On July 6, 2025, the Department of Neurosurgery at the University Hospital of Zurich will celebrate the 100th birthday of Professor Yaşargil, former Chair and Head of Neurosurgery at USZ from 1973 to 1992, and who in 1999 was named Neurosurgeon of the Century by the international community, as the pioneer and founding father of microneurosurgery and modern neurosurgery. If neurosurgery exists in its current form today, and if neurosurgery is capable of offering relief and effective treatments even for the most complex conditions once considered inoperable, if neurosurgery has become a daily reality worldwide, benefiting millions of people, patients, and families, it is thanks to the insights, intellect, intelligence, and tireless work of Professor Yaşargil.