Our History
The European Hip Society was founded in Hamburg on Saturday the 17th of October 1992. At their meeting, the Founder Members decided upon a Constitution.
Reginald ELSON was asked by the President (Michael FREEMAN) and the Secretary (Jacques DUPARC) of the Congress Board of the European Federation of Orthopaedics to work on the formation of a European Society for Surgery of the Hip.
AUSTRIA
Prof. R. BAUER
BELGIUM
Dr. J. LEWALLE
DENMARK
Dr. J.S. JENSEN
FINLAND
Prof. E.B. RISKA
FRANCE
Dr. H. OLIVIER
GERMANY
Dr. E. NIEDER
GREECE
Prof. E. DRETAKIS
IRISH REPUBLIC
Mr. G.C. FENELON
ITALY
Dr. L. SPECCHIA
NETHERLANDS
Dr. S. BULSTRA
NORWAY
Prof. P. BENUM
PORTUGAL
Dr. J.A. PROENCA
SPAIN
Dr. E. GARCIA-CIMBRELO
SWEDEN
Dr. L. SANZEN
SWITZERLAND
Prof. B.G. WEBER
TURKEY
Prof. I. CETIN
UNITED KINGDOM
Mr. R. ELSON
History of the European Hip Society - The first 20 years
Past EHS President and Chairman of the EHS Historic Committee Eduardo Garcia-Cimbrelo, for his presentation during the 2012 Congress in Milan, has compiled numerous documents and photographs illustrating the History of the European Hip Society over the past 20 years, from its very beginnings in October 1992 until our last Congress in Milan in September 2012.
