Laudatio of the Eupsa Honorary Membership 2021

According to Article 16 of the EUPSA Bye-Laws the Nomination Committee, consisting of the EUPSA President, the Past President, the President Elect
and all Former Presidents decided to award the 2021 Honorary Membership to Prof. Zacharia Zachariou.

The Honorary Membership is awarded to distinguished Pediatric Surgeons who, with their outstanding contributions, have promoted significantly the
development of Pediatric Surgery in Europe and in the World on the occasion of the Annual European Congress.

Prof. Zacharias Zachariou was a founding member of EUPSA in 2002 and served as Treasurer of the Association for 2 term. He was elected as
President elect of the Association in 2013 and served as EUPSA President between 2015-2016.

He studied medicine at the University of Heidelberg Medical School and was trained in General Surgery and Pediatric Surgery at the University Hospital
of the same University. In 2003 he was appointed as Chairman and Director of the Department of Pediatric Surgery at the University of Berne, Switzerland.
In 2013 he returned to his home country to establish the Medical School of the University of Cyprus and served as Dean of the Medical School.

Throughout his career he promoted Pediatric Surgery especially in the Eastern European countries, helping for the establishment of Pediatric Surgical
Departments after the reforms in eastern Europe. For these contributions he has been granted several honours and awards, including the Doctor honoris
causa of the Iuliu Hatieganu University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, the Imre Pilaszanovitch Visiting Professor, Medical Faculty, University of Pecs, Hungary as
well as Visiting Professorship at the University of Nis in Serbia.

He published a significant number of original contributions to the medical literature, has published books, some of them being translated in Chinese,
Russian and Greek, and 4 CDs / DVDs applying new technologies in medical education. He serves as Editor-in-Chief in the major international Journals of
Pediatric Surgery. His leadership skills have been manifold both in the development of medical health services as well as the professional policy.

The European Pediatric Surgeons’ Association together with the European Pediatric Surgeons community express their gratidute to Prof. Zachariou
and hope for the continuation of his efforts to promote health services to the children that are entrusted to us.

Athens 4^th September 2021
Prof. Tomas Wester
EUPSA President