President’s Award

Konrad Messmer, MD

Professor Konrad Messmer, MD, is the Chairman of the Institute for Surgical Research at the University of Munich. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of both the European Surgical Research Journal and the Progress in Applied Microcirculation Journal and an Associate Editor of Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery. Dr. Messmer also is on the editorial board of several journals including Microvascular Research, Microcirculation, Shock, and the European Journal of Medical Research.

Professor Messmer has received more than a dozen international awards throughout his career and has presided over many medical and scientific congresses including the 6th World Congress for Microcirculation, the European Shock Society Congress and the European Society for Surgical Research Congress.