SICSSO is usual to assign some Medal Lectures during its annual international congress: these are intended to be Plenary Presentations of 15 minutes on the most relevant topic of the field of cornea and cataract/refractive surgery.

• This recognition dates back to 2011: Medals awarded to
  

  Prof. Michael W. Belin
  

  Dr. Roberto Bellucci
  

  Dr. Juntaro Sugita
  

• 2012: Medals awarded to
  

  
  

  Dr. José Güell
  

  Dr. Cynthia Roberts
  

  Prof. Donald Tan

  

• 2013: Medals awarded to

  
  
  

  Dr. Jack T. Holladay
  

  Prof. Edward J. Holland
  

• 2014: Medals awarded to
  

  Dr Rayesh Fogla
  

  Dr Diego Ponzin
  

• 2015: Medals awarded to
  

  Mark A. Terry, M.D
  

  Gerrit R.J. Melles, MD, PhD
  
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