The university may confer the Honorary Doctor title upon Hungarian and international persons. The honorary title can be awarded based on internationally recognized scientific work and activities benefiting the university in disciplines that Semmelweis University is entitled to grant a PhD degree.
Honorary Doctors of Semmelweis University
2024
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Dr. András Khoor
Dr. Tünde Pető
Dr. Tienush Rassaf
Dr. Claus Peter Schmitt
Dr. Ajay Singh
Dr. Antonio Toscano
Dr. Masashi Yoshida
Dr. Francesco Guido Mangano
Dr. Walter Renne
Dr. Scott R. Woolley
2023
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Dr. Ralf Konrad Bergmann
Dr. Robert Hatala
Dr. Gerd Heusch
Dr. Hendrik Scholl
Dr. Martin Werner
Dr. Kaan Orhan
Dr. Dimitrios Lamprou
2022
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Dr. Thomas Allison
Dr. Marc Dewey
Dr. Peter Falkai
Dr. Henk Granzier
Dr. Alan Lumsden
Dr. Marc Alan Pfeffer
Dr. Bruno Podesser
Dr. László Záborszky
Dr. Rade D. Paravina
Dr. Franz Weidinger
2020 and 2021
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Dr. Stefan Anker
Dr. Gary Francis Baxter
Dr. Carlos José Bustamante
Dr. Gerasimos Filippatos
Dr. Jude Fitzgibbon
Dr. Hans Henkes
Dr. Udo Hoffmann
Dr. Mariann Pávóné-Gyöngyösi
Dr. Shahrokh François Shariat
Dr. Ondrej Viklicky
Dr. Hans Henri Marcel Paul Kluge
Dr. Markó-Varga György
Dr. Andrea Olschewski
2019
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Dr. Michel Komajda
Dr. Jeroen Bax
Dr. Derek John Hausenloy
Dr. Pancras Hogendoorn
Dr. Rosalinda Madonna
Dr. Peter Schirmacher
Dr. Stefan Mühlebach
Dr. István Tóth
2018
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Dr. Piotr L. Chlosta (Poland)
Dr. Daan J. A. Crommelin (the Netherlands)
Dr. Stefan Offermanns (Germany)
Dr. Olavi Pelkonen (Finland)
Dr. Miklós Sahin-Tóth (USA)
Dr. Scott David Solomon (USA)
Dr. Maria Antonietta Stazi (Italy)
Dr. Jianguang Xu (China)
2017
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Dr. Christine Baylis (USA)
Dr. Mikael Björnstedt (Sweden)
Dr. Gerhard Hindricks (Germany)
Dr. Keiichi Maruyama (Japan)
Dr. George Kunos (USA)
Dr. Rainer Schulz (Germany)
Dr. Josef Smolen (Austria)
Dr. Clive G. Wilson (United Kingdom)
2016
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Dr. Bögre László
Dr. Walter Klepetko
Dr. Lajos Okolicsányi
Dr. Josep Figueras
Dr. Henning H. Blume
Dr. Gábor J. Tigyi
2015
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Dr. Leena Karina Bruckner-Tuderman
Dr. Pál Pacher
Dr. Fausto J. Pinto
Dr. Shigeru Saito
Dr. Stephan Züchner
Dr. A. Attila Hincal
Dr. Panos Macheras
Dr. György Kálmán Sándor
2014
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Dr. Herbert Ehringer (Austria)
Dr. Péter Gloviczki (USA)
Dr. René Sylvain Kahn (the Netherlands)
Dr. Richard M. Satava (USA)
2013
Tibor Juhász (USA)
Gerhard M. Kostner (Austria)
Peter G. Medveczky (USA)
Arthur J. Moss (USA)
Marie T. O’Toole (USA)
Peep Veski (Estonia)
Paul G. M. Luiten (the Netherlands)
2012
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Pierre Corvol (France)
George Berci (USA)
Axel Ullrich (Germany)
Imre G. Csizmadia (Canada)
Árpád Gyéresi (Romania)
Vinod P. Shah (India)
Joseph Kutzin (Switzerland)
Jozef Corveleyn (Belgium)
Jürgen Michael Steinacker (Germany)
2011
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Péter Ferenczi (Austria)
Dirk Pickuth (Germany)
Andrzej Wiecek (Poland)
Renato V. Iozzo (USA)
Örs Nagy (Romania)
István Bocskai (Romania)
James S. Skinner (USA)
2010
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Roger Y. Tsien (USA)
Masaki Kitajima (Japan)
Hartmut P.H Neumann (Germany)
István Boldogh (USA)
Constantin Copotoiu (Romania)
2009
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Maynard R. Case (England)
Christopher R. Chapple (England)
László Endrényi (Canada)
Zsuzsanna Fábry (Hungary– USA)
Bruno Grandi (Italy)
Jerzy Kosiewicz (Poland)
Karl-Heinz Kuck (Germany)
Peter Malfertheiner (Germany)
Franco Mantero (Italy)
Éva Mezey (Hungary – USA)
Georg Petroianu (Germany – USA)
Péter Tamás Sótonyi (Hungary)
2008
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Olaf Bodamer (Austria)
Péter Pál Bucsky (Germany)
Kelvin Davies (USA)
Gabor Kaley (USA)
Anton Sculean (the Netherlands)
2007
John Raymond Garrett (England)
Michael Landthaler (Germany)
Kamal K. Midha (Canada)
Gertrud Pfister (Denmark)
Roberto Romero (USA)
Heinz Schilcher (Germany)
Jörg Schubert (Germany)
Clemens Sorg (Austria)
2006
Uwe Wilhelm Joseph Heemann (Germany)
Philippe Morel (Switzerland)
Rolf Christian Gaillard (Switzerland)
Mátyás Sándor (USA)
Hideki Ohno (Japan)
2005
Vilmos Vécsei (Austria)
Louis Ignarro (USA)
Gyöngyi Szabó (USA)
Heinrich Schmidt-Gayk (Germany)
Jos Hendrik Willem Hoogmartens (Belgium)
Cynthia K. Larive (USA)
Tibor Hortobágyi (USA)
Vladimir Brusic (Australia)
2004
Stephen Katz (USA)
Sebastian G.B. Amyes (England)
Sir George Radda (England)
Michael Marberger (Austria)
István Seri (USA)
Peter Gängler (Germany)
Hänninen, Osmo (Finland)
Albert William Taylor (USA)
Barry D. Kahan (USA)
2003
Thomas E. Andreoli (USA)
Michael Georgieff (Germany)
László Víg (Hungary)
György Gosztonyi (Germany)
Martin Black (England)
Helmut Hahn (Germany)
Thomas Detre (USA)
Carl Hermann Lücking (Germany)
David B. Ferguson (England)
Marteen J.H. Slooff (the Netherlands)
2002
Jacques Rogge (Belgium, Switzerland)
Sataro Goto (Japan)
Matthias Brandis (Germany)
John Holloszy (USA)
János Alpár (USA)
Denys Wheatley (England)
Angelo Benedetti (Italy)
Ferenc Jolesz (USA)
Tatsuo Nagai (Japan)
2001
Pekka Juhani Saukko (Finland)
Leo M. Sreebny (USA)
N. Joan Abbott (England)
Christopher Squier (USA)
Ádám Tegzess (the Netherlands)
Gottfried Heinisch (Austria)
Herbert Rübben (Germany)
Han C.G. Kemper (the Netherlands)
2000
Allen Cowley (USA)
Péter Illés (Germany)
Iván Kiss (Germany)
Ryszard Jerzy Gryglewski (Poland)
Emmanuel van Praagh (France)
Claes B. Wollheim (Switzerland)
Gottfried O.H. Naumann, (Germany)
Gabriel P. Haas (USA)
Gerd Schmitz (Germany)
Elemér Zsigmond (USA)
1999
Per Olof Åstrand (Sweden)
Luis Gabriel Navar (USA)
Nikolaus Freudenberg (Germany)
Stefan Pollak (Germany)
Tamás Hacki (Germany)
Norbert Schwenzer (Germany)
Thomas D. Kerényi (USA)
Georg Stingl (Austria)
Thomas Michael Krieg (Germany)
Michael Wahl (Germany)
Juhani Leppäluoto (Finland)
Klaus Wolff (Austria)
H.E. Kéba Mbaye (Senegal)
1998
Bernd Brinkmann (Germany)
Barbara H. Heawth-Roll (USA)
Frank A. Chervenak (USA)
Asim Kurjak (Croatia)
J. E. Lindsay Carter (USA, New Zealand)
Ferenc Robicsek (USA)
George Eisen (USA)
Werner Schmidt (Germany)
André Haynal (Switzerland)
Michael S. Yuhasz (Canada)
1997
Theodor Hellbrügge (Germany)
Hans-Günter Sonntag (Germany)
Thomas Kenner (Austria)
Moussa B.H. Youdim (Israel)
Edward R. Perl (USA)
1996
Károly Balogh (USA)
Thomas Rabe (Germany)
Horst Cotta (Germany)
Eberhard Ritz (Germany)
Viktor E. Frankl (Austria)
Heikki Ruskoaho (Finland)
John A. Hobkirk (England)
Thomas Schiff (USA)
Dieter Ernst Lange (Germany)
Volkmar Schneider (Germany)
1995
Takao Yamauro (Japan)
H. W. Wouters (the Netherlands)
1994
Robert N. Aeborsold (USA)
Ursula Lachnit-Fixon (Germany)
Carmelo Bosco (Italy)
Joachim Mester (Germany)
Milan Chalabala (Szlovakia)
Felix Unger (Austria)
Ulrich Joos (Germany)
Isaac van der Wald (the Netherlands)
Sergio Ferri (Italy)
1993
György Ács (USA)
László Iffy (USA)
Marcel Hebbelinck (Belgium)
1992
Paavo V. Komi (Finland)
Merton Sandler (England)
Primo Nebiolo (Italy)
Hans Weidinger (Germany)
William D. Ross (Canada)
1991
Friedrich Wilhelm Ahnefeld (Germany)
László Róbert (France)
A. Endre Balázs (USA)
Benno Runnebaum (Germany)
Herbert Braunsteiner (Austria)
Charles D. Spielberger, (USA)
Heitaroh Iwata (Japan)
1990
Kenneth H. Cooper (USA)
Yoshinori Nozawa (Japan)
Walter Künzel (Germany)
Herbert Oelschläger (Germany)
Jerzy Maj (Poland)
Martin Reivich (USA)
1989
Douve D. Breimer (the Netherlands)
Joao Havelange (Brazil)
1988
László Ernster (Sweden)
Jan Solich (Czechoslovakia)
Dieter Schlegel (Germany)
Emeric Szilágyi (USA)
Thomas P. Singer (USA)
George B. Udvarhelyi (USA)
1987
John Gergely (USA)
Juan Antonio Samaranch (Spain)
Halfdan I. Mahler (Denmark)
Shogo Sasaki (Japan)
Ludwig Mecklinger (Germany)
F. Gotthard Schettler (Germany)
János Pálfai (Hungary)
1986
Hans Altmann (Austria)
Mithropan Studenikin (Soviet Union)
Hansjürgen Matthies (Germany)
1985
Vladimir Agajevec (Soviet Union)
Gerhard Lukas (Germany)
Endre Burka (Hungary)
Jens J. Pintborg (Denmark)
Armand Hammer (USA)
Klaus Thurau (Germany)
Zbigniew Krawczyk (Poland)
1984
Walter Birkmayer (Austria)
Arje Scheinen (Finland)
1983
Philip Gerald Mechanick (USA)
Viking Olov Björk (Sweden)
1982
George Weder (USA)
1981
Jenő Koltai (Hungary)
Kleantis Paleologos (Greece)
Ottó Szymiczek (Greece)
1980
N.N. Blohin (Soviet Union)
1978
Uktam Aripov (Soviet Union)
1976
Britton Chance (USA)
Leonid Semionovich Persianilov (Soviet Union)
Tadeus Krwawicz (Poland)
Vasil Vasilievich Zakusov (Soviet Union)
1972
Marcelino G.Candau (Switzerland)
1969
Piotr Kuzmich Anochin (Soviet Union)
Assen Hadjioloff (Bulgaria)
György Békéssy (USA)
Vasily Vasilievich Parin (Soviet Union)
Daniel Bovet (Italy)
Stefan Milcu (Romania)
Karl Fellinger (Austria)
Samuel Rapaport (Germany)
Jules Francois (Belgium)
Piotr Grigorevich Sergiev (Soviet Union)
1967
Boris Vasilievich Petrovsky (Soviet Union)
Honorary doctors of the Medical Faculty*
*Semmelweis University’s history started 250 years ago in 1769, when a medical faculty was added to the classic university of Hungary. Semmelweis University is the legal successor of Medical Faculty since 1950.
1942/43
Károly Szendy, mayor of Budapest
1935/36
Ferdinand-Jean Darier, president of the French Society of Dermatology
Anton Freiherr von Eiselsberg, professor, Vienna
Karl Albert Ludwig Aschoff, professor, Freiburg
August Krogh, professor, Copenhagen
Granville Harrison Ross, Yale University professor
Charles Scott Sherrington, Oxford University professor
Frederick Gowland Hopkins, professor, Cambridge
Gustave Roussy, professor, Paris
1934/35
Jenő Sipőcz, mayor of Budapest
1930/31
Harvey Williams Cushing, Harvard University professor, Cambridge
1928/29
Friedrich Schmidt-Ott, Prussian minister of state
1914/15
Otto Karl von Schjerning, professor, Berlin
1911/12
Heinrich Wilhelm Waldeyer, professor, Berlin; on the occasion of his doctor’s jubilee
1909/10
Albert Apponyi, minister of Culture; on the occasion of the 16th International Medical Congress held in Budapest
1899/1900
Tivadar Duka, retired surgeon-colonel of the Royal British Bengal Army; on the occasion of his 50th year of operation
1895/96
Tivadar Károly, Bavarian prince
John Shaw Billings, professor, Philadelphia
Rudolf Virchow, professor, Berlin
Joseph Lister, professor, London
Adolf Anders Retzius, professor, Stockholm
Guido Bacelli, professor, Rome
Pierre-Paul-Émile Roux, professor, Paris
Károly Than, professor, Budapest