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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.

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Awards

Honorary Fellows

F = Year of ACS Fellowship

H = Year of Honorary Fellowship

Caribbean - 3

Barbados (2)

Richard David Rosin, Cave Hill, St. Michael (2023 H)
Sir Errol R. Walrond, St. James (1976 F, 2015 H)

Trinidad & Tobago (1)

Vijay Naraynsingh, St. Joseph (1987 F, 2019 H)

Latin America - 17

Argentina (4)

Eduardo de Santibanes, Buenos Aires (1989 F, 2015 H)
Alberto R. Ferreres, Buenos Aires ( 1993 F, 2014 H)
Vicente P. Gutierrez, Buenos Aires (1968 F, 2009 H)
Juan Carlos Parodi, Buenos Aires (2002 H)

Brazil (5)

Dario Birolini, Sao Paulo (1971 F, 2010 H)
Joaquim Jose Gama Rodriguez, Sao Paulo (1971 F, 2008 H)
Angelita Habr-Gama, Sao Paulo (1971 F, 2004 H)
Samir Rasslan, Sao Paulo (1980, F 2018 H)
Tania Maria Sih, Sao Paulo (2018 H)

Chile (3)

Italo F. Braghetto, Santiago (1983 F, 2019 H)
Attila Csendes, Santiago (1975 F, 2003 H)
Juan Hepp-Kuschel, Santiago (1987 F, 2017 H)

Colombia (1)

Hernando Abaunza Orjuela, Bogota (1970 F, 2016 H)

Mexico (3)

Jorge Cervantes, Mexico, D.F. (1972 F, 2006 H)
J. Octavio Ruiz Speare, Mexico, D.F. (1976 F, 2013 H)
Samuel Shuchleib Chaba, Mexico City (1981 F, 2022 H)

Panama (1)

Jose Manuel Fabrega, Panama City (1979 F, 2020 H)

Europe - 96

Austria (3)

Manfred Frey, Vienna (2020 H)
Heinz R. Stammberger, Graz (2007 H)
Selman Uranues, Graz (1995 F, 2018 H)

Belgium (4)

Jacques Brotchi, Brussels (2008 H)
Andre Jan Louis D’Hoore, Leuven (2020 H)
Antoon Lerut, Leuven (1983 F, 2014 H)
Ignace B. Vergote, Leuven (2012 H)

Denmark (1)

Henrik Kehlet, Hvidovre (2003 H)

Finland (4)

Sirpa Asko-Seljavaara, Helsinki (2006 H)
Pekka Hayry, Helsinki (2001 H)
Ari Kalevi Leppaniemi, Helsinki (2019 H)
Paulina Salminen, Turku (2022 H)

France (8)

Jacques Belghiti, Paris (2016 H)
Henri Bismuth, Villejuif (1986 H)
Alain F. Carpentier, Paris (1988 H)
Laurence Chiche, Bourdeaux (2019 H)
Claire Nihoul Fekete, Paris (2006 H)
Abraham L. Fingerhut, Poissy (1991 F, 2016 H)
Daniel Jaeck, Strasbourg (2018 H)
Bernard Launois, Rennes (1981 F, 2010 H)

Germany (10)

Horst Dieter Becker, Tubingen (1989 F, 2000 H)
Hans G. Beger, Ulm (1985 F, 2007 H)
Hans Georg Borst, Munich (1994 H)
Christiane Josephine Bruns, Cologne (2021 H)
Markus W. Buchler, Heidelberg (2013 H)
Albrecht F.W. Encke, Frankfurt am Main (1984 F, 2001 H)
Rudolf Hohenfellner, Mainz (1991 H)
Jakob R. Izbicki, Hamburg (2000 F, 2018 H)
Joerg Rudiger Siewert, Munich (1984 F, 1997 H)
Michael Trede, Mannheim (1993 H)

Greece (2)

Panagiotis E. Balas, Athens (1969 F, 1993 H)
Panayotis N. Soucacos, Athens (1995 F, 2019 H)

Ireland (8)

Patrick J. Broe, Dublin (2017 H)
John M.P. Hyland, Dublin (1986 F, 2019 H)
Eilis McGovern, Dublin (2011 H)
Deborah McNamara, Dublin (2023 H)
Barry O’Donnell, Dublin (1999 H)
Niall O’Higgins, Dublin (2006 H)
Oscar Traynor, Dublin (2021 H)
Laura G. Viani, Dublin (2022 H)

Italy (5)

Luigi Bonavina, Milan (1995 F, 2023 H)
Antonio DiCataldo, Sicily (2005 F, 2020 H)
Renzo Dionigi, Varese (1980 F, 2017 H)
Marco Montorsi, Milan (2022 H)
Sergio Pecorelli, Brescia (2005 H)


Netherlands (3)

Wilhelmus A. Bemelman, Amsterdam (2020 H)
Luke P.H. Leenen, Ultrecht (2000 F, 2021 H)
Cornelis J.H. van de Velde, Leiden (2011 H)

Poland (2)

Adam Dziki, Lodz (2007 H)
Marek Krawczyk, Warsaw (2017 F, 2019 H)

Russia (2)

Leo A. Bockeria, Moscow (1999 H)
Petr Tsarkov, Moscow (2022 H)

Spain (7)

Jose L. Balibrea, Madrid (1999 H)
Miguel Angel Cainzos, Santiago de Compostela (1997 F, 2017 H)
Luis M. Chiva, Madrid (2021 H)
Santiago Dexeus, Barcelona (1996 H)
Antonio M. Lacy-Fortuny, Barcelona (2019 H)
Enrique Moreno-Gonzalez, Madrid (1980 F, 1991 H)
Antonio Jose Torres, Madrid (1997 F, 2022 H)

Sweden (4)

Ingemar Ihse, Lund (2009 H)
Lars Lidgren, Lund (2018 H)
Anna Martling, Stockholm (2023 H)
Kerstin Sandelin, Stockholm (2001 F, 2019 H)

Switzerland (3)

Pierre-Alain Clavien, Zurich (1996 F, 2014 H)
Ugo B. Fisch, Zurich (1992 H)
Reinhold Ganz, Gümilgen (2022 H)

United Kingdom (30)

Alan C. Bird, London (2002 H)
Roy Yorke Calne, Cambridge (1985 H)
Sir David Carter, Edinburgh (1996 H)
Christopher R. Chapple, Fulwood, Sheffield (2023 H)
Sir Alfred Cuschieri, Dundee (2005 H)
Lord Ara Darzi, London (1998 F, 2011 H)
Nicola Fearnhead, Cambridge (2023 H)
Harold Ellis, London (1989 H)
Terence Alexander Hawthorne English, Cambridge (1992 H)
Sir Andrea Patrick McEwen Forrest, Edinburgh (1978 H)
O. James Garden, Edinburgh (2014 H)
Roger N. Greenhalgh, London (2018 H)
Selwyn Michael Griffin, Edinburgh (2021 H)
R.J. (Bill) Heald, Basingstoke (2013 H)
Sir Miles Irving, Woodstock, Northumberland (2000 H)
Sir Barry T. Jackson, London (2000 H)
Sir Bruce Keogh, London (2009 H)
Valerie J. Lund, London (2017 H)
Averil Olive Mansfield, London (1998 H)
Peter J. Morris, Oxford (1969 F, 1986 H)
Neil J.M. Mortensen, Oxford (2019 H)
Anthony R. Mundy, Pinhoe (2018 H)
Ralph John Nicholls, London (2010 H)
Bernard F. Ribeiro, London (2008 H)
Lewis Spitz, London (2012 H)
Lindsay Symon, London (1994 H)
Graham M. Teasdale, Glasgow (2002 H)
Richard Turner-Warwick, Exeter (1970 F, 1997 H)
Norman S. Williams, London (2013 H)
Sir Magdi Yacoub, London (2003 H)

Australia/Subcontinent - 33

Australia (10)

William B. Coman, Brisbane (1976 F, 2015 H)
John M. Hutson, Parkville (2018 H)
Marcus Killingback, Fairlight, New South Wales (2003 H)
Guy John Maddern, FACS, Woodville, South Australia (2021 H)
Graham L. Newstead, Randwick (1980 F, 2022 H)
Ainslie Glenister Ross Sheil, Sydney, New South Wales (1971 F, 1999 H)
Russell W. Strong, Woolloongabba, New South Wales (1984 F, 2008 H)
Geoffrey Ian Taylor, Melbourne, Victoria (1997 H)
John F. Thompson, North Sydney (1990 F, 2016 H)
Peter-John Wormald, North Adelaide, South Australia (2022 H)

Hong Kong (5)

Arthur Kwok Cheung Li, Hong Kong (2000 H)
Michael Ka Wah Li, Hong Kong (2021 H)
Chung Mau Lo, Hong Kong (1996 F, 2014 H)
William Ignace Wei, Hong Kong (1984 F, 2010 H)
John Wong, Hong Kong (1980 F, 1994 H)

India (3)

Mahesh R. Desai, Nadiad, Gujarat (2016 H)
S. Raja Sabapathy, Coimbatore (2020 H)
Tehemton E. Udwadia, Mumbai (1971 F, 2010 H)

Japan (7)

Yoko Kato, Toyoake (2019 H)
Masatoshi Makuuchi, Tokyo (2017 H)
Seiki Matsuno, Sendai (1990 F, 2012 H)
Takeshi Miyano, Nerima-ku (1995 F, 2018 H)
Masaki Mori, Isehara (1995 F, 2023 H)
Akimasa Nakao, Nagoya (2000 F, 2018 H)
Sachiyo Suita, Fukuoka (1998 F, 2016 H)

 

Malaysia (2)

April Camilla Roslani, Kaula Lumpur (2019 F, 2020 H)
Cheng-Har Yip, Selangor (2013 H)

New Zealand (1)

Ian D.S. Civil, Auckland (1998 F, 2019 H)

Pakistan (1)

S. Adibul Hasan Rizvi, Karachi (2016 H)

Philippines (1)

Enrique T. Ona, Manila (1973 F, 2012 H)

Thailand (1)

Prinya Sakiyalak, Bangkok (1975 F, 2013 H)

Taiwan (1)

Fu-Chan Wei, Taipei (1987 F, 2017 H)

Mongolia (1)

Orgoi Sergelen, Ulaanbaatar (2017 H)

Middle East & Africa - 14

Egypt (1)

Mohamed H. Ghoneim, Cairo (2004 H)

Iran (1)

Seyed Ali Malek Hosseini, Shiraz (2020 H)

Israel (1)

Dan M. Fliss, Tel Aviv (2021 H)

Kuwait (1)

Mousa A. R. Khoursheed, FACS, Safat (2013 F, 2021 H)

Nigeria (2)

Adelola Adeloye, Ibadan (1977 F, 2009 H)
Olajide Olaolu Adedapo Ajayi, Ibadan (1980 F, 1997 H)

Democratic Republic of the Congo (1)

Denis (Mukengere) Mukwege, Bukavu (2020 H)

Saudi Arabia (1)

Mohammad M. Al-Qattan, Riyadh (2022 H)

South Africa (4)

Kenneth D. Boffard, Johannesburg (1998 F, 2011 H)
Ines Buccimazza, Durban (2012 F, 2022 H)
Sidney Cywes, Constantia (1974 F, 2003 H)
John Terblanche, Cape Town (1987 H)

Turkey (2)

Mehmet A. Haberal, Ankara (1986 F, 2010 H)
M. Gazi Yasargil, Izmir (2000 H)

Total (through 2023): 165