Prof. Sailer explains (in German)Professor Hermann F. Sailer
Prof. Dr. med., Dr. med. dent., Dr. h. c. mult. Hermann F. Sailer
Dr. sc. h. c., Dr. med. et pharm. h. c.
Academic titles
- Full Professor and Chairman for Maxillofacial Surgery and Pathology of the Masticatory System
- Dr. med. (University of Erlangen, Germany)
- Dr. med. dent. (University of Erlangen, Germany)
- Dr. med. honoris causa (University of Naples, Italy)
- Dr. med. dent. honoris causa (University of Athens, Greece)
- Dr. sc. honoris causa (University of Chennai, India)
- Dr. med. et pharm. honoris causa (University of Timisoara, Romania)
- Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England honoris causa
- Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh honoris causa
- Professor at the Scuola Internazionale di Odontoiatria (University of Rome, Italy)
Specialist titles
The specialist titles allow surgical practice in all European countries
- Specialist for oral- and maxillofacial surgery and plastic operations (Germany)
- Specialist for Maxillofacial Surgery FMH (Switzerland)
- Specialist for Oral Surgery and Stomatology (Switzerland)
Pregraduate training
| 1961–1967 | Medical training (M. D.) University of Erlangen (Germany) |
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| 1968–1971 | Dental Training (D. D. S.) University of Erlangen (Germany) |
Postgraduate training
| 1967–1968 | General surgery, operative gynecology, internal University Hospital Erlangen (Germany) |
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| 1970 | Department of Maxillofacial Surgery University Hospital Erlangen (Germany) (Chairman: Prof. G. Steinhardt) |
| 1971–1972 | General surgery and traumatology University Hospital Wurzburg (Germany) (Chairman: Prof. H. Kern) |
| 1972–1976 | Department of Maxillofacial Surgery University Hospital Zurich (Chairman: Prof. H. L. Obwegeser) |
| 1976–1977 | Research Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England Department of Dental Science (Chairman: Prof. B. Cohen) Teratology Unit (Chairman: Prof. D. Poswillo) |
| 1977–1987 | Department of Maxillofacial Surgery University Hospital Zurich (Chairman: Prof. H.L. Obwegeser) |
| 1980 | Habilitation (Ph. D.) University of Zurich |
| 1981 | Facial Plastic Surgery (Dr. R. Webster, Boston, USA) |
Positions
| 1985 | Professor Extraordinarius for Maxillofacial Surgery University Hospital Zurich |
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| 1987 | Chairman, Professor and Director of
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| 1989–1994 | Medical Director of the University Dental Institute |
| 2001 | Opening of own private Klinik Professor Sailer for Aesthetic Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery in Zurich, with the Privatklinik Bethanien, Member of Swiss Leading Hospitals Consultant for cranio-maxillofacial surgery at the Paediatric University Hospital Zurich |
Special honours
| 1994 | Doctor honoris causa of the University of Athens |
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| 1995 | Doctor honoris causa of the University of Naples |
| 1996 | Fellow of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FDSRCS) honoris causa |
| 1996 | Professorship at the Scuola Internazionale di Odontoiatria University of Rome |
| 1996 | Member of ML: Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina (German Academy of Sciences, oldest (350 years) scientific society of the world) |
| 1998 | Member of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences |
| 1999 | Member of the Armenian Academy of Surgical Sciences |
| 2000 | Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (FRCS) honoris causa |
| 2003 | Honorary Member of the Spanish Association of OMS |
| 1983–2006 | 16 honorary and corresponding memberships |
| 2007 | Doctor of science honoris causa of the University of Chennai, India |
| 2009 | Doctor med. et pharm. honoris causa of the University of Timisoara, Romania |
Awards
- Wassmund Prize of the German Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
- Scientific award of the German Dental Association for the best publication in 1979
- 180 invited honorary lectures
Special honorary lectures
- President's Lecture: British Dental Association 1979
- American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 1988
- President's Lecture: British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 1991
- President's Lecture: International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 1995
- Osborn Memorial Lecture 1995, Iowa, USA
- Charles Tomes Lecture of the Royal College of Surgeons 2000
- Ginwalla-Oration of the Society of OMFS of India 2001
- President's Lecture: Asian Congress of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Mumbai 2002
- President's Lecture: European Congress of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Barcelona 2006
- President's Lecture: Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons of India, Kolkata 2006
Publications
- 300 publications in all areas of oral and cranio-maxillo-facial surgery
- Monograph: Transplantation of Lyophilized Cartilage in Maxillofacial Surgery: Experimental Foundations and Clinical Success.
Karger, Basel 1983 - Atlas der Oralen Chirurgie (Atlas of oral surgery)
Thieme, Stuttgart 1996
(Co-Author: Dr. G. Pajarola)
(Edition: German 1996, Italian 1997, Spanish 1997, English 1998, Portuguese 1998, Greek 2000, Turkish 2004)
2009 2nd Edition
Editorial activities
- Editorial Section Editor Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery
- Editorial Board Member American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics
- Editorial Board Member Zeitschrift für Mund-, Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie (German Oral and maxillofacial Surgery journal)
- Editorial Board Member Odontoiatria Oggi
- Editorial Board Member of Rev. Española de Cirurgia Oral y Maxillofacial (Spanish OMF journal)
- International Consultant American Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Editor of the Annual Proceedings of the Swiss Association of Maxillofacial Surgery
Other activities
- Treasurer of the European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery 1980–1994, again since 1997
- President of the Swiss Association for Maxillofacial Surgery 1987–1991
- Secretary General of the Swiss Association for Maxillofacial Surgery 1991–1997
- President of the European Association for Cranio-MaxillofaciaI Surgery 1994–1996
- Founding President of the Swiss Society of Orofacial Laser Medicine
- Founder of the Swiss Society of Cleft Lip Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies 1997
- President of the 1st World Cleft Congress (Cleft 2000) July 1–5, Zurich, Switzerland
- Co-Founder of the Swiss Society of Oral Surgery and Stomatology
- President of the International Cleft Lip and Palate Foundation, later Cleft-Children International (CCI)
- Establishment up of 5 clinics in India for malformation treatment (2001–2008), 1 in Romania (2006) and 1 in Africa (2009)
- International Consultant of Medical One (Clinic Chain for Cosmetic Surgery in Germany) for training of plastic surgeons (2005–2007)
- Founder of the Cleft-Kinder-Hilfe Professor Hermann Sailer Stiftung gGmbH, Hannover, Germany (2005)
- Founder of Cleft Bambini Italia Onlus (2006)