| 1991 | Prof. Dr. med. h. c. Walther Weißauer |
| 1992 | Dr. med. Charlotte Lehmann |
| 1994 | Prof. Dr. med. Hans Wolfgang Opderbecke |
| 1999 | Prof. Dr. med. Dr. med. h. c. Friedrich Ahnefeld |
| 2002 | Prof. Dr. med. habil. Gottfried Benad, FRCA |
| 2003 | Professor Dr. med. Otto H. Just, Heidelberg |
| 2003 | Professor Dr. med. Dr. med. h.c. mult. Otto Mayrhof-Kramel, F.A.C.A., F.F.A.R.C.S., Wien |
| 2003 | Professor Dr. med. Kurt Wiemers, Freiburg  |
| 2003 | Professor Dr. med. Martin Zindler, Düsseldorf |
| 2009 | Prof. Dr. med. Klaus Fischer, Bremen |
