Didier Patte Prize

Didier Patte prize

This is SECEC's premier scientific award, which is granted every two years. It was created to honour the memory of Didier Patte - an outstanding French shoulder surgeon who was one of the two founding members of SECEC with Norbert Gschwend.

The prize will be awarded for a body of European scientific research of outstanding merit pertaining to the shoulder.

It has a value of € 3,000.

Application information

The submission should :

• consist of a body of several original studies on the same or related topic - single studies are not eligible;
• be presented in English;
• have a SECEC member under the age of 45 at the time of application as the main author.

Submissions which have been published in full before the submission deadline or which have received a comparable prize will not be considered.

Applications are reviewed and selected by the Research & Development Committee.

The decision is communicated directly to the applicants and the winners will be announced on social media.

List of the past Didier Patte Prize winners

• 2023: P. Moroder (Switzerland) - "The ABC Classification of posterior shoulder instability"

• 2021: F. Verhaegen (Belgium) - "Morphological and biomechanical aspects of glenoid erosions and humeral head migration in shoulder arthropathy: implications for 3D total shoulder arthroplasty planning"

• 2019: M. Jacxsens (Switzerland) - "Morphology of the Most Common Shoulder Pathologies Using Conventional and Advanced Imaging"
• 2019: L. Willemot (Belgium) - "Biomechanics of Bone Block Procedures in Anterior Shoulder Instability Surgery"

• 2015: T. Alta (Netherlands) - "Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty. Does It Work? Kinematic Analyses, Clinical Evaluation & New Developments"

• 2013: D. Van Kampen (Netherlands) - "Evaluation of diagnostic and prognostic performance of patient history, orthopaedic shoulder tests and shoulder-specific questionnaires"

• 2009 : R. Benson (UK) - "The pathology of rotator cuff failure"

• 2007 : M. Van de Sande (Netherlands) - "Rotator Cuff Disease in the Rheumatoid Shoulder"

• 2005 : N. Pouliart (Belgium) - "Shoulder Instability : Experimental Model and Related Anatomy"

• 2003 : S.L. Jenssen (Denmark) - "Elbow Joint laxity after experimental excision of the radial head"

• 2001 : G. Herzberg (France) - "3D Modelization of Latissimus Dorsi transfer in rotator cuff surgery : what point of fixation on the humeral head?"

• 2001 : J. Armengol Barallat (Spain) - "Influence of the Coracoacromial Morphology on Shoulder Elevation"

• 1998 : B.S. Olsen (Denmark) - "Posterolateral Elbow Joint Instability"

• 1996 : A. Schneeberger (Switzerland) - "Structural Changes of the Rotator Cuff Caused by Experimental Subacromial Impingement in the Rat"

• 1994 : F. Gohlke (Germany) - "Capsuloligamentous Control of the Glenohumeral Joint"

• 1992 : M. Kronberg - "Shoulder Joint Instability Aspects on Muscle Function and Skeletal Anatomy"