EFORT HONORARY MEMBERS

 

Each year during its annual congress, EFORT distinguishes those, whether lay or professional, who have made an outstanding contribution to EFORT and/or the Orthopaedic community.

List of EFORT Honorary Members
2026
  • Maurilio MARCACCI | Michael Freeman Honorary Lecturer EFORT Congress Málaga 2026
  • Panayiotis J. PAPAGELOPOULOS | Erwin Morscher Honorary Lecturer EFORT Congress Málaga 2026
  • Pietro RUGGIERI | EFORT Past President
2025
  • Bassam MASRI | Michael Freeman Honorary Lecturer EFORT Congress Lyon 2025
  • Johan KÄRRHOLM | Erwin Morscher Honorary Lecturer EFORT Congress Lyon 2025
  • Theofilos KARACHALIOS | EFORT Past President
2024
  • Nicolaas C. BUDHIPARAMA | Michael Freeman Honorary Lecturer EFORT Congress Hambourg 2024
  • Matthew COSTA | Erwin Morscher Honorary Lecturer EFORT Congress Hambourg 2024
  • David LIMB | EFORT Past President
2023
  • Stuart B. GOODMAN | Michael Freeman Honorary Lecturer EFORT Congress Vienna 2023
  • Alain-Charles MASQUELET | Erwin Morscher Honorary Lecturer EFORT Congress Vienna 2023
  • Enrique GÓMEZ BARRENA | EFORT Past President
  • Søren OVERGAARD | Past Chair EFORT Science Committee
2022
  • Linda CHOKOTHO | Michael Freeman Honorary Lecturer EFORT Congress Lisbon 2022
  • Lars ENGEBRETSEN | Erwin Morscher Honorary Lecturer EFORT Congress Lisbon 2022
  • Li FELLANDER-TSAI | EFORT Past President
2021
  • Freddie FU | Michael Freeman Honorary Lecturer EFORT Virtual Congress | VEC 2021
  • Reinhard WINDHAGER | Erwin Morscher Honorary Lecturer EFORT Virtual Congress | VEC 2021
  • Klaus-Peter GÜNTHER | EFORT Past President
2020
  • Gilles WALCH | Honorary Lecturer EFORT Virtual Congress | VEC 2020
  • Philippe NEYRET | EFORT Past President
2019
  • Richard DE STEIGER | Michael Freeman Honorary Lecturer EFORT Congress Lisbon 2019
  • Javad PARVIZI | Erwin Morscher Honorary Lecturer EFORT Congress Lisbon 2019
  • Thierry BÉGUÉ | Past Chair EFORT Science Committee
  • Per KJAERSGAARD-ANDERSEN | EFORT Past President
2018
  • Philippe HERNIGOU | Michael Freeman Honorary Lecturer EFORT Congress Barcelona 2018
  • Reinhard GRAF | Erwin Morscher Honorary Lecturer EFORT Congress Barcelona 2018
  • Önder AYDINGÖZ | EFORT Past President
  • Gamal HOSNEY
  • Ted MAH
2017
  • Henrik KEHLET | Michael Freeman Honorary Lecturer EFORT Congress Vienna 2017
  • Nico VERDONSCHOT | Erwin Morscher Honorary Lecturer EFORT Congress Vienna 2017
  • Andreas LOEFLER
  • Jan VERHAAR | EFORT Past President
2016
  • Martin KRISMER | Michael Freeman Honorary Lecturer EFORT Congress Geneva 2016
  • Richard WALLENSTEN | Erwin Morscher Honorary Lecturer EFORT Congress Geneva 2016
  • Enric CÁCERES PALOU | EFORT Past President | Chairman LOC EFORT Congress Madrid 2010
2015
  • Henrik MALCHAU | Honorary Lecturer EFORT Congress Prague 2015
  • Stephen R. CANNON | EFORT Past President
2014
  • Michael BENSON | Honorary Lecturer EFORT Congress Copenhagen 2011
  • Stuart WEINSTEIN | Honorary Lecturer EFORT Congress London 2014
  • Manuel CASSIANO NEVES | EFORT Past President
2013
  • Jean DUBOUSSET | Honorary Lecturer EFORT Congress Istanbul 2013
  • Katsuoro TOMITA | Honorary Lecturer EFORT Congress Istanbul 2013
  • Pierre HOFFMEYER | EFORT Past President
2012
  • Reinhold GANZ | Honorary Lecturer EFORT Congress Berlin 2012
  • Bernard MORREY | Honorary Lecturer EFORT Congress Berlin 2012
  • Miklós SZENDRÖI | EFORT Past President
2011
  • Peter Alex FRANDSEN 
  • Lars LIDGREN 
2010
  • Enric CÁCERES PALOU | Chairman LOC EFORT Congress Madrid
  • Jorge MINEIRO | Chairman EBOT Examination Committee
  • Karl-Göran THORNGREN | EFORT Past President
  • José María CAÑADELL 
2009
  • Roberto Giacometti CERONI † | EFORT Past Board Member
  • Martti HÄMÄLÄINEN | EFORT Past Treasurer
  • Karl KNAHR | Chairman LOC EFORT Congress Vienna 2009
2008
  • Franz LANGLAIS † | EFORT Vice President, honoured posthumously
  • Michel MANSAT 
  • Jacques Yves NORDIN 
  • Wolfhart PUHL | EFORT Past President  & EFORT Founding Father
  • Jacques WITVOET
2007
  • Georges BENTLEY | EFORT Past President
  • Nikolaus BÖHLER | EFORT Past President
  • Pierre-Paul CASTELEYN | EFORT Finance Committee Member |Congress President EFORT Congress Brussels 1999
  • Jacques DUPARC † | EFORT Past President & EFORT Founding Father
  • Michael FREEMAN † | EFORT Past President & EFORT Founding Father
  • Paolo GALLINARO | EFORT Past President & EFORT Founding Father
  • Eoghan LAVELLE | EFORT Past Secretary General
  • Erwin MORSCHER † | EFORT Past President & EFORT Founding Father
  • Otto SNEPPEN | EFORT Past President

With the EFORT Recognition Award, EFORT recognises an outstanding contribution to worldwide orthopaedic and/or trauma surgery as a lifetime achievement of the recipient.

2019
  • Norbert HAAS
  • Georges HARTOFILADIKIS
2018
  • Reinhard GRAF

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