Christoph Hämmerle (Switzerland)

Honorary Member

Christoph Hämmerle was awarded honorary membership of the EAO during the 27th Annual Congress in Vienna, October 2018. Professor Hämmerle served on the EAO’s Board of Directors for a number of years (2002–2011). He was nominated Secretary General in 2004 and became President of the association in 2008. He is an active member of the EAO Council, the association’s advisory committee, offering his expertise on a number of matters. Professor Hämmerle has also been heavily involved in the organisation of a number of landmark EAO events.

He chaired the EAO annual scientific meeting in Zurich 2006 and has participated in many EAO educational projects.

Above all, he played an instrumental role in setting up the EAO Consensus Conferences which started in 2006 and he has been involved in the organisation of these major events since.