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.