Academic titles
Full Professor for Maxillofacial Surgery and Pathology of the Masticatory System (University Zurich, Switzerland)
Dr. med. (University of Erlangen, Germany)
Dr. med. dent. (University of Erlangen, Germany)
Dr. med. et chir. h. c., (University of Naples, Italy)
Dr. med. dent. h. c. (University of Athens, Greece)
Dr. sc. h. c. (University of Chennai, India)
Dr. med. et pharm. h. c. (University of Timisoara, Romania)
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England h. c.
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh h. c.
Professor of the Scuola Internazionale di Odontoiatria, University of Rome
Consultant titles
Consultant for oral and maxillofacial surgery and plastic surgery (Germany)
Consultant for jaw and maxillofacial surgery FMH (Switzerland)
Consultant dentist for oral surgery (Switzerland)
Current activity
Since 2001 Prof. Sailer has been running his own private clinic "Klinik Professor Sailer" in Zurich. During this time, he continued the development of the surgical method for the cure of "obstructive sleep apnea". In the meantime, this surgery is a routine intervention at Professor Sailer's clinic and not only heals the sleep apnea, but also prevents health consequences such as heart attack, stroke, type 2 diabetes, dementia, etc.
In addition, other methods of surgery for other diseases have also been developed.
Professional career (short version)
1972 – 2014 368 scientific papers
2013 Opening of the Cleft Centre in Lahore, Pakistan
2013 Opening of the Klinik Prof. Sailer in Bad Ragaz
2012 Opening of the new Cleft Clinic in Kerala, India
2012 Humanitarian Life Time Achievement Award (ICPF)
- International Cleft Lip and Palate Foundation -
2009 Honorary doctorate, University of Timisoara, Romania
2007 Honorary doctorate, University of Chennai, India
2001 Opening of the Klinik Prof. Sailer Zürich, Switzerland
2000 Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
1999 Membership of the Armenian Academy of Medical Sciences
1996 Membership of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
(oldest scientific association in the world)
1996 Fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons of England
1995 Honorary doctorate, University of Naples, Italy
1994 Honorary doctorate, University of Athens, Greece
1989 - 1994 Medical Director of the University of Zurich School of Dentistry (ZZM)
1987 Ordinarius (ord. Prof.) and clinical director of the Clinic for Oral
and Maxillofacial Surgery of Zurich University Hospital
1985 Extraordinarius (ao Prof.) of the University of Zurich
1985 Swiss consultant specialist for maxillofacial surgery
1983 - 2006 16 academic honorary memberships
1981 Facial plastic surgery, Boston USA
1980 Academic teaching qualification, University of Zurich
1979 Wassmund Prize from the German Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
1978 German consultant specialist in maxillofacial surgery
1976/77 Research Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
1972 - 2001 Clinic for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Zurich
1971 - 1972 General surgery and traumatology, University of Würzburg
1968 - 1971 Dentistry training, University of Erlangen
1962 - 1968 Medical training University of Erlangen
Special awards
1994 Doctor h. c., University of Athens
1995 Doctor h. c., University of Naples
1996 Fellow of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FDSRCS) h. c.
1996 Professor of the Scuola Internazionale di Odontoiatria,
University of Rome
1996 Membership of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (oldest scientific association in the world)
1998 Membership of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences
1999 Membership of the Armenian Academy of Surgical Sciences
2000 Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (FRCS) h. c.
2003 Honorary member of the Spanish Association OMS
1983 - 2006 16 further honorary memberships
2007 Dr. sc. h. c., University of Chennai, India
2009 Dr. med. et pharm. h. c., University of Timisoara, Romania
2012 Humanitarian Lifetime Achievement Award (ICPF)
Further awards
Wassmund Prize from the German Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 1979
Scientific award from the German Association of Dental Medicine for the best publication 1979
Invited to give 180 honorary lectures
2014 European CEO Award for the Best Private Medical Health Care Provider in Europe
2017 Doctor sc. h. c., Nitte University, Mangalore India
Honorary lectures (selection)
President's Lecture: British Dental Association 1979
American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 1988
President's Lecture: British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 1991
President's Lecture: International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 1995
Osborn Memorial Lecture 1995, Iowa, USA
Charles Tomes Lecture of the Royal College of Surgeons 2000
Ginwalla Oration of the Society of OMFS of India 2001
President's Lecture: Asian Congress of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2002, Mumbai
President's Lecture: European Congress of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery 2006, Barcelona
President's Lecture: Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons of India 2006, Calcutta
In addition 180 other invited lectures
Publications
407 publications from all areas of cranio-maxillofacial surgery
Monograph: Transplantation of Lyophilized Cartilage in Maxillofacial Surgery: Experimental Foundations and Clinical Success.
Karger, Basel 1983
Atlas der Oralen Chirurgie [Atlas of Oral Surgery]
Thieme, Stuttgart 1996
(co-author: Dr. G. Pajarola)
(editions: German 1996, Italian 1997, Spanish 1997, English 1998, Portuguese 1998, Greek 2000, Turkish 2004)
2009: second edition
Academic editing
Editorial section editor Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery
Editorial board member American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
Editorial board member, magazine of the German Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Editorial board member Odontoiatria Oggi
Editorial board member of Rev. Española de Cirurgia Oral y Maxillofacial
International consultant American Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Editor of the yearbooks for Swiss Society for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Further functions
Treasurer of the European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery 1980 – 1994, again since 1997
President of the Swiss Society for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 1987 – 1991
General Secretary of the Swiss Society for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 1991 – 1997
President of the European Association for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery 1994 – 1996
Founding president of the Swiss Society for Orofacial Laser Medicine
Co-Founder of the Swiss Society for Cleft Lip and Palate Treatment and Orofacial Anomalies 1997
President of the 1st World Cleft Congress (Cleft 2000) July 1–5, Zurich, Switzerland
Co-founder of the Swiss Society for Oral Surgery and Stomatology
President of the International Cleft Lip and Palate Foundation, later Cleft-Children International (CCI)
Establishment of five clinics for treatment of facial anomalien(2001–2008) in India, one in Romania (2006), three in Africa (since 2011), one in Pakistan.
International consultant for Medical One for the training of plastic surgeons (2005–2007)
Established Cleft-Kinder-Hilfe Professor Hermann Sailer Stiftung GmbH, Hannover 2005, to help cleft children