Pioneers of Hand Surgery

Traditionally during the Congresses of the International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand, a number of “Pioneers of Hand Surgery” are acknowledged.  This is a long standing custom which dates back to the 3rd Congress in Tokyo held in 1986.

Since then, 82 physicians have been designated the prestigious title of “Pioneer of Hand Surgery”.  To this number, 13 more were added at the Sydney Congress.

Every three years, the IFSSH Member Societies nominate pioneer candidates who are then submitted to the IFSSH Executive Committee and evaluated by the Nominating Committee.  To be considered a Pioneer, a candidate must be a recognized leader in hand surgery and have contributed significantly to the development of Hand Surgery nationally and/or internationally.

Their enormous contribution to Hand Surgery will influence many generations of Hand Surgeons to come.  Ultimately of course, their accomplishments will benefit countless patients far into the future.  The IFSSH Membership therefore, expresses its sincere appreciation and gratitude to our Pioneers for enriching our passion, Hand Surgery.

List of Pioneers of Hand Surgery

Pioneers honoured at the Third International Congress Tokyo, Japan 1986

Tamikazu Amoko
Joesph H. Boyes*
Paul W. Brand*
Martin A. Entin*
Mario Gonzales-Ulloa
Marc Iselin*
Johan M.F, Landsmeer*
J. William Littler*
Erik Moberg*
Benjamin Rank*
H. Graham Stack*
Sidney Sunderland*
Raoul Tubiana
Kauko J Vainio*
Claude Verdan*

List of Pioneers honoured at the Fifth International Congress Paris, France, 1992

Robert E. Carroll
Nils Carstam
Raymond M. Curtis*
Adiran E. Flatt
Benjamin Flower*
J. Leonard Goldner*
Luis Gomez Correa
Harold E. Kleinert
Douglas W. Lamb*
Jeno Manninger
Daniel C. Riordan
Kauko Solonen
Kenya Tsuge

List of Pioneers honoured at the Sixth International Congress Helsinki, Finland, July 3, 1995

Paul Woodrow Brown
Henry M. Brummer*
Harry J Buncke
Ridvan Ege
James M. Hunter
John Ivor Pulsford James
Lee W. Milford
Ezio Morelli
George E Omer
Jr., George S. Phalen*
Alfred B. Swanson
Tatsuya Tajima
Christopher B. Wynn Parry
Eduardo A Zancolli
Jacques Michon*
Bernard McC. O’Brien*
Alipio Pernet*

List of Pioneers honoured at the Seventh International Congress Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 1998

Donal N. Brooks*
Giorgio Brunelli,
Dieter Buck-Gramcko
Douglas Andrew Campbell Reid
Mack L. Clayton
James Harold Dobyns
Wael Mansour Fahmy*
Geoffrey Raymond Fisk
Ramon Isales
Ivan B. Matev
Robert Malcolm MacFarlane*
Hanno Millesi
James F. Murray
Boleslaw Nagay
Miguel Vargas Busquets*

List of Pioneers honoured at the Eighth International Congress Istanbul, Turkey, 2001

Valentin Grigore Aburel
Paola Bedeschi
Harold Bolton
F. Merih Eroglu
Anastasios Giannikas
Jamal Gousheh
Stewart H. Harrison
Isidor Kessler
Brij Bhushan Joshi
Ronald L Linscheid
Takayuki Miura
Robert Henry Cradock Robins
Harilaos T. Sakellarides
Richard J. Smith*
Joerg Boehler

List of Pioneers honoured at the Ninth International Congress Budapest, Hungary 2004

Tadao Kojima
Antal Renner
Martin Singer
Ramaswami Venkataswami
Albrecht Wilhelm
Yutaka Yabe
Yasuo Yamauchi

List of Pioneers honoured at the 10th International Congress Sydney, Australia 2007

Nicholas Barton (United Kingdom)
Andre Boonzaier (South Africa) *
W. Bruce Conolly ( Australia)
Jan Haftek (Poland)
John Hueston (Australia) *
Adalbert Kapandji (France)
Wladyslaw Manikowski (Poland)
Shojaeddin Sheikholeslamzadeh (Iran)
William Souter (United Kingdom)
Hariharan Srinivasan (India)
Susumu Tamai (Japan)
Yasuo Ueba (Japan)
James Urbaniak (USA)

*Deceased