Coenraad Hemker#
| Membership Number: | 909 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 1990 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.coenhemker.nl |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1995 - 2005 Affiliate professor of Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical School, New York
- Since 1999 Director Synapse Research Lab.
- 1988 - 1999 Professor of Biochemistry, Maastricht
- 1985 - 1988 Professor Paris V, VI, Collège de France
- 1982 - 1985 Rector Magnificus Maastricht
- 1975 - 1982 Professor of Biochemistry, Maastricht
- 1968 - 1975 Professor of Experimental Cardiology Leyden
- 1962 - 1968 Associate Professor Internal Medicine, Leyden
- 1962 Ph. D in Biochemistry, Univ. of Amsterdam
- 1959 MD University of Amsterdam
Fields of Scholarship
- Haemostasis
- Thrombosis
- Blood coagulation
- Thrombin
- Thrombin generation
- Anticoagulant therapy
Honours and Awards
- 1967 Prix Européen Ganassini (Milano, Italy)
- 1985 Ernst Jung Price (Hamburg, Germany)
- 1987 Commandeur de l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques (France)
- 1987 Member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
- 1990 Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur (France)
- 1991 Honorary member of the Royal Flemisch Academy of Medicine
- 1996 Honorary Doctorate Xi'An Medical Faculty, China
- 2000 Knight of the order of "De Nederlandse Leeuw" (The Netherlands)
- 2001 Foreign member of the "Académie Nationale de Médecine" (France)
