ESPN offers honorary membership for up to two distinguished senior members each year. It is normally expected that these individuals will have retired from clinical practice. They should have made significant contributions to paediatric kidney care at local, national and international level and also have made
significant contributions to the work of ESPN.
Honorary membership entitles the holder to lifetime free society membership. In their year of election, the new honorary members will be offered free registration for the annual ESPN congress.
| Year | Name | Country |
| 1986 | Pierre Royer | France |
| 1987 | Ira Greifer | USA |
| 1991 | Richard White | UK |
| 1995 | Karl Scharer | Germany |
| 1996 | Stewart Cameron | UK |
| 1997 | Martin Barratt Hayim Boichis |
UK Israel |
| 1998 | Johannes Brodehl Alfred Drukker |
Germany Israel |
| 1999 | Rosanna Gusmano Theresa Wyscinsca Roy Meadow |
Italy Poland UK |
| 2000 | Michel Broyer Ernst Leumann Karel van Acker Maria Sieniawska |
France Switzerland Belgium Poland |
| 2001 | Renée Habib Cyril Chantler |
France UK |
| 2002 | Anita Aperia | Sweden |
| 2003 | Leo Monnens | Netherlands |
| 2004 | Juan Rodriguez Soriano | Spain |
| 2006 | Michael Dillon Maya Ignatova Jean-Pierre Guignard |
UK Russia Switzerland |
| 2007 | Marie-Claire Gubler Ira Greifer |
France USA |
| 2008 | Endre Sulyok | Hungary |
| 2009 | Willem Proesmans Fernando Coelho-Rosa |
Belgium Portugal |
| 2011 | Otto Mehls Ulla Berg |
Germany Sweden |
| 2012 | Chantal Loirat Jan Janda |
France Czech Republic |
| 2014 | Christer Holmberg Aysin Bakkaloglu |
Finland Turkey |
| 2015 | Matthias Brandis Raymond Donckerwolke |
Germany The Netherlands |
| 2017 | Alan Watson Jochen Ehrich |
UK Germany |
| 2018 | Patrick Niaudet Jean–Claude Davin |
France The Netherlands |
| 2020 | Rosanna Coppo Jane Tizard |
Italy UK |
| 2021 | Alberto Edefonti Ayfer Guer Guven Lesley Rees |
Italy Turkey UK |