It is with great sadness the OTA shares the news of the passing of OTA Honorary Member
Prof. Dr. med. h.c. Stephan M. Perren.
Prof. Perren is a former Director of the AO Research Institute and a pillar of the AO Foundation. In addition to Prof. Perren’s role as an AO Founder, he chaired the AO Technical Commission and the AO Development Steering Committee for 16 years and was the Director of the AO Research Institute Davos for nearly three decades. Prof. Perren touched many members of the OTA and AO Foundation organizations as a colleague, mentor, and friend, and has had profound influences on fracture treatment through his innovative ideas and scientific discoveries. His other professional duties also include his work as a medical doctor and an Honorary Professor at the Universities of Bern, Montevideo and Aberysthwyth. He was also co-founder of the European Society of Biomechanics and International Society for Fracture Repair.
Prof Stephan M Perren, AO obituary Prof. Stephan M. Perren and Theodore Miclau, MD
