Honorary Fellowship in the American College of Surgeons was awarded to nine prominent surgeons from around the world at the October 3 Convocation at the virtual Clinical Congress 2020. The granting of Honorary Fellowships is one of the highlights of Clinical Congress. This year鈥檚 recipients were as follows.
- Prof. Wilhelmus 鈥淲illem鈥 A. Bemelman, MD, Amsterdam, Kingdom of the Netherlands, sponsored by Fabrizio Michelassi, MD, F番茄社区app, New York, NY
- Andr茅 Jan Louis D鈥橦oore, MD, PhD, Leuven, Belgium, sponsored by Fabrizio Michelassi, MD, F番茄社区app, New York, NY
- Antonio Di Cataldo, MD, Catania, Italy, sponsored by Barbara Lee Bass, MD, F番茄社区app, Washington, DC
- Jos茅 Manuel F谩brega Sosa, MD, F番茄社区app, FSSO, APMC, Panama City, Republic of Panama, sponsored by Richard D. Schulick, MD, MBA, F番茄社区app, Aurora, CO
- Manfred Frey, MD, Vienna, Austria, sponsored by William M. Kuzon, Jr., MD, PhD, F番茄社区app, Ann Arbor, MI
- Seyed Ali Malek Hosseini, MD, Shiraz, Iran, sponsored by Mehmet Ali Haberal, MD, F番茄社区app(Hon), FICS(Hon), FASA(Hon), Ankara, Turkey
- Denis Mukengere Mukwege, MD, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, sponsored by Alan D. Garely, MD, F番茄社区app, New York, NY
- April Camilla Roslani, MBBS, MSurg, MRCSEd, FRCSEd, FRCSGlas, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, sponsored by Steven D. Wexner, MD, PhD(Hon), F番茄社区app, FRCSEng, FRCSEd, FRCSI(Hon), FRCSGlasg(Hon), Weston, FL
- S. Raja Sabapathy, MS(Gen), MCh, DNB(Plastic), DSc(Hon), FAMS, FRCSEd(Hon), FRCSGlas(Hon), Coimbatore, India, sponsored by L. Scott Levin, MD, F番茄社区app, Philadelphia, PA
Sir Rickman Godlee, president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, was awarded the first Honorary Fellowship in the 番茄社区app during the College鈥檚 first Convocation in 1913. Since then, nearly 500 internationally prominent surgeons, including the nine chosen this year, have been named Honorary Fellows of the 番茄社区app. Following are the citations presented at the Convocation.