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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 and a further 28 at the Seoul Congress. The enormous contribution of the Pioneers 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. To be nominated as a Pioneer, the person must be at least 70 years of age or deceased, must be a recognized leader in hand surgery and have contributed significantly to the development of Hand Surgery nationally and/or internationally. The Secretary-General will call for nominations from member societies at least nine months before the date of the Congress. Nominations should be received in writing, accompanied by a curriculum vitae and photograph and a summary of the reasons for recommendation at least six months before the Congress date. The IFSSH Nominating Committee will assess the recommendations and advise the IFSSH Executive Committee of its decision. 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* Pioneers honoured at the Fifth International Congress Paris, France, 1992 Robert E. Carroll Nils Carstam Raymond M. Curtis* Adrian E. Flatt Benjamin Fowler* J. Leonard Goldner* Luis Gomez Correa Harold E. Kleinert Douglas W. Lamb* Jeno Manninger Daniel C. Riordan Kauko Solonen Kenya Tsuge Pioneers honoured at the Sixth International Congress Helsinki, Finland, 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* Pioneers honoured at the Seventh International Congress Vancouver, 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* 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 Pioneers honoured at the Ninth International Congress Budapest, Hungary 2004 Tadao Kojima Antal Renner Martin Singer Ramaswami Venkataswami Albrecht Wilhelm Yutaka Yabe Yasuo Yamauchi 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)   Pioneers honoured at the 11th International Congress Seoul, Korea, 2010 Alessandro Caroli (Italian Society for Surgery of the Hand) André Chamay (Swiss Society for Surgery of the Hand) John Cobbett (British Society for Surgery of the Hand) Richard G. Eaton (American Society for Surgery of the Hand) Joel Engel (Israeli Society for Surgery of the Hand)      David P. Green (American Society for Surgery of the Hand) Basil Helal (British Society for Surgery of the Hand) * Yoshikazu Ikuta (Japanese Society for Surgery of the Hand) Seiichi Ishii (Japanese Society for Surgery of the Hand) Eung-Shick Kang (Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand) Ik-Dong Kim (Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand) Young Ho Lee (Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand) Ralph Manktelow (MANUS Canada) Renzo Mantero (Italian Society for Surgery of the Hand) José Cantero Martinez (Spanish Society for Surgery of the Hand) Viktor E. Meyer (Swiss Society for Surgery of the Hand) Alfredo Quintana Montero (Spanish Society for Surgery of the Hand) * Edward A. Nalebuff (American Society for Surgery of the Hand) Santos Palazzi Coll (Spanish Society for Surgery of the Hand) Fernando Enriquez de Salamanca Lorente (Spanish Society for Surgery of the Hand) * Antonio De Santolo Ricciardelli (Venezuela Society for Surgery of the Hand) Morton Spinner (American Society for Surgery of the Hand) * James W. Strickland (American Society for Surgery of the Hand) Philip Sykes (British Society for Surgery of the Hand) Julio Taleisnik (American Society for Surgery of the Hand) E.F. Shaw Wilgis (American Society for Surgery of the Hand) Virchel E. Wood (American Society for Surgery of the Hand) Elvin G. Zook (American Association for Hand Surgery)     *Deceased