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Felix Aigner<\/strong> – Universit\u00e4tsklinik Innsbruck, Innsbruck
Francis Delmonico<\/strong> – Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston
Ilias I.N. Doxiadis<\/strong> – Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden
Richard Fine<\/strong> – State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook
Phill Halloran<\/strong> – University of Alberta, Edmonton
Uwe Heemann<\/strong> – Department of Nephrology of the Technical University, Munich
B\u00e9la Iv\u00e1nyi<\/strong> – University of Szeged, Faculty of Medicine, Szeged
Stefan Janssens<\/strong> – Catholic University Leuven
Barry D. Kahan<\/strong> – The University of Texas, Houston
Ronald Kerman<\/strong> – The University of Texas, Houston
M\u00e1ty\u00e1s Kiss<\/strong> – Semmelweis University, Budapest
Walter Klepetko<\/strong> – Medical University of Vienna, Vienna
L\u00e1szl\u00f3 K\u00f3bori<\/strong> – Semmelweis University, Budapest
Gy\u00f6rgy Lang<\/strong> – Medical University of Vienna, Vienna
Gy\u00f6rgy Losonczy<\/strong> – Semmelweis University, Budapest
Bruno Meiser<\/strong> – Grosshadern University Hospital, Munich
B\u00e9la Merkely<\/strong> – Semmelweis University, Budapest
Ferdinand M\u00fchlbacher<\/strong> – University of Vienna, Vienna
Ferenc Perner<\/strong> – Semmelweis University, Budapest
Rutger J Ploeg<\/strong> – University of Oxford, Oxford
Gy\u00f6rgy Reusz<\/strong> – Semmelweis University, Budapest
David Sutherland<\/strong> – University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
G\u00e1bor Szab\u00f3<\/strong> – University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Marina Varga<\/strong> – Semmelweis University, Budapest
Ondrej Viklicky<\/strong> – Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague
Lutz Weber<\/strong> -Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich<\/h4>\n

Invited speakers at the Semmelweis Symposium<\/h2>\n

Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Felix Aigner<\/b><\/h3>\n

\"felix_aigner\"He is Professor of Surgery at the Department of Abdominal, Transplantation and Thoracic Surgery at the Medical University of Innsbruck. He is involved in several new research approaches. His main interest is the coloproctology and as a basic scientist the role of lipocalin-2 in ischemia\/reperfusion injury and acute rejection. He is a founder of the Eurasian Colorectal Technologies Association.<\/p>\n<\/h4>\n

Francis L. Delmonico, MD<\/h3>\n

\"Francis_L\"He is Professor of Surgery at the Harvard Medical School and Medical Director of the New England Organ Bank (NEOB). Since 2012 he is President-elect of the International Transplantation Society. He is in the Editorial Board of several international journals. He is the Co-Editor in Chief of the American Journal of Transplantation. He is Board Member of several national and international associations. He is the past President of OPTN (Organ Procurement and Transplant Network)\/UNOS (United Network for Organ Sharing). He is a consultant of WHO. He has authored numerous publications. He works also as mentor for young medical doctors and investigators from all over the world.<\/h4>\n

Ilias I.N. Doxiadis MD<\/h3>\n

\"Ilias_I.N\"He is Professor of Immunology, University Hospital of Essen, Essen Germany. He is the Managing Director of the Eurotransplant Reference Laboratory. He is the principal organizer of the Eurotransplant External Proficiency Testing Exercises for transplantation related immunological work He authored several international publications.
Richard Nisan Fine, MD<\/h4>\n

Richard Fine<\/h3>\n

\"Richard_Nisan\"He is a Professor of Pediatrics at the State University of New York Stony Brook, and since 2005 he is the Dean of the School of Medicine. He is the Vice President of the North American Pediatric Renal Transplant Cooperative Study. Until 2011 he was the President of the International Pediatric Transplant Association. He received several international awards. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Pediatric Transplantation Journal and member of the Editorial Board of 13 international journals.<\/h4>\n

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Philip F. Halloran, MD, PhD, FRCP (C), OC, FRSC<\/h3>\n

\"Philip_F\"He is a Professor, a principal investigator and coordinator in the Department of Medicine and Medical Microbiology & Immunology at the University of Alberta. He is a Visiting Professor at the Hammersmith teaching Hospital of the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. He is Board Member of more than 20 national and international, governmental and scientific societies. He received several scientific awards. He serves the Editorial Board of the most important journals in Transplantation and Surgery. He is the mentor of nearly hundred medical doctors and researchers from several countries all over the world.<\/h4>\n

Uwe Heemann MD, Dr.HC<\/h3>\n

\"Uwe_Heemann\"He is the Head Professor of the Nephrology Department at the Technical University Munich. He is a Past President of the German Transplantation Society. He is a Board Member of Eurotransplant and the President of the Renal Transplantation Advisory Board. He is a Honoris Causa Professor of the Semmelweis University. He is the mentor of numerous young Hungarian researchers.<\/h4>\n

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Ferenc Horkay MD, DSc<\/h3>\n

\"Ferenc_Horkay\"He is director of the Department of Heart Surgery at Semmelweis University. He is one of the leader and founder of the Hungarian heart transplant program. His areas of clinical and scientific interest are heart transplantation and the role of vasoactive peptides in different heart diseases. He is member of several national and international scientific associations. He published several scientific papers from the field of heart transplantation.<\/h4>\n

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B\u00e9la Iv\u00e1nyi MD, DSc<\/h3>\n

\"bela_iva\"He is Professor of Pathology at the University of Szeged, Szent-Gy\u00f6rgyi Albert Clinical Centre. He is the director of the Department of Pathology. He is member of several scientific committees. He published and wrote several scientific publication and book chapters. He is an international expert of renal and transplant pathology and histology.<\/h4>\n

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Stefan Janssens MD, PhD<\/h3>\n

\"Stefan_Janssens\"He is Professor at the Department of Cardiology at the University of Leuven and head of the Flemish Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology research laboratory. He is member of numerous Journals\u2019 Editorial Board. Ha was the Editor of the European Heart Journal between 2002 and 2008. He is a Member of Board in International Societies.<\/h4>\n

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Barry D. Kahan, MD, PhD, FACS<\/h3>\n

\"Barry\"He is Professor of Surgery at the Houston Texas Medical School and former Director of the Department for Immunology and Transplantation. He is a past President of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of Transplantation Proceedings and he is in the Editorial Board of several international journals. He is the Head of the Department of Immunological Research at the N.I.H. According to medical sciences, he belongs to the 100 mostly cited authors. The main topic of his interest and research is the investigation of immunosuppressive agents.<\/h4>\n

Ronald H. Kerman MD<\/h3>\n

\"Ronald\"He is Professor of Surgery at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He is the Head of the Immunlaboratory of the Abdominal Transplantation Center. He is a prominent and leader scientist on field of transplantation immunology.<\/h4>\n

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Walter Klepetko MD<\/h3>\n

\"Walter_Klepetko\"He is the Head Professor of the Department of Lung Surgery at the medical University of Vienna. He is the leader of the Lung Transplantation program in Vienna. He is Member of the Board in several national and international societies. He is in the Editorial Board of international journals. He is the head of the Department and the coordinator of the lung transplantation of Hungarian patients.<\/p>\n

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M\u00e1ty\u00e1s Kiss MD<\/h3>\n

\"matyas_kiss\"He is a resident of surgery and PhD student at Semmelweis University. He is a visiting researcher in United Kingdom. He is one of the founders of Clinical Anatomy Research Laboratory. His main scientific interest is to investigate the human liver anatomy and the blood supply of the upper part of the human gastrointestinal system.<\/h4>\n

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L\u00e1szl\u00f3 K\u00f3bori MD, PhD<\/h3>\n

\"kobori\"He is Vice-Director of the Department of Transplantation and Surgery at the Semmelweis University. He is president of the Hungarian Transplant Society. He is the leader of the Hungarian liver transplant program. He has several scientific papers. He is member of several national and international societies.<\/h4>\n

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Gy\u00f6rgy Lang MD, PhD<\/h3>\n

\"gyorgy_lang\"He is associate professor of the Department of Lung Surgery at the medical University of Vienna. He organized the collaboration for lung transplantation between Hungary and Vienna. He is leader of the Hungarian lung transplant program. He is member of several international scientific associations. He published several national and international papers from the field of lung transplantation.<\/h4>\n

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Gy\u00f6rgy Losonczy MD, DSc<\/h3>\n

\"gyorgy_Losonczy\"He is currently Director of the Department of Pulmonology at Semmelweis University. He is the program director of the PhD School for lung disease and pulmonology research. His areas of clinical and scientific interest are transplant and tumor-immunology, asthma and non-invasive ventilation. He is committee member of several national and international scientific organizations. He published several scientific papers and book chapters.<\/h4>\n

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Bruno Meiser MD<\/h3>\n

\"bruno_meiser\"He is the President of Eurotransplant. He is Professor at the Department of Cardiac Transplantation\/Experimental Cardiac Surgery at the Center of Cardiac Surgery at the University of Munich. He is the leader of the Cardiac Transplantation Program.<\/h4>\n

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B\u00e9la Merkely MD, DSc<\/h3>\n

\"bela_mer\"He is currently Director and Professor of the Heart Center of Semmelweis University, chairman of the Cardiology Graduate Education. His areas of clinical expertise are cardiac electrophysiology, device therapy and interventional cardiology. In addition to his chairmanship and active participation in graduate and postgraduate cardiology education, he is the program director of the PhD School for cardiovascular research. He is the chief editor of the Hungarian Journal of Physician Education and an editorial board member of several international journals.<\/h4>\n

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Ferdinand M\u00fchlbacher MD, PhD<\/h3>\n

\"Ferdinand_Mahlbacher_PhD\"He is the Head Professor at the Department of Surgery and Transplantation at the University of Vienna. He is a Past President of the European Society of Organ Transplantation. He is a Board Member of several international professional societies. He received national and international awards. He is a honorary member of the Hungarian Society of Surgery. He is a past Vice-President of Eurotransplant. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Transplantation International Journal. He is an advocate of the Hungarian transplant surgery.<\/h4>\n

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Ferenc Perner MD, DSc<\/h3>\n

\"Ferenc_Perner\"He is Professor Emeritus and former Director of the Department of Transplantation and Surgery at Semmelweis University. He is a founder of the organ transplant program in Hungary. He performed the first liver transplantation in Hungary. He is member of several national and international scientific committees and advisory boards.<\/h4>\n

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Rutger J. Ploeg, MD, PhD, FRCS<\/h3>\n

\"Rutger\"He is Professor of Transplant Biology and Director of Clinical & Translational Research Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences University of Oxford. Moreover he is consultant surgeon at the Oxford Transplant Centre & NHS Trust. Until 2011 he was the President of the European Society of Organ Transplantation (ESOT). He is the Head Professor of the Department of Abdominal and Transplant Surgery at the medical University of Groningen.<\/h4>\n

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David E.R. Sutherland, MD, PhD<\/h3>\n

\"david_er\"He is Professor of Surgery at the University of Minnesota, until 2009 he was the Head of the Transplantation Department. He is the Director of the Schulze Diabetes Institute.
He has been awarded and prized more than 40 times. He is a leading figure of pancreas and beta cell transplantation. He serves the Editorial Board of eleven international journals. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Clinical Transplantation Journal.<\/h4>\n

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G\u00e1bor Szab\u00f3 MD, PhD<\/h3>\n

\"gabor_szabo\"He received a Doctor of Medicine degree at the Semmelweis University. He is the head of the Department of Experimental Cardiac Surgery and Professor at the Department of Cardiac Surgery. He received several international awards.<\/h4>\n

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Marina Varga MD, PhD<\/h3>\n

\"Marina_Varga\"She is head and founder of the Microbiological Laboratory at the Depatment of Transplantation and Surgery, Semmelweis University. She is a national and international expert on the field of posttransplant viral infections. She is member of several scientific societies. She has several national and international scientific publications.<\/h4>\n

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Ondrej Viklicky MD, PhD<\/h3>\n

\"Ondrej\"He is Professor of Internal Medicine at the Charles University in Prague. He is the Head of the Department of Nephrology, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine in Prague and of the Transplant Laboratory. He is in the Control Committee of the Czech Transplant Society. He received several national and international awards.<\/h4>\n

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Lutz Thorsten Weber MD<\/h3>\n

\"Lutz_Thorsten_Weber\"He is the Head of the Department of Pediatric Nephrology and Transplantation at the University of Munich. He is the Editor of \u201cMonatsschrift Kinderheilkunde\u201d and the Journal of Pediatric Biochemistry. He serves in the Editorial Board of several international journals. He received numerous scientific awards.<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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