Honorary Membership is awarded to people who have made a significant contribution to the achievement of the goals of the Society particularly in the field of interdisciplinary or international co-operation.

In the past, ESTRO has given this award to specialists from other disciplines in recognition of their significant contribution to:

• Promotion of radiotherapy as part of the multidisciplinary treatment of cancer
• Building bridges between radiotherapy and stimulation of multidisciplinary co-operation
• Integration of new knowledge from their discipline in radiotherapy, thus stimulating the development of the speciality

The award of Honorary Membersip has also been made to radiation oncologists, physicists, biologists or technologists from outside Europe in recognition of their dedication to fostering international co-operation.

Recipients

• 2025 Vienna

D. Palma (CA), I. Rubio (ES), U Mahanshetty (IN)

• 2024 Glasgow

S. Darby (UK), S. Gillessen (CH), P. Keall (AU)

• 2023 Vienna

S. Demaria (US), B. Maciejewski (PL), T. Merchant (US)

• 2022 Copenhagen

M. Abdel-Wahab (AT), T. Bortfeld (US), L. Højgaard (DK)

• 2021 Madrid

J. Borras (ES), D. Lacombe (BE), N. Suchowerska (AU), R. Weichselbaum (US)

• 2020 Online Congress

P. Casali (IT), C.R. Leemans (NL), S.K Shrivastava (IN)

• 2019 Milan

G. Scagliotti (IT), J. Torode (CH), A. Habr-Gama (BR)

• 2018 Barcelona

R. Beets-Tan (NL), S. Gondhowiardjo (ID), Y. Yahalom (US)

• 2017 Vienna

S. Formenti (US), J. Izewska (IAEA), B. O’Sullivan (CA)

• 2016 Turin

R. Audisio (UK) , L. Bonomo (IT), S. Turner (AU)

• 2015 Vienna 

A. Cervantes (ES), A. Zietman (US) 

• 2014 Vienna  

M. Hiraoka (JP), B. Vikram (IN)

• 2013 Amsterdam 

R. Chhen (AT) , R. Hermans (BE), B. Minsky (US), C. van de Velde (BE) 

• 2012 Barcelona 

A. W. M. Lee (HK), P. Naredi (SE)

• 2011 Stockholm 

R. Bristow (CA), C. Perez (US)

• 2011 London 

J. Prakash Agarwal (IN), A. Chiti (IT)

• 2010 Barcelona 

N. Begum (PK) , T. R. Mackie (US), J.P.Pignon (FR)

• 2009 Berlin 

A.L. Børresen-Dale (NO), P. Harari (US), W. Oyen (NL)

• 2008 Göteborg 

P.A. Abrahamsson (SE), L. Licitra (IT), L. Tai Fu (CN) 

• 2007 Barcelona 

J. Denham (AU), L. Eggermont (NL), S. Kaye (UK)

• 2006 Leipzig 

L. Cataliotti (IT), T. Lawrence (US), L. Pinillos (PE) 

• 2005 Paris 

R. Reznek (UK), V.H. Schröder (NL), J. Tepper (US)

• 2004 Amsterdam 

J. Baselga (ES),  P. Boyle (FR), W. Curran 

• 2003 Copenhagen 

M. Gospodarowicz (CA), J.M. Brown (US), L. Palhman (SE) 

• 2002 Prague 

K. K. Ang (US), J. H.J. Hoeijmakers (NL), G. McKenna (UK) 

• 2001 Lisbon 

H. Pujo, N. Tsujii (JP)

• 2000 Istanbul 

R. Arriagada (SE), H. K. Awwad (EG), J. Cox (US)

• 1999 Vienna 

S. Donaldson (US), J. Husband (UK)

• 1998 Edinburgh 

K. Dinshaw (IN), D. Lane, C. Ling (US)

• 1997 Hamburg 

T. Boon (BE), V. Diehl (US), M. Tubiana (FR)

•  1996 Vienna  
• J. W. W. Coeberg (NL), N. Coleman (US), T. Tursz (FR)
• 1995 Paris 

B. Brittinger, B. Cummings (CA), H. Schraffordt-Koops (NL)

• 1994 Granada 

J.L. Lefebvre (FR), F. Meunier (BE), J. Vicente Fernandez

• 1993 Jerusalem 

J. Castro, A. Costa (IT), A. van Oosterom (BE)

• 1992 Malmö 

O. Bang (DK), D. Bootsma, I. F. Tannock (CA)

• 1991 Firenze 

O. M. Jensen (DK), P. Rubin (US), J. Smyth (UK)

• 1990 Montecatini 

L. Chieco Bianchi (IT), J. Cunningham, H. Thames (US)

• 1989 London 

M. Abe (JP), E. J. Hall (US), G. Orth

• 1988 Den Haag 

G. Fletcher (UK), R. Peto (UK), R. Weiss 

• 1987 Lisbon 

G. Bonadonna (IT), H. Stein, R. Withers (US)

• 1986 Baden-Baden 

H. Pinedo (NL), H. Suit (US), G. Westbury (UK)

• 1985 Stockholm 

R. Bush, S. Franzen

• 1984 Jerusalem 

F. Cleton (NL), M. Feldman, R. Widerö

• 1983 Bordeaux 

J.P. Blaser, V. Peters, U. Veronesi (IT)