surgery

2022

Prof. Mohammad Al-Qattan

Saudi Arabia

Plastic Surgery

2022

Ines Buccimazza, MBChB, FCS(SA), FACS

South Africa

General Surgery

2022

Prof. Reinhold Ganz

Switzerland

Orthopaedic Surgery

2022

Graham L. Newstead, MBBS, FACS, FRACS, FRCS

Australia

Colon-Rectal Surgery

2022

Fernando Rodriguez Montalvo, MD, PhD, FACS

Venezuela

General Surgery

2022

Prof. Paulina Salminen

Finland

General Surgery

2022

Samuel Shuchleib Chaba, MD, FACS

Mexico

General Surgery

2022

Antonio Jose Torres, MD, PhD, FACS

Spain

General Surgery

2022

Petr Tsarkov, PhD, FASCRS (Hon)

Russia

Colon-Rectal Surgery

2022

Laura G. Viani, BA, BCh, BAO, DMMD, MSc, FRCSI

Ireland

Otolaryngology

2022

Prof. Marco Montorsi

Italy

General Surgery

2022

Peter-John Wormald, MD, FAHMS, FRACS, FCS(SA), FRCS(Ed), MBChB

Australia

Otolaryngology

2021
Prof. Christiane Josephine Buns, MD
Germany
Vascular Surgery
2021
Prof. Luis M. Chivas, MD, PhD
Spain
Obstetrics and Gynecology
2021
Prof. Dan M. Fliss, MD
Israel
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
2021
Prof. Chuan-Gang Fu, MD, PhD
Peoples Republic of China
Colon and Rectal Surgery
2021
Prof. Selwyn Michael Griffin, MB BS, FRCSENG, MD, FCSHK, FRCSED OBE, FRCSGLASG(HON), FRCSI(HON), FCSSRILANKA(HON), FASI(HON), FRACS(HON)
United Kingdom
Gastrointestinal Surgery
2021
Prof. Mousa A. R. Khoursheed, MD, FACS, FRCSGLASG
Kuwait
General Surgery
2021
Prof. Luke P.H. Leenen, PhD, MD, PhD, FACS, FEBS(EMSURG)(HON)
Netherlands
General Surgery
2021
Prof. Michael Ka Wah Li, BBS, MB BS, MRCS, LRCP, FRCSED, FRCSENG, FCSHK, FHKAM
Peoples Republic of China
General Surgery
2021
Prof. Guy John Maddern, MB BS, PhD, MS, MD, FACS, FRACS, FAAHMS
Australia
General Surgery
2021
Prof. Oscar Traynor, MB BCH, BAO(HONORS), MCH, FRSCI, FRCGLASG(HON)
Republic of Ireland
General Surgery
2020
Wilhelmus "Willem" A. Bemelman, MD
Netherlands
Colon-Rectal Surgery
2020
André Jan Louis D'Hoore, MD, PhD
Belgium
General Surgery
2020
Antonio DiCataldo, MD, FACS
Italy
Surgical Oncology
2020
José Manuel Fábrega Sosa, MD, FACS, FSSO, APMC
Panama
Surgical Oncology
2020
Manfred Frey, MD
Austria
Plastic Surgery
2020
Seyed Ali Malek-Hosseini, MD
Iran
Transplantation
2020
Denis Mukengere Mukwege, MD
Republic of the Congo
General Surgery
2020
April Camilla Roslani, BSc, MB, BS, MRCSEd, MSurg, FRCSGlas
Malaysia
Colon-Rectal Surgery
2020
S. Raja Sabapathy, MS, MCh, DNB(Plastic), FRCSED(Hon), FRCSGlas(Hon)
India
Plastic Surgery
2019
Panayotis J. Soucacos, MD, DSc, FACS
Greece
Orthopaedic Surgery
2019
Kerstin Sandelin, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCS
Sweden
General Surgery
2019
Vijay Naraynsingh, MD, FACS
Trinidad and Tobago
General Surgery
2019
Niel J. M. Mortensen, MA, MB, ChB, MD, FRCSEng(Hon), FRCSEd(Hon), FRCSI(Hon)
England
Colon-Rectal Surgery
2019
Ari Kalevi Leppäniemi, MD, PhD, DMCC
Finland
General Surgery
2019
Antonio M. de Lacy Fortuny, MD
Spain
General Surgery
2019
Marek Krawczyk, MD
Poland
General Surgery
2019
Yoko Kato, MD, PhD
Japan
Neurological Surgery
2019
John P. Hyland, MCh, FACS, FRCS, FRCSI, FRCSEd(Hon)
Ireland
General and Colon-Rectal Surgery
2019
Ian D.S. Civil, BsC, MBChB, FACS, FRACS
New Zealand
General Surgery
2019
Laurence Chiché, MD, PhD
France
General Surgery
2019
Italo F. Braghetto, MD, FACS
Chile
General and Esophageal-Gastric Surgery
2018
Selman Uranues, MD, Dr(hc), FACS
Austria
General Surgery
2018
Tania Maria Sih, MD, PhD
Brazil
Pediatric Otolaryngology
2018
Samir Rasslan, MD, Dr(hc), FACS
Brazil
General Surgery
2018
Akimasa Nakao, MD, PhD, FACS
Japan
Surgical Oncology
2018
Anthony R. Mundy, MS, PhD(Hon), FRCP, FRCS
England
Urological Surgery
2018
Franco Mosca, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCSEd(Hon), ASA(Hon), Polish Association of Surgeons(Hon)
Italy
General Surgery
2018
Takeshi Miyano, MD, PhD, FACS
Japan
Pediatric Surgery
2018
Lars A. Lidgren, MD, PhD, FRCSEng(Hon)
Sweden
Orthopaedic Surgery
2018
Daniel Jaeck, MD, PhD, FRCSEng(Hon)
France
General Surgery
2018
Jakob Izbicki, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCSEd(Hon)
Germany
General Surgery
2018
John M. Hutson, AO, BS, MD(Melb), MD(Monash), DSc(Melb), FRACS, FAAP(Hon), FCAPS(Hon)
Australia
Pediatric Surgery
2018
Roger M. Greenhaigh, MD, Mchir, FRCS
England
Vascular Surgery
2017
Fu-Chan Wei, MD
Taiwan
Plastic & Maxillofacial Surgery
2017
Orgoi Sergelen, MD, PhD, FACS
Mongolia
General Surgery
2017
Clare L. Marx, CBE, DL, MB, BS, FRCS
England
Orthopaedic Surgery
2017
Masatoshi Makuuchi, MD, PhD
Japan
General Surgery
2017
Valerie J. Lund, CBE, MS, BS, FRCS, FRCS(Ed)
England
Otolaryngology
2017
Juan Hepp, MD, FACS
Chile
General Surgery
2017
Renzo Dionigi, MD, FACS, FRCSEd(Hon), ASA(Hon)
Italy
General Surgery
2017
Francisco J. F. Castgro Sousa, MD, FACS
Portugal
General Surgery
2017
Miguel A. Cainzos, MD, PhD, FACS
Spain
General Surgery
2017
Patrick J. Broe, MCh, FRCSI, FRCSEd(Hon)
Ireland
General Surgery
2016
John F. Thompson, MD, FACS
Australia
Surgical Oncology
2016
Sachiyo Suita, MD, PhD
Japan
Pediatric Surgery
2016
S. Adibul Hasan Rizvi, MD
Pakistan
Transplantation
2016
Jacques Belghiti, MD
France
Digestive Surgery
2016
Hernando Abaunza Orjuela, MD, FACS
Colombia
General Surgery
2015
Errol Ricardo Walrond, MB, BS, BSc(Hon), FACS, FRCS(Eng), FCCS
Barbados
General Surgery
2015
Eduardo de Santibañes, MD, PhD
Argentina
General Surgery
2015
Abraham Fingerhut, MD, FACS, FRCSP(g), FRCS(Eng)
France
General Surgery
2015
Mahesh R. Desai, MB, BS, MS, FRCS(Ed), FRCS(Eng)
India
Urological Surgery
2015
William B. Coman, MD, MB, BS, FACS, FRCS(Ed), FRCS(Eng), FRACS
Australia
Otolaryngology
2015
Emmanual Quaye Archampong, MB, BS, FRCS(Ed), FRCS(Eng)
Ghana
General Surgery
2014
Edgar Rodas, MD, FACS
Ecuador
General Surgery
2014
Chung-Mau Lo, MB, BS, FACS
Hong Kong, PRC
General Surgery (Hepatobiliary, Pancreatic, Transplantation)
2014
Antoon (Toni) Lerut, MD, PhD, MPH, FACS
Belgium
Thoracic Surgery (Esophageal Disease)
2014
O. James Garden, BSc, MB, BCh, CBE, MD, FRCS(Glas), FRCP(Ed), FRSE
Scotland
General Surgery (Hepatobiliary/Transplantation)
2014
Alberto Raul Ferreres, MD, PhD, MPH, FACS
Argentina
General Surgery (Laparoscopic)
2014
Pierre-Alain Clavien, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCS(Eng), FRCS(Ed)
Switzerland
General Surgery (Visceral & Transplantation)
2013
Markus W. Büchler, MD
Germany
General Surgery (Pancreatic)
2013
R.J. (Bill) Heald, OBE, MChir, FRCSEng, FRCSEd
England
Colon and Rectal Surgery
2013
J. Octavio Ruiz Speare, MD, FACS
Mexico
General Surgery (Transplantation)
2013
Prinya Sakiyalak, MD, FACS, FRCST
Thailand
Cardiothoracic Surgery
2013
Norman S. Williams, PRCS, MS, FMEDSci
England
Colon and Rectal Surgery
2013
Cheng–Har Yip, MBBS(Mal), FRCSEd, FRCSGlas
Malaysia
General Surgery
2012
Seiki Matsuno, MD, FACS
Japan  
Pancreatic Surgery
2012
Enrique T. Ona, MD, FACS, FPCS
Philippines
Transplant Surgery
2012
Hector Orozco, MD, FACS
Mexico
General Surgery
2012
Lewis Spitz, MB, ChB, PhD(Med), MD(Hon), FRCS (Edin, Eng)
England
Pediatric Surgery
2012
Ignace B. Vergote, MD, FACS
Belgium
Gynecologic Oncology Surgery
2011
Kenneth D. Boffard, MB, BCh, FACS, FRCS (Ed, Eng, Glas), FCSSA
South Africa
General Surgery
2011
Ara Darzi, MB, BCh, FACS, PC, KBE
United Kingdom
General Surgery
2011
Eilis McGovern, MB, FRCSI, FRCS(Ed), DCH
Ireland
Cardiothoracic Surgery
2011
Alberto Montori, MD, FACS, FASGE
Italy 
General Surgery
2011
Cornelis J.H. van de Velde, MD, PhD, FRCS (Eng, Glas) (Hon)
Netherlands
General Surgery
2011
Yupei Zhao, MS, FACS, FRCS(Eng)(Hon), FICS(Hon)
China
General Surgery
2010
Dario Birolini, MD, FACS
Brazil
Trauma Surgery and Critical Care
2010
Mehmet A. Haberal, MD, FACS, FICS(Hon)
Turkey
General Surgery
2010
Bernard Launois, MD, FACS
France
General Surgery
2010
Ralph John Nicholls, FRCP(Lond)(Hon), FRCS(Edin)(Hon), FRCS (Eng), FRCS (Glas)
England
Colorectal Surgery
2010
Tehemton E. Udwadia, OBE, MS, FACS, FCPS, FRCS(Edin), FRCS(Eng), FICS(Hon), FAMS, FARSI(Hon
India
General Surgery
2010
William I. Wei, MS, FACS, FRACS(Hon), FRCS(Edin), FRCS(Eng)
Hong Kong (Peoples Republic of China)
Head and Neck Surgery
2009
Adelola Adeloye, MB, MS(Lond), FRCP(Edin), FRCS(Eng), FICS, FWACS, FMCS(Nig), FAS
Nigeria
Neurological Surgery
2009
Vicente P. Gutierrez, MD, MAAC, FACS
Argentina
General Surgery
2009
Ingemar Ihse, MD, PhD, FRCS
Sweden
General Surgery
2009
Sir Bruce E. Keogh
England
Cardiothoracic Surgery
2009
Masaki Kitajamam MD, FACS, FRCS(Hon), ASA(Hon)
Japan
General Surgery
2008
Jacques Brotchi, MD, PhD
Belgium
Neurological Surgery
2008
Joaquim Gama-Rodrigues, MD, FACS
Brazil
General Surgery
2008
Gerald C. O’Sullivan, MB, BCh, FACS, FRCS(I)
Ireland
General Surgery
2008
Bernard F. Ribeiro, CBE, FRCS(Eng), FRCP(Eng)
England
General Surgery
2008
Russell W. Strong, MB, BCh, FACS, FRCS(Hon)(Edin), FRCS(Eng), FRACS, FRACDS
Australia
General Surgery
2007
Juan M. Acosta, MD, FACS
Argentina
General Surgery
2007
Hans-Gunther Beger, MD, FACS
Germany
General Surgery
2007
Adam Dziki, MD, PhD
Poland
Colon and Rectal Surgery
2007
Nicola Scopinaro, MD
Italy
General & Vascular Surgery
2007
Heinz Richard Stammberger, MD
Austria
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
2006
Sirpa Asko-Seljavaara, MD
Finland
Plastic Surgery
2006
Jorge Cervantes, MC, MD, FACS
Mexico
General Surgery
2006
Claire Nihoul Fékété, MD
France
Pediatric Surgery
2006
Armando Marquez Reveron, MD, FACS
Venezuela
General Surgery
2006
Maurice E. Müller, FRCS(Eng)(Hon)
Switzerland
Orthopaedic Surgery
2006
Niall O'Higgins, MD, BCh, BAO(Hon), BSc, FRCS
Ireland
General Surgery
2005
Bruce Neil Procter Benjamin, AO, OBE, DLO, FRACS, FAAP
Australia
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
2005
Sir Alfred Cuschieri, FRSEd, MD(Hon), ChM, FRCS(Edin,Eng) FRCS(Hon)(Glas,Ire)
Scotland
General Surgery
2005
Sergio Pecorelli, MD, PhD
Italy
Obstetrics & Gynecology
2004
Mohamed A. Ghoneim, MD
Egypt
Urological Surgery
2004
Angelita Habr-Gama, MD, FACS
Brazil
Colon and Rectal Surgery
2004
Shu You Peng, MD
Peoples Republic of China
General Surgery
2003
Attila Csendes, MD, FACS
Chile
General Surgery
2003
Sidney Cywes, MB, ChB, FACS
Republic of South Africa
Pediatric Surgery
2003
E. Catherine Hamlin, MBBS, FRCS(Eng)
Ethiopia
Obstetrics & Gynecology
2003
Henrik Kehlet, MD, PhD
Denmark
General Surgery
2003
Mark J. Killingback, AM, MS(Hon), FRACS, FRCS(Edin, Eng)
Australia
Colon and Rectal Surgery
2002
Alan C. Bird, MD, BS(Lon), MRCS, LRCP, Do(Lon), FRCS(Eng), MD(Lon)
England
Ophthalmic Surgery
2002
Juan Carlos Parodi, MD
Argentina
Vascular Surgery
2002
Graham M. Teasdale, FRCS(Glas, Edin), FRCP(Lon), FmedSci
Scotland
Neurological Surgery
2002
Sir Magdi Yacoub, FRS
England
Cardiothoracic Surgery
2001
Albrecht F.W. Encke, MD, FACS
Germany
General Surgery
2001
Pekka Häyry, MD, PhD
Finland
General Surgery (Transplant)
2001
Minoru Hirano, MD, PhD
Japan
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
2000
Horst Dieter Becker, MD, FACS
Germany
General Surgery
2000
Sir Miles Horsfall Irving, DSc(Hon), MD, ChM, MSc(Hon), FRCS
England
General Surgery
2000
Barry Trevor Jackson, MB, BS, MS, PRCS(Eng), FRCP(Lon)
England
General Surgery / Colon and Rectal Surgery
2000
Arthur Kwok Cheung Li, MD, MB, BCh, DSc(Hon) DLiH(Hon), FRCS(Eng, Edin), FRCS(Hon)(Glas, Ire), FRACS, FACS
Hong Kong (Peoples Republic of China)
General Surgery
2000
Mahmut Gazi Yasargil, MD
USA (Switzerland)
Neurological Surgery
1999
José L. Balibrea, MD
Spain
General Surgery
1999
Leo A. Bockeria, MD
Russian Federation
Cardiothoracic Surgery
1999
Barry O'Donnell, MCh, FRCSI, FRCS(Eng), FRCS(Edin)(ad hom)
Ireland
Pediatric Surgery
1999
Ainslie Glenister Ross Sheil, MB, BS, MS, MA, FRCS(Eng)(Hon), FRACS, FACS
Australia
General Surgery
1998
Abid Domingos Jatene, MD, PhD
Brazil
Cardiothoracic Surgery
1998
Averil Olive Mansfield, MB, ChB, ChM, MD(Hon), FRCS, FRACS(Hon)
England
General & Vascular Surgery
1998
Sir David Rodney Sweetnam, KCVO, CBE, MA, MB, Bchir, FRCS(Eng)
England
Orthopaedic Surgery
1998
Umberto Veronesi, MD
Italy
General Surgery (Oncology)
1997
Olajide Olaolu Adedapo Ajayi, FRCS(Eng), FACS
Nigeria
General Surgery
1997
Joerg Rüdiger Siewert, MD, FACS
Germany
General Surgery
1997
Geoffrey Ian Taylor, MD, FRCS(Eng, Edin), FRACS
Australia
Plastic Surgery
1997
Richard Turner-Warwick, CBE, DM, FRCS(Eng), FRCP(L), FRCOG, FRACS(Hon), FACS
England
Urological Surgery
1996
Sir David Craig Carter, MB, ChB
Scotland
General Surgery
1996
Santiago Dexeus, MD
Spain
Obstetrics & Gynecology
1996
Yasuo Idezuki, MD, FACS
Japan
General Surgery
1996
Gui-Yi Tu, MD
Peoples Republic of China
General Surgery & Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
1995
Sir Norman Leslie Browse, MB, BS, MD, FRCS(Eng), FRACS(Hon), FRCPS(Glas(Hon), FRCSI(Hon), FCM(S. Africa)(Hon)
England
General Surgery
1995
Fernando Ortiz-Monasterio, MD, FACS
Mexico
Plastic Surgery
1995
Takayoshi Tobe, MD, FACS
Japan
General Surgery
1995
Bengt H. Zederfeldt, MD, PhD
Sweden
General Surgery
1994
Hans Georg Borst, MD, FRCS(Eng)(Hon)
Germany
Cardiothoracic Surgery
1994
Geoffrey D. Chisholm, CBE, FRCS(Edin, Eng), FRCPS(Glas), FRACS(Hon)
Scotland
Urological Surgery
1994
Lindsay Symon, TD, FRCS(Edin, Eng)
England
Neurological Surgery
1994
John Wong, PhD, FRCS(Edin), FRACS, FACS
Hong Kong
General Surgery
1993
Panayotis E. Balas, MD, FACS
Greece
General Surgery
1993
Jin-Pok Kim, MD, PhD, FACS
Republic of Korea
General Surgery
1993
Donald Nixon Ross, FRCS(Eng) FRCSI(Hon), FACS
England
Cardiothoracic Surgery
1993
Michael Trede, MD, FRCS (Eng, Glas)(Hon), FRCSI(Hon)
Germany
General Surgery
1992
Sven-Erik Bergentz, MD
Sweden
General Surgery
1992
Sir Terence A.H. English, KBE, FRCS(Edin, Eng)
England
Cardiothoracic Surgery
1992
Ugo Fisch, MD
Switzerland
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
1992
Christian H. Herfarth, MD, FACS
Germany
General Surgery
1991
Hiroshi Akiyama, MD, PhD, FRCS(Eng)(Hon), FACS
Japan
General Surgery
1991
Rudolf Hohenfellner, MD, PhD
Germany
Urological Surgery
1991
Louis-Francois Hollender, MD, FRCS(Eng)(Hon), FACS
France
General Surgery
1991
Enrique Moreno Gonzalez, MD, FACS
Spain
General Surgery
1990
Rene G. Favaloro, MD, FACS
Argentina
Cardiothoracic Surgery
1990
Sir Donald F.N. Harrison, MD, FRCS(Eng), FRCS(Edin)(Hon), FRACS(Hon)
England
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
1990
Rudolf Pichlmayr, MD, FRCS(Eng)(Hon)
Germany
General Surgery
1990
Sir Robert Shields, MD, FRCS(Edin, Eng)
England
General Surgery
1989
Erik Amdrup, MD, FRCS(Eng)(Hon)
Denmark
General Surgery
1989
Harold Ellis, CBE, FRCOG, FRCS(Eng)
England
General Surgery
1989
Bernard McCarthy O'Brien, CMG, MD, FRCS(Eng), FRCS(Edin)(Hon), FRCSI(Hon), FRACS, FACS
Australia
Plastic Surgery
1989
Theodor M. Scheinin, MD
Finland
General Surgery
1988
Alain F. Carpentier, MD, PhD
France
Cardiothoracic Surgery
1988
Toshio Sato, MD, FACS
Japan
General Surgery
1988
Egbert Schmiedt, MD, FACS
Germany
Urological Surgery
1988
Sir Ian P. Todd, MD, MS, FRCS(Eng), DCH, LRCP
England
Colon and Rectal Surgery
1987
Robert B. Duthie, FRCS(Edin, Eng)
England
Orthopaedic Surgery
1987
Nils G. Kock, MD, PhD, FRCS(Eng)(Hon)
Sweden
General Surgery
1987
Thomas S. Reeve, FRACS, FACS
Australia
General Surgery
1987
John Terblanche, ChM, FCS(SA), FRCPS(Glas)
Republic of South Africa
General Surgery
1986
Henri Bismuth, MD
France
General Surgery
1986
Kiyoshi Inokuchi, MD, FACS
Japan
General Surgery
1986
Ian McGregor, MB, ChB, FRCS(Eng), FRCS(Glas, Eng), FRACS (Hon)
Scotland
Plastic Surgery
1986
Sir Peter J. Morris,MB, MS, MA, PhD, FRCS(Eng), FRACS, FACS
England
General Surgery
1985
Roy Yorke Calne, FRCS(Eng), FRS, MD, FACS
England
General Surgery (Transplant)
1985
Georg Heberer, MD
Germany
General Surgery
1985
Hans Jakob Marberger, MD
Austria
Urological Surgery
1985
Sir Geoffrey Slaney, KBE, PRCS(Eng)
England
General Surgery
1984
Vladimir I. Bourakovsky, MD, FACS
USSR
Cardiothoracic Surgery
1984
Ivan David Alexander Johnston, FRCSE
England
General Surgery
1984
Morio Kasai, MD
Japan
General Surgery
1984
Richard Burkewood Welbourn, MD, FRCSE
England
General Surgery
1983
Johannes Albertus Myburgh, FRCS(Eng)
Republic of South Africa
General Surgery
1983
Jan Nielubowicz
Poland
Cardiothoracic Surgery
1983
David Innes Williams, MD, FRCS(Eng)
England
Pediatric Surgery
1982
Leslie Philip Le QuesneMD, MCh, FRCS(Eng), FRACS(Hon)
England
General Surgery
1982
Harold Homewood Nixon, FRCS (Eng)
England
Pediatric Surgery
1982
Jose Felix Patiño, MD, FACS
Colombia
General Surgery
1982
Lars O. Thoren, MD
Sweden
General Surgery
1981
Eoin O'Malley, FRCS(Ire)
Ireland
Cardiothoracic Surgery
1981
Sir Alan Parks, MD, FRCS(Eng)
England
General Surgery
1981
Keiji Sano, MD
Japan
Neurological Surgery
1981
Graham Douglas Tracy, FRCS(Eng), FRACS, FACS
Australia
General Surgery
1980
Lucien Leger, MD, FACS
France
General Surgery
1980
Franc Novak, MD
Yugoslavia (current Slovenia)
Obstetrics & Gynecology
1980
Ying-Kai Wu, MB, ChB
Peoples Republic of China
Cardiothoracic Surgery
1980
Euryclides de Jesus Zerbini, MD, FACS
Brazil
Cardiothoracic Surgery
1979
Noshir Hormasji Antia, FRCS
India
Plastic Surgery
1979
Lars Leksell, MD
Sweden
Neurological Surgery
1979
Hamilton D'Arcy Sutherland. FRACS
Australia
Cardiothoracic Surgery
1979
Horst Ludwig Wullstein
Germany
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
1978
Sir Andrew Patrick McEwen Forrest, MD, FRCS
Scotland
General Surgery
1978
Seiji Kimoto, MD, PhD
Japan
Cardiothoracic Surgery
1978
Gerard William Taylor, MS, FRCS(Eng)
England
Cardiothoracic Surgery
1977
Sir Brian G. Barratt-Boyes, KBE, FRACS, FACS
New Zealand
Cardiothoracic Surgery
1977
Harry Hubert Grayson Eastcott, FRCS (Eng)
England
General  Surgery
1977
Gustav Bertil Giertz,
Sweden
Urological Surgery
1977
Andres A. Santas, MD, FACS
Argentina
General Surgery
1976
Patrick Alexis M.F. Fitzgerald, FACS, FRCS(I)
Ireland
General Surgery
1976
Sven Axel Friberg, MD
Sweden
Orthopaedic Surgery
1976
Fritz Karl Holle, MD, FACS
Germany
General Surgery
1976
Sir Edward Stewart Reginald Hughes, CBE, MS, FRCS(Eng), FRACS, FACS)
Australia
General Surgery
1976
John Bernard Kinmonth, MB, BS, MS, FRCS(Eng)
England
Vascular Surgery
1975
Martin Allgower, MD, FACS, FRCS(Eng)(Hon)
Switzerland
General Surgery
1975
Guan Bee Ong, MD, BS, FRCS(Eng, Ed), OBE, FRACS, FACS
Hong Kong
General Surgery
1975
Sir Rodney Smith, MB, BS, MS, FRCS(Eng)
England
General Surgery
1975
Paul Tessier, MD
France
Plastic Surgery
1975
Sir Michael Woodruff, MD, MS, FRS, FRCS(Eng, Ed), FRACS
Scotland
General Surgery (Transplant)
1974
Daniel Jacob Du Plessis MB, BCh, FRCS(Eng)
Republic of South Africa
Gastrology
1974
John Cedric Goligher MB, ChB, ChM, FRCS (Eng, Ed)
England
Colorectal Surgery
1974
M.B.V. Petrovksy MD, FRCS(Eng, Ire)(Hon)
USSR
Vascular/Cardiac/Pulmonary
1974
Sir Benjamin Rank MB, BS, MS, FRCS(Eng), FRCS(C)(Hon), FRACS, FACS
Australia
Plastic Surgery
1974
Shigeru Sakakibara MD, PhD
Japan
Cardiovascular Surgery
1973
Lars-Erik Gelin
Sweden
Transplants
1973
Antonio Gonzalez-Revilla MD, FACS
Panama
Neurology
1973
Sir Andrew Watt Kay FRCS(Edin, Eng, Glas), FRCS(C), FRACS(Hon)
Scotland
General Surgery
1973
Gerd E.R. Meyer-Schwickerath
Germany
Ophthalmic Surgery
1972
John Charnley
England
Orthopaedic Surgery
1972
Sir Donald MacLeod Douglas
Scotland
Cardiovascular Surgery
1972
Charles Dubost
France
Cardiovascular Surgery
1972
Carl-Axel Hamberger
Sweden
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
1972
Fernando Paulino, FACS
Brazil
Thoracic Surgery (Esophageal Disease)
1971
Juan M. Allamand MD, FACS
Chile
General Surgery
1971
Emilio Etala MD, FACS
Argentina
General Surgery
1971
Witold Rudowski
Poland
Cancer/Hematology
1971
Alberto Sabogal Sologuren
Peru
General Surgery
1971
Sir Thomas Holmes Sellors
England
Thoracic Surgery
1970
Tetsuo Maki
Japan
General Surgery
1970
Maurice Mercadier
France
Pancreatic/Intestinal Surgery
1970
Sir John Peel
England
Obstetrics & Gynecology
1970
Boris Petrov
USSR
General Surgery
1970
Ake Senning
Switzerland
Thoracic/Cardiac
1969
Ignacio Chavez
Mexico
Cardiac Surgery
1969
Maurice R. Ewing
Australia
General Surgery
1969
Frank Wild Holdsworth
England
Orthopaedic Surgery
1969
Jan Hendrik Louw
Republic of South Africa
Pediatric Surgery
1968
Giambattista Bietti
Italy
Ophthalmic Surgery
1968
H. Burkle de la Camp
Germany
General Surgery
1968
Norman M. Dott
Scotland
Neurosurgery
1968
Hon. Lister Hill
USA
Politician. Senator D-Alabama (1938-1969)
1968
Charles Wells
England
Urology/Gastroenterology
1967
Juan Martin Allende MD, FACS
Argentina
Thoracic Surgery
1967
Howard G. Hanley MD, FRCS(Eng)
England
Urological Surgery
1967
Thomas G. Wilson MB, Litt. D, FRCS(Ire), FRCS(Eng, Edin)(Hon)
Ireland
Otolaryngology
1966
Sir John Loewenthal MB, Msurg, FACS, FRCS(eng), FRACS
Australia
General Surgery
1966
Tord Skroog MD
Sweden
Plastic Surgery
1966
Norman Cecil Tanner ChB, MD, FRCS(Eng)
England
General Surgery
1965
Fernand P. Orban MD, OBE, FRCS(Hon)
Belgium
Vascular Surgery
1965
Oscar Schuberth MD
Sweden
General Surgery
1965
Aquilino Villanueva MD
Mexico
Urological Surgery
1964
Ita Boerema
Netherlands
Thoracic Surgery
1964
Lorenz Bohler
Austria
General Surgery (Trauma)
1964
Harold C. Edwards
England
Gastroenterology
1963
Charles B. Huggins
USA
Urological Surgery
1963
Basile G. Kourias
Greece
General Surgery
1963
Sir Herbert John Seddon
England
Orthopaedic Surgery
1963
Julian Ormond Smith
Australia
General Surgery
1963
Stanley L. Wilson
New Zealand
General Surgery
1962
Ernst Navratil
Austria
Gynecology
1962
Vaino Seiro
Finland
General Surgery
1962
Robert Milnes Walker
England
General Surgery
1961
Jack E.F. Adams-Ray
Sweden
General Surgery
1961
Fritz Linder
Germany
Cardiovascular Surgery
1961
Jean-Louis Lortat-Jacob
France
General Surgery
1961
Sir Arthur Porritt
England
General Surgery
1960
Roberto Caldeyro-Barcia
Uruguay
Obstetrics
1960
Lt. Gen. Bijeta Chaudhuri
India
N/A - Bijeta Chaudhuri was a General Officer in the Indian Army
1960
Johannes F. Nuboer
Netherlands

General Surgery

1960
Joseph Trueta
England
Orthopaedic Surgery
1959
Jerome W. Conn
USA
Endocrinology
1959
Richard Lewisohn
USA
General Surgery
1959
Sir Clifford N. Morgan
England
General Surgery
1959
Sir Douglas Robb
Australia
Cardiothoracic Surgery
1959
Rudolf Zenker
Germany
Cardiac Surgery
1958
W. Arthur Mackey
Scotland
Cardiac Surgery
1958
Hiroshi Miyake
Japan
General Surgery
1957
Ian Aird
England
General Surgery
1957
Sir John Bruce
Scotland
General Surgery
1957
Robert Cutler
USA
American Government Official
1957
Dwight David Eisenhower
USA
34th President of the USA
1957
John Franklin Enders
USA
Virology/Immunology
1957
Dickinson Woodruff Richards
USA
Pulmonary/Cardiac Surgery
1956
Fritz Albert
Belgium
Physiology and General Surgery
1956
Sir Hedley B. Atkins
England
General Surgery
1956
Vannevar Bush
USA

Engineer, Inventor, and science administrator

1956
Hans-Ludwig Hans Kottmeier
Sweden
Obstetrics, Radiology
1956
Carl B. Semb
Norway

Thoracic Surgery

1955
Sir Stanford Cade
England
Radiology
1955
Erling Dahl Iversen
Denmark
General Surgery
1955
Sir John A. Stallworthy
England
Gynecology
1955
Arthur Purdy Stout
USA
Pathology
1955
Pietro Valdoni
Italy
General Surgery
1954
Jorge E. Cavelier
Colombia
Urological Surgery
1954
Alan Gregg
USA
Physician
1954
Erik Husfeldt
Denmark
Cardiothoracic Surgery
1954
Sir Kenneth W. Starr
Australia
General Surgery
1953
Frank Charles Mann
USA
Physician
1953
Sir James Patterson Ross
England
General Surgery
1952
Paul R. Hawley
USA
Military Surgeon
1952
Terence Millin
England
Urological Surgery
1952
Philip Sandblom
Switzerland
Paediatric Surgery
1952
Sir Cecil Wakeley
England
General Surgery
1951
A. Mario Dogliotti
Italy
Cardiac Surgery
1951
Rudolph Matas
USA
General Surgery
1951
Sir Reginald Watson-Jones
England
Orthopaedic Surgery
1950
Reynaldo dos Santos
Portugal
Vascular Surgery
1950
Sir Geoffrey Jefferson
England
Neurosurgery
1950
Robert Wood Johnson
Canada
Army General
1950
Malcolm T. MacEachern
USA
Physician
1950
Sir Archibald MacIndoe
England
Plastic Surgery
1949
Lord Russell Claude Brock
England
Thoracic
1949
Jose Castro Villagrana
Mexico
Orthopaedic Surgery
1949
Sir William Stewart Duke-Elder
England
Ophthalmic Surgery
1949
Malcolm G. Grow
USA
Military Surgeon
1949
John Hellstrom
Sweden
General Surgery
1949
Sir James Learmonth
Scotland
Neurosurgery
1949
Rene Leriche
France
General Surgery
1949
Jean Verhoogen
Belgium
General Surgery
1948
Rene Ghislain Appelmans
Belgium
General Surgery
1948
Louis Bazy
France
General Surgery
1948
Raymond W. Bliss
USA
Medical Corps General
1948
Clarence Crafoord
Sweden
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
1948
Robert Danis
Belgium
General Surgery
1948
Leonard A. Scheele
USA
Surgeon General to the USA (1948-1956)
1948
Clifford A. Swanson
USA
General Surgery
1947
Robert K.S. Lim
Singapore/China
Physiology and General Surgery
1947
Benedicto Montenegro
Brazil
General Surgery
1946
Gustavo Baz Prada
Mexico
General Surgery
1946
Herman de las Casas
Venezuela
Orthopaedic Surgery
1946
Leo A.M. Dejardin
Belgium
General Surgery
1946
Norman T. Kirk
USA
Orthopaedic Surgery
1946
Paul Lorthioir
Belgium
General Surgery
1946
Leopold Alexander Meyer
Belgium
General Surgery
1943
Nicolaj N. Burdenko
USSR
General Surgery
1943
Sergei S. Yudin
USSR
General Surgery
1941
Sir Gordon Gordon-Taylor
England
General Surgery
1941
Ross T. McIntire
USA
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
1941
Pablo Luis Mirizzi
Argentina
General Surgery
1941
Rafael Silva
Mexico
Ophthalmic Surgery
1939
James Carre Magee
USA
Medical Officer, and Surgeon General to US Army (1939-1943)
1939
Thomas Parran
USA
Physician and Surgeon General of the USA (1936-1948)
1939
Eugene Polya
Hungary
Abdominal
1938
Sir Heneage Ogilvie
England
General Surgery
1938
Charles Ransom Reynolds
USA
General Surgery
1937
John P. Lockhart-Mummery
England
Proctology
1936
Sir W. Fletcher Shaw
England
Obstetrics & Gynecology
1936
Sir James Walton
England
General Surgery
1934
Sir Harold Delf Gillies
England
Plastic Surgery
1934
Josef Halban
Austria
Gynecology
1934
Sir Harry Platt
England
Orthopaedic Surgery
1934
Bethel Solomons
Ireland
Obstetrics & Gynecology
1933
Robert M. Allan
Australia
Obstetrics & Gynecology
1933
Robert U. Patterson
USA
Surgeon General of the US Army (1931-1935)
1933
Perceval S. Rossiter
USA
Surgeon General of the US Navy (1933-1938)
1933
Sir Beckwith Whitehouse
England
Gynecology
1932
Sir G. Lenthal Cheatle
England
General Surgery
1932
Jose Goyanes Capdevila
Spain
Vascular Surgery
1931
Arthur H. Burgess
England
Urology
1931
Sir Charles Gordon-Watson
England
General Surgery
1931
Hans von Haberer
Germany
Vascular Surgery
1930
Emile de Grosz
Hungary
Ophthalmic Surgery
1930
Otfrid Foerster
Germany
Neurosurgery
1930
William Ernest Miles
England
Colorectal Surgery
1930
Henry Wade
Scotland
Urology
1929
Florestan Aguilar
Spain
Maxillofacial Surgery
1929
E. James Heyman
Sweden
Obstetrics & Gynecology
1929
William A. Osborne
Australia
Physiology and Medical Educator
1928
Sir Charles Alfred Ballance
England
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
1928
Sir John Lynn-Thomas
Wales
Orthopaedic Surgery
1928
Sir Samuel Squire Sprigge
England
Journalism
1928
Sir George Adlington Syme
Australia
General Surgery
1927
Sir John Bland-Sutton
England
Obstetrics & Gynecology
1927
Gordon Craig
Australia
General Surgery
1927
Lund Essen-Moller
Sweden
Obstetrics & Gynecology
1927
Svend-Aage Gammeltoft
Denmark
Obstetrics & Gynecology
1926
Roberto Alessandri
Italy
General Surgery
1926
Sir Louis Edward Barnett
New Zealand
General Surgery
1926
Sir John Fraser
Scotland
General Surgery
1926
W. Sampson Handley
England
General Surgery
1926
Sir Ewen John Maclean
Wales
Obstetrics & Gynecology
1926
Lucas Sierra
Chile
General Surgery
1926
Sir David P.D. Wilkie
Scotland
General Surgery
1926
Archibald Young
Scotland
General Surgery
1925
W. Blair Bell
England
Obstetrics & Gynecology
1925
Henry Carmalt
USA
General Surgery
1925
Viscount Dawson of Penn
England
Physician
1925
Frederic S. Dennis
USA
General Surgery
1925
Philip Franklin
England
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
1925
Sir William Arbuthnot Lane
England
Plastic Surgery
1925
Vittorio Putti
Italy
Orthopaedic Surgery
1924
Thierry de Martel
France
Neurosurgery
1924
Sir Henry Lindo Ferguson
New Zealand
Ophthalmic Surgery
1924
Sir Carrick Robertson
New Zealand
General Surgery
1924
Robert Hamilton Russell
Australia
General Surgery
1924
Ralph Worrall
Australia
Obstetrics & Gynecology
1923
Gregorio Amuntagui S.
Chile
General Surgery
1923
Augusto S. Boyd
Panama
General Surgery
1923
Rafael Calvo C.
Colombia
Otology
1923
Hugh S. Cumming
USA
Surgeon General of the US (1920-1936)
1923
Olympio Arthur Ribiero da Fonseca
Brazil
Gynecology
1923
Marcellino Herrera Vegas
Argentina
General Surgery
1923
Lord Alfred Webb-Johnson
England
General Surgery
1923
Sir William I. De Courcy Wheeler
England
General Surgery
1922
Jose Arce
Argentina
General Surgery
1922
Jose E. Casuso
Cuba
General Surgery
1922
Henry H. Chown
Canada
General Surgery
1922
Andrew Fullerton
Northern Ireland
General Surgery (Urology)
1922
Einar S. H. Key
Sweden
General Surgery
1922
Guillermo E. Munnich
Chile
General Surgery
1922
Enrique Pouey
Uruguay
General Surgery
1922
Jose A. Presno y Bastiony
Cuba
General Surgery
1922
Luis Razetti
Venezuela
General Surgery
1922
Ulises Valdez
Mexico
General Surgery (Oncology)
1921
Miguel H. Alcivar
Ecuador
General Surgery
1921
Joao Alvas de Lima
Brazil
General Surgery
1921
Jose de Mendonca
Brazil
General Surgery
1921
Fritz de Quervain
Switzerland
General Surgery
1921
Guillermo Gastaneta
Peru
General Surgery
1921
Hans Christian Jacobaeus
Sweden
Internist
1921
Jan Schoemaker
Netherlands
Gynecology
1921
Sir Harold J. Stiles
Scotland
General Surgery (Trauma)
1921
Edward R. Stitt
USA
Surgeon General of the US Navy (1920-1928)
1921
Sir Robert Woods
Ireland
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
1920
Albert Carless
Scotland
General Surgery
1920
John T. Fotheringham
Canada
5th Surgeon General of the Canadian Army
1920
William Gardner
Canada
Orthopaedic Surgery
1920
Guy Carleton Jones
Canada
4th Surgeon General of the Canadian Army
1920
John Stewart
Canada
General Surgery
1920
Sir William Taylor
Ireland
General Surgery
1919
Sir Anthony Alfred Bowlby
England
Military Surgeon
1919
Irving Heward Cameron
Canada
General Surgery
1919
Sir Robert Jones
England
Orthopaedic Surgery
1919
Theodore Tuffier
France
General Surgery
1918
Raffaele Bastianelli
Italy
General Surgey
1918
Pierre Duval
France
General Surgery
1918
George E. Gask
England
General Surgery
1918
Merritte W. Ireland
USA
General Surgery/ Surgeon General of the US Army (1918-1931)
1918
Sir Thomas Myles
Ireland
General Surgery
1918
George Grey Turner
France
General Surgery
1917
Rupert Blue
USA
Surgeon General of the US (1912-1920)
1917
William C. Braisted
USA
General Surgery/ Surgeon General of the US Navy (1914-1920
1917
Charles U. Dergle
France
General Surgery
1917
Sir T.H. John Goodwin
England
Military Surgeon
1917
Sir Berkeley George Andrew Moynihan
England
General Surgery (Abdominal)
1916
Ernest Sydney Lewis
USA
Obstetrics & Gynecology
1915
David Cheever William
USA
General Surgery
1915
Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
Canada
General Surgery
1915
Stephen Smith
USA
General Surgery
1915
Louis McLane Tiffany
USA
General Surgery
1914
Dudley P. Allen
USA
General Surgery
1914
Thomas Addis Emmet
USA
Gynecology
1914
William C. Gorgas
USA
Surgeon General of the US Army (1914-1918)
1914
Lewis Stephen Pilcher
USA
General Surgeon
1914
Sir Thomas George Roddick
Canada
General Surgery
1914
Francis J. Shepard
Canada
General Surgery/Anatomy
1914
Edward Souchon
USA
General Surgery
1914
J. William White
USA
General Surgery
1913
Sir Rickman J. Godlee
England
Thoracic Surgery
1913
William Stewart Halstead
USA
General Surgery
1913
William W. Keen
USA
General Surgery
1913
John Collins
USA
General Surgery
1913
Robert F. Weir
USA
General Surgery