[60 years Alfred Vogt Foundation. The prize winners and their work].

BACKGROUND

The Alfred Vogt-Prize is the highest award in Switzerland for scientific research in ophthalmology and related fields of research. The Alfred Vogt institution was founded 60 years ago in Zürich, where Alfred Vogt was working as the head of the department of Ophthalmology of the University Hospital. For this reason the activity of the foundation was recognized on the occasion of the annual meeting of the Swiss Ophthalmology Society in Zürich 1998.

METHOD AND RESULTS

The biographical notes of Alfred Vogt were compiled. The winners of the prize and their distinguished papers are listed below. During the 60 years since the establishment of the foundation the prize was rewarded to 53 researchers or research teams. The awards were divided among several researchers in those years when many outstanding papers were submitted. On the other hand in many years no award was given due to lack of award worthing research papers. 7 researchers received the prize more than once.

CONCLUSION

The list of the winners of the Alfred Vogt-Prize reflects the history of the Swiss Ophthalmology. To a number of researchers the awards allowed them further research, which let to excellent contributions to international Ophthalmology.