The Student, the Patient and the Illness Ascona Balint Award Essays 2026

Donald E. Nease, Jr., USA, Green-Edelman Chair for Practice-Based Research; Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Research | Dept. of Family Medicine; Director of Community Engagement & Research | Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute; Director - State Networks of Colorado Ambulatory Practices & Partners (SNOCAP), University of Colorado - Denver; President of the International Balint Federation; Member of the International Foundation Psychosomatic and Social Medicine (Ascona-Foundation)..Heide Otten, specialized in Psychosomatic Medicine, working in private practice close to Hannover (Germany), Balintgroup Leader, Past Secretary of the German Balint Society (1991-2013), Past President of the International Balint Federation (2001-2007), Vice President of the International Foundation Psychosomatic and Social Medicine (Ascona Foundation)..Günther Bergmann, Heidelberg (Germany), specialized in Internal and Psychosomatic Medicine, Family Therapy, Supervision, Past Medical Director of the Medical University of Graz (Austria) and Göttingen (Germany), Balintgroup Leader, President of the German Balint Society, Editor of the Balint Journal GER, President of the International Foundation Psychosomatic and Social Medicine (Ascona-Foundation).