CHICAGO — Honorary Fellowships in the American College of Surgeons (ACS) were awarded to seven highly recognized surgeons from around the world at this year’s ACS Clinical Congress 2025 in Chicago.
Conferral of Honorary Fellowship in the ACS began in 1913 upon the founding of the ACS. Individuals selected for Honorary Fellowship generally practice outside of the United States, possess an international reputation in the field of surgery or medicine, and have provided distinguished humanitarian service in the field of medical science.
The surgeons were awarded Honorary Fellowships on Saturday, October 4, at the Convocation Ceremony, which preceded the opening of the 2025 Clinical Congress. This year’s recipients are:
Hendrik Jacob (Jaap) Bonjer, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCSC, FASCRS — Dr. Hendrik Jacob (Jaap) Bonjer, a visionary in surgical simulation-based education, is an adjunct professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, the Chair of the Departments of Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Urology, and Emergency Medicine at the Amsterdam University Medical Centre in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and a Commander of the Royal Netherlands Navy Reserves.
Chintamani, MBBS, FACS, FRCS(Ed), FRCS (Eng), FRCS(Glas), FRCSI, FICS, FIMSA — Dr. Chintamani, who follows an Indian tradition of using just one name, is a prominent breast surgeon, surgical oncologist, researcher, and educator. He currently chairs the Department of Surgical Oncology at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, India, and was previously the Surgery Unit Chief at Vardhman Mahavir Medical College of Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi, India, where he has supervised and educated hundreds of surgical trainees.
Luis Grande, MD, PhD, FACS, ESA, RAMC — Professor Luis Grande, whose surgical career has focused on foregut and hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery and liver transplant, is the emeritus chair of surgery at Hospital del Mar and an emeritus professor at Autonomous University, both in Barcelona, Spain.
Cathal J. Kelly, MB, BCh, BAO, LRCSI & PI, BSc, MCh, FRCSI (Gen.) — Dr. Cathal J. Kelly is the Chief Executive Officer of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) and Vice-Chancellor of the RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences in Dublin, Ireland.
Eduardo E. Montalvo‐Jave, MD, PhD, FACS — Dr. Eduardo E. Montalvo-Jave is a leading hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) surgeon at the Universidad National Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City, Mexico, where he currently serves as Chair of the Department of Surgery. He also is a consultant and staff surgeon in the Division of HPB Surgery at Hospital General de México “Dr. Eduardo Liceaga” and surgeon staff in the Division of General and Endoscopic Surgery at Hospital Medical Sur.
Gabriela Möslein, MD, PhD, FEBS, FASCRS(Hon) — Dr. Gabriela Möslein is a renowned authority on research and treatment of hereditary gastrointestinal tumor syndromes and a pioneer in pouch surgery and continent ileostomy. She currently serves as head of the Center for Hereditary Tumors at the Academic Hospital Bethesda in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Rowan Parks, MD, PRCSEd, FRCSI, FFSTEd — Dr. Rowan Parks is an internationally renowned hepato‐pancreato‐biliary (HPB) surgeon-scientist, educator, and leader who currently serves as a Professor of Surgical Sciences at the University of Edinburgh and the President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, both in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Full citations and sponsors for the Honorary Fellows, and the full list of all Fellows inducted during Clinical Congress, can be found at facs.org/convocation.
A photo and additional information on each of this year’s Honorary Fellows are available on request from the ACS Public Information Office: pressinquiry@facs.org.
