The distinction recognises Dr. Piñal’s medical career.

The British Society for Surgery of the Hand (BSSH) has appointed Dr Francisco del Piñal as an Honorary Fellow in recognition of his contributions to hand surgery and microsurgery.

Following a vote at the recent BSSH Council meeting and unanimously agreed by the members present at the AGM held last Thursday 13 October 2022, Dr Piñal has been made an honorary member of the society.

Born in 1960 in Santander, Piñal is considered one of the best hand surgeons in the world. His contributions in fields such as microsurgical transfer of toes to hands or arthroscopic surgery techniques for wrist fractures are internationally recognised and applied.

Other milestones in his career include the establishment of the principles of acute catastrophic hand management, as well as his leading role in the development of wrist arthroscopy, through procedures such as dry arthroscopy.

Piñal is the author of four pioneering works of great success and international reference in the fields of wrist fracture and arthroscopy: ‘Arthroscopic Management of Distal Radius Fractures’, ‘Arthroscopic Management of Ulnar Pain’, ‘Atlas of Distal Radius Fractures’ and ‘Distal Radius Fractures and Carpal Instabilities’, the latter also translated into Chinese.

A series of works to which more than 500 papers and publications in national and international congresses and the leadership of a training programme that has been attended by more than 300 specialists from all over the world must be added.