International Society of Surgery (ISS

Prize of the “Société Internationale de Chirurgie”

At the formal session of the General Assembly of the Society held on September 17th, 1953, it was decided, on the recommendation of the Scientific Council, to award at each future meeting a prize to be called:

Prize of the “Société Internationale de Chirurgie”

The prize is to consist of a medal which shall be awarded to the surgeon who has published work which has made the most notable and useful contribution to Surgical Science. The prize winner need not necessarily to be a member of the Society.
Candidates for the prize must be recommended by their National Delegate to the General Secretary of the Society, together with the reasons for their choice, at least by January before the date of the next congress. These recommendations will be circulated to the members of the Executive Committee. They will be considered and voted upon at the meeting of the Executive Committee which is always held before the Inaugural Meeting of the Congress.
The prize winner shall be decided by an absolute majority of votes. If an absolute majority is not obtained at the first count, the decision shall be made by a relative majority at the second count. If two candidates obtain the same number of votes, the Chairman shall have a casting vote. The name of the prize winner shall be announced by the Secretary General at the formal Inaugural Session.

Recipients of the Prize of the “Société Internationale de Chirurgie” The prize of the Society, since its creation, was awarded as follows:
2009	Adelaide SIC Prize	J. Wong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
2007	Montréal SIC Prize	Sir Peter J.Morris, London, United Kingdom
2003	Bangkok SIC Prize	(Congress cancelled, Prize awarded 2005 in Durban) J.F. Burke, Boston, USA
2001	Brussels SIC Prize	R. Strong, Brisbane, Australia
1999	Vienna SIC Prize	D.C. Sabiston, Jr., North Carolina, USA
1997	Acapulco SIC Prize	D.D. Trunkey, Portland, USA
1995	Lisbon SIC Prize	R.B. Welbourn, Reading, United Kingdom
1993	Hong Kong SIC Prize	A. Cuschieri, Dundee, United Kingdom
1991	Stockholm SIC Prize	L. MacLean, Montreal, Canada
1989	Toronto SIC Prize	W.J. Rudowski, Warsaw, Poland
1987	Sydney SIC Prize	W.P. Longmire, Los Angeles, USA
1985	Paris SIC Prize	R.M. Zollinger, Columbus, USA
1983	Hamburg SIC Prize	J. Hepp, Neuilly, France
1981	Montreux SIC Prize	J. van Geertruyden, Brussels, Belgium
1979	San Francisco SIC Prize	J.E. Rhoads, Philadelphia, USA
1977	Kyoto SIC Prize	P. Mallet-Guy, Lyon, France
1975	Edinburgh SIC Prize	R. Smith, London, United Kingdom
1973	Barcelona SIC Prize	N.G. Kock, Göteborg, Sweden
1971	Moscow SIC Prize	--
1969	Buenos Aires SIC Prize	R.Y. Calne, Cambridge, United Kingdom
1967	Vienna SIC Prize	L.E. Gelin, Göteborg, Sweden
1965	Philadelphia SIC Prize	T.E. Starzl, Denver, USA
1963	Rome SIC Prize	J.E. Murray, Boston, USA
1961	Dublin SIC Prize	F.D. Moore, Boston, USA
1959	Munich SIC Prize	J.H. Gibbon, Jr., Philadelphia, USA
1957	Mexico SIC Prize	M.E. De Bakey, Houston, USA
1955	Copenhagen SIC Prize	W. Bigelow, Toronto, Canada