Stefan Rössler, a graduate of the dental medicine programme at the Medical University of Graz, was recently awarded the prestigious Hans Pichler Prize 2026 by the Austrian Society for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery for his thesis entitled “Identification of the masseteric nerve in facial reanimation surgery using anatomical landmarks and topography”.
The Austrian Society for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery awards an annual prize named after its founder, Hans Pichler, for outstanding scientific work in this field. The work is assessed by a panel consisting of three elected members of the Society. All members of the Austrian Society for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, as well as all doctors and dentists working in the field of oral and maxillofacial surgery and their co-authors, are eligible to apply for the prize.
Stefan Rössler’s thesis has already resulted in two publications:
His supervisors, Veronica Alexandra Antipova and Niels Hammer (Division of Macroscopic and Clinical Anatomy) and Wolfgang Zemann (Division of Oral-, Maxillofacial Surgery), are proud of their graduate and wish him all the best for the future.
The Medical University of Graz extends its warmest congratulations to Stefan Rössler!
