Béla Merkely#


Béla Merkely
Membership Number:6028
Membership type:ORDINARY
Section:CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE
Elected:2022
Main Country of Residence:HUNGARY
Homepage(s):https://semmelweis.hu/english/
ORCID:0000-0001-6514-0723




Present and Previous Positions
  • 2019 Chairman, Sports Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University
  • 2018 Rector, Semmelweis University
  • 2012 Director and Chair, Semmelweis University Heart and Vascular Center
  • 2013 Professor, Pázmány Péter Catholic University
  • 2011 President, Cardiology Council of Professional College
  • 2009 Head of the Departmental Group – Department of Cardiology and Vascular Neurology Departmental Group, Semmelweis University
  • 2008 Professor of Medicine – Semmelweis University
  • 2007 Director and Chair – Semmelweis University Heart Center

Fields of Scholarship
  • Non-pharmacological treatment of heart failure
  • Experimental and clinical investigations of the mechanisms of arrhythmias
  • Invasive and noninvasive imaging in heart failure
  • Endogen vasoactive arrhythmogenic factors
  • Arrhythmias and acute coronary syndromes
  • New techniques in interventional cardiology
  • Sport cardiology, cardiac remodeling of elite athletes

Honours and Awards
  • 2021 Lions Fair Play Award, for his decade-long participation in goodwill services
  • 2021 Széchenyi Prize, recognizing the outstanding contribution to the academic life in Hungary
  • 2021 Man of the Year 2020, award of the “Figyelő” business weekly
  • 2018 ESC Silver Medal
  • 2017 Honorary President of the Hungarian Society of Cardiology
  • 2016 Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary, Commander Cross
  • 2015 Dénes Gábor Award (Novofer Foundation)
  • 2014 Gold Medal of Hungarian Society of Cardiology
  • 2013 Honorary citizen of Budapest
  • 2013 Medal of Honor (People's Friendship University of Russia)
  • 2012 Elite Reviewer of the Europace Journal
  • 2011 Semmelweis University Heart Center – “FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence”
  • 2011 Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary, Officer’s Cross
  • 2011 Markusovszky Award, Hungarian Medical Journal
  • 2009 Nivou Prize of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
  • 2008 Ernő Jendrassik Award
  • 2007 Master Tutor Gold Medal – Award of the National Scientific Student’s Organization
  • 2006 Pro Civitate Sana Award
  • 2004 Bolyai Award of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
  • 2002 Semmelweis University, Tutor Award of the Scientific Student’s Organization
  • 1999 10th World Congress of Electrophysiology, International Virchow Award 1st prize

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