Jörg Vollmar Prize
Since 2010, the Jörg Vollmar Foundation has awarded the Jörg Vollmar Prize, worth €5,000, annually to early-career researchers in memory of Prof. Dr Jörg Friedrich Vollmar (1923–2008).
The award is presented for innovative research in the field of vascular surgery and vascular medicine, as well as for outstanding research in the history of medicine focusing on the history and theory of surgical disciplines. Interested parties should submit their applications to the DGG secretariat.
The “Jörg Vollmar Prize” will be presented during the DGG’s annual conference.
The specific requirements for the Jörg Vollmar Prize are:
- A completed university degree
- Membership of the DGG e.V.
- Completed scientific thesis
- A letter of recommendation from the head of the clinic (a member of the DGG)
- Demonstration of the relevance/significance of the work
- Publication of the thesis in an internationally renowned journal (peer-reviewed) as first author no more than two calendar years prior to the application
- Dissertation (completed or due for submission shortly)
- Description of how the work meets sustainability criteria in accordance with the DFG sustainability guidelines “Experiments/Field Trials/Surveys”
Please also note the general rules for the awarding of prizes and scholarships.
Applications received will be assessed by the DGG and the prize winner selected in consultation with the Board of the Jörg Vollmar Foundation.
2026 Award Winners
The following people have been awarded the Jörg Vollmar Prize:
Annual Conference, Frankfurt am Main 2026:
PD Dr Angelos Karlas, MD, Dr rer. nat. (Erlangen)
Project: Single-capillary endothelial dysfunction resolved by optoacoustic mesoscopy
Tri-national Conference, Lucerne 2025
Dr Johannes Hatzl, MD (Heidelberg)
Project: Feasibility of mixed-reality-assisted, physician-modified endografts
Annual Conference, Karlsruhe 2024
Dr Wojciech Derwich, MD (Frankfurt)
Project: Correlation of four-dimensional ultrasound strain analysis with computed tomography angiography wall stress simulations in abdominal aortic aneurysms
Annual Conference, Osnabrück 2023
PD Dr Philipp Erhart (Heidelberg)
Project: Genetic risks of vascular diseases – multiple arterial dissections and connective tissue abnormalities
Tri-national Conference, Vienna 2022
Dr Sarajo K. Mohanta, PhD (Munich)
Project: Neuroimmune cardiovascular interfaces control atherosclerosis
Annual Conference, Mannheim 2021
Dr Daniela Lobenwein (Innsbruck, Austria)
Project: Preconditioning using Toll-like receptor 3 agonists or shockwave therapy as a potential new treatment strategy for patients with spinal cord ischaemia
Annual Conference, Mannheim 2019
Dr Silvan Jungi (Bern, Switzerland)
Project: Limb salvage by open surgical revascularisation in acute ischaemia due to a thrombosed popliteal artery aneurysm
Annual Conference, Bonn 2018
Dr Albert Busch (Munich)
Project: Influence of iliac outflow on aneurysm development
Annual Conference, Frankfurt am Main 2017
Dr Ulrich Rother (Erlangen)
Project: Immediate changes in tissue perfusion during tibial angioplasty.
2015
Annual Conference, Münster: Dr Uwe Raaz (Göttingen)
. Project: ‘Segmental aortic stiffening contributes to the development of experimental abdominal aortic aneurysms’.
Annual Conference, Hamburg 2014
Dr Johanna Fruhmann (Graz)
Project: Paraganglioma of the carotid body: treatment strategy and SDH gene mutations
Annual Conference, Linz 2013
, Assoc. Prof. Jaroslav Pelisek
, PhD (Natural Sciences) Project: Neovascularisation and angiogenic factors in advanced human carotid artery stenosis
Annual Conference, Wiesbaden 2012
, PD Dr. med. Konstantinos P. Donas
Project: Alternative minimally invasive treatment options for para-renal aortic aneurysms
Annual Conference, Erlangen
2011 – Dr med. Florian Simon (Ulm)
Project: Effects of intravenous sulphide during porcine aortic occlusion-induced renal ischaemia/reperfusion injury –
Dr Sabine Helena Wipper (Hamburg)
Project: Myeloperoxidase deficiency preserves vasomotor function in humans
Tri-national Conference, Berlin 2010
– Dr Stefan Langer (Aachen)
The following Jörg Vollmar Lectures have been delivered to date:
Annual Conference, Erlangen 2011
Prof. Dr Curt Diehm (Karlsbad)
Lecture: Non-verbal communication: the doctor’s body language?
Three-Country Conference, Berlin 2010
: Prof. Dr Michael Jacobs (Aachen)
Lecture: What to do when the iceberg melts?
Annual Conference, Munich 2009
: Prof. Dr Roger M. Greenhalgh (London)
Lecture: Clinical trials in vascular surgery