Jean Kunlin Medal

Jean Kunlin, born in Strasbourg in 1904, became one of the most important pioneers in vascular surgery when he performed the first femoro-popliteal vein bypass operation in a small hospital in Paris in 1948. In his memory, the German Society for Vascular Surgery and Vascular Medicine awards the Jean Kunlin Medal to individuals who have made a special contribution to vascular surgery.

PD Dr. med. Achim Neufang in Lucerne 2025 (second from right)
Photo credit: "Photos: Roman Beer"

The Recipients of this Medal are

  • Three Countries Conference Lucerne 2025
    PD Dr. med. Achim Neufang (Mainz)
     
  • Annual Conference Karlsruhe 2024
    Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Schmitz-Rixen (Frankfurt)
     
  • Annual Conference Osnabrück 2023
    Prof. Klaus Balzer † (Mülheim an der Ruhr)
     
  • Three Countries Conference Vienna 2022
    Dr. Ingo Flessenkämper (Berlin)
     
  • Annual Conference Mannheim 2021
    Prof. Wolf Stelter (Bad Soden)
    Prof. Giovanni Torsello (Telgte)
     
  • Annual Conference Mannheim 2019
    Dr Thomas Umscheid (Bad Schwalbach)
     
  • Annual Conference Bonn 2018
    Prof. Reinhart Grundmann (Burghausen)
     
  • Annual Conference Berlin 2017
    Susanne Teupen
     
  • Three Countries Conference Bern 2016
    Dr Hans-Peter Niedermeier † (Munich) 
     
  • Annual Conference Münster 2015
    Marc Bosiers, M.D. (Dendermonde, Belgium)
    John Simpson, M.D. (USA)
     
  • Annual Conference Linz 2013
    Mr Karl Will (Meerbusch)
        
  • Annual Conference Erlangen 2011
    Prof. Hans Schweiger (Bad Neustadt)
  • Three-Country Conference Berlin 2010
    Prof. Dr. med. Michael-Jürgen Polonius (Berlin)
     
  • Annual Conference Dresden 2008
    Prof. Herbert Imig (Berlin)
     
  • Annual Conference Stuttgart 2005
    Prof. Dr. med. René J.A.M. van Dongen (Amsterdam) † 
      
  • Annual Conference Innsbruck 2004
    Anton Schmidt (Hamburg)
     
  • Annual Conference Ulm 2003
    Manfred Reinhardt (Frankfurt)
     
  • Annual Conference Lausanne 1998
    Prof. Andreas Zehle (Friedrichshafen) †
     
  • Annual Conference Salzburg 1995
    Dr. med. Ewald März (Frankfurt)
     
  • Annual Conference Düsseldorf 1994
    Prof. Dr. med. Henner Müller-Wiefel (Duisburg)
     
  • Annual Conference Heidelberg 1993
    Prof. Dr. med. Peter Carl Maurer (Munich)
     
  • Annual Conference Dresden 1992
    Karl-Heinz Prätorius (Essen)