Curriculum Vitae

Professional Career

2001
Opening of the Prof. Sailer Clinic in Zurich (CH)
1987 - 2001
Full Professor and Medical Director of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Zurich (CH)
1985 - 1987
Associate Professor, University of Zurich (CH)
1982 - 1985
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Zurich (CH)
1981
Aesthetic Surgery at the practice of Dr. Richard Webster, Boston (USA)
1977 - 1980
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Zurich (CH)
1976 - 1977
Research Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of England (UK)
1972 - 1976
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Zurich (CH)
1971 - 1972
General Surgery and Traumatology, University of Würzburg (DE)
1968 - 1971
Studies in Dentistry, University of Erlangen (DE)
1962 - 1968
Studies in Medicine, University of Erlangen (DE)

Presidencies

2000
President of the First World Congress of the International Cleft Lip and Palate Foundation (Cleft 2000) in Zurich (CH)
1999
Founding President of the International Cleft Lip and Palate Foundation, later the Cleft-Children International CCI Foundation
1998
Founding President of the Swiss Society for Oral Laser Medicine
1996
President of the Anniversary Congress of the European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery (EACMFS)
1987 - 1991
President of the Swiss Society for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Honorary Memberships

2003
Honorary Membership of the Spanish Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
2000
Honorary Membership of the Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences
1993
Honorary Membership of the South African Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
1992
Honorary Membership of the Finnish Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
1991
Honorary Membership of the Japanese Society of Stomatology
1991
Honorary Membership of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
1989
Honorary Membership of the Society for Plastic Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Major Honors

since 2000
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (FRCS)
since 1997
Membership of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
since 1995
Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FDSRCS)
1979
Martin Wassmund Prize of the German Society for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Honorary Doctorates

2017
Honorary Doctorate from the University of Mangalore (IN)
2009
Honorary Doctorate from the University of Timișoara (RO)
2007
Honorary Doctorate from the University of Chennai (IN)
1995
Honorary Doctorate from the University of Naples (IT)
1994
Honorary Doctorate from the University of Athens (GR)

Prizes and Special Awards

2024
Knight of the Sacred Constantinian Order of St. George
2021
Lifetime Achievement Award in Medicine
2020
Establishment of the Professor Hermann Sailer Chair of Facial Cleft & Craniofacial Surgery at KIMSDU University
2014
European CEO Award for Best Private Healthcare Provider (Prof. Sailer Clinic)
2012
Humanitarian Award of the International Cleft Lip and Palate Foundation
2003
Inclusion of the Prof. Sailer Clinic in the circle of Leading Medical Resorts

Publications

Professor Sailer has published 247 scientific papers.

Humanitarian Achievements

2023
Establishment of the Cleft Center in Kathmandu (NP)
2013
Establishment of the Cleft Center in Lahore (PK)
2010
Establishment of the Cleft Center in Malakkara (IN)
2005
Foundation of the Cleft-Kinder-Hilfe Professor Hermann Sailer Foundation
2004
Establishment of the Cleft Center in Mumbai (IN)
2003
Establishment of the Cleft Center in Chennai (IN)
2001
Establishment of the Cleft Center in Hyderabad (IN)
2001
Establishment of the Cleft Center in Mangalore (IN)
2000
Foundation of the Cleft-Children International CCI Foundation
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