In conjunction with the 15th Congress of the International Society of Experimental Microsurgery, Mihai Oltean recently received the Sun Lee Outstanding Experimental Microsurgery Career Award. The award was established in 1998 and is given for long-term efforts in experimental research and education in microsurgery. Among previous awardees some of the most prominent pioneers in the field in the world are found. Mihai Oltean is a surgeon at Sahlgrenska University Hospital and an associate professor at the Department of Surgery, University of Gothenburg, where he leads a doctoral course in experimental microsurgery.