On 10 September 2026, during the Joint Annual Meeting SSI / SSHH in Montreux, the General Assembly of the Swiss Society for Infectious Diseases (SSI / SGInf) elected a new Executive Committee and conferred honorary membership on seven distinguished colleagues.
Honorary members
Upon the proposal of the Executive Committee, the General Assembly elected the following individuals as honorary members of SSI (in alphabetical order):
- Prof. Dr. med. Manuel Battegay
- Prof. Dr. med. Thierry Calandra
- Prof. Dr. med. Ursula Flückiger
- Prof. Dr. med. Hansjakob Furrer
- Prof. Dr. med. Bernard Hirschel
- Prof. Dr. med. Rainer Weber
- Prof. Dr. med. Andreas Widme
With this distinction, the Society honours their exceptional and lasting contributions to infectious diseases in Switzerland and to the work of SSI. Honorary members hold the rights of ordinary members, including the right to vote at the General Assembly, and are permanently exempt from the annual membership fee. The full list is published under About us → Honorary members.
New Executive Committee
Prof. Dr. med. Nina Khanna and Prof. Dr. med. Sarah Tschudin Sutter, both University Hospital Basel, were elected Co-Presidents. Prof. Dr. med. Andri Rauch was elected Vice-President and Prof. Dr. med. Stefan Kuster Treasurer.
Newly elected to the Executive Committee (in alphabetical order):
- PD Dr. med. Christine Baumgartner, Ex-officio (Next Gen Co-President)
- Prof. Dr. med. Dominique L. Braun
- PD Dr. med. Philipp Jent
- Prof. Dr. Dr. med. Patrick M. Meyer Sauteur
- Dr. med. Simone Toppino, Ex-officio (Next Gen Co-President)
- Dr. med. Pauline Vetter
- Prof. Dr. Dr. med. Annelies Zinkernagel, Ex-officio (SAFE-ID President)
The Society thanks the outgoing Co-Presidents, Prof. Dr. med. Barbara Hasse and Prof. Dr. med. Stefan Kuster, for their dedicated leadership. Prof. Hasse remains a member of the Executive Committee; Prof. Kuster continues his service as Treasurer.
Our sincere thanks also go to the members leaving the Committee — Prof. Dr. med. Christoph Berger, Prof. Dr. med. Laurent Kaiser, Prof. Dr. med. Stephen Leib, Prof. Dr. med. Dionysios Neofytos and Dr. med. Madeleine Rothen — for their long-standing commitment.
The full Executive Committee is published on the website under Committee.
