Egon Richard Diczfalusy#

Prof. em. Egon Diczfalusy, MD, PhD, DSc (hon.) dr.h.c.(mult.), FRCOG (ad eundem), FACOG (hon.) FAGOS (hon.) received his first MD degree “summa cum laude” from the University of Szeged, Hungary, in 1944; he moved to Sweden in 1946 and became a Swedish citizen in 1950. He obtained a PhD degree at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, in 1953 and a Swedish MD degree in 1958 .

He was Director of the Hormone Laboratory at the Karolinska Hospital between 1948 and 1967, Professor and Director of the Reproductive Endocrinology Research Unit of the Swedish Medical Research Council between 1967 and 1981 and Professor and Head of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology at the Karolinska Institute between 1981 and 1986. He retired by the end of 1986.

Professor Diczfalusy´s research contributions have been described in some 630 publications. They deal with various areas of obstetrical and gynaecological endocrinology (e.g. the establishment of the concept of the human foeto-placental unit, the hormonal regulation of ovarian and testicular steroidogenesis and the mechanism of action of steroidal and other contraceptives ) , reproductive health and healthy ageing. Some 150 research fellows from 44 countries have been trained under his supervision.

Professor Diczfalusy was Consultant to the Ford Foundation´s Population Program (1962 - 1978), to the World Health Organization´s Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (1972 - 1984) and Senior Consultant to the latter (1984 – 1996). He was Consultant to the Rockefeller Foundations´s Population Division ( 1995 – 2004), Honorary Senior Advisor to the World Health Organization´s Ageing and Health Programme and Honorary Consultant to the National Research Institute for Family Planning, Beijing and to the Jiangsu Institute of Family Planning, Nanjing. He was a Member of the World Health Organization´s Expert Advisory Panel on Human Reproduction (1972 – 2007 ) and of FIGO´s Expert Advisory Panel on Ageing/Postmenopause since 1997.

Professor Diczfalusy is the recipient of various awards and honours (Doctor honoris causa ( at 6 Universities), Honorary member of Academies and of National Societies of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and/or Endocrinology) from 24 countries and the recipient of Special Awards from 8 International Organizations. He is also a Prince Mahidol Awardee (1995) and the recipient of the Bertarelli Foundation Award in Reproductive Health (2001).

Curriculum Vitae

Professor Egon Richard Diczfalusy, MD (Szeged), PhD (Stockholm),MD (Stockholm), DSc.Hon.(Edinburgh ), FRCOG (ad eundem), FACOG (Hon), FASOG (Hon)

• Born on September 19, 1920, (Miskolc, Hungary)
• Studied at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Hungary and obtained an MD degree “summa cum laude” in September 1944.
• Moved to Sweden in 1946. Swedish citizen since 1950.
• Obtained a PhD degree at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm in 1953 and an MD degree in 1958.
• Associate Professor of Experimental Endocrinology at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm (1953 - 1967).
• Professor of Reproductive Endocrinology and Director of the Reproductive Endocrinology Research Unit of the Swedish Medical Research Council (1967 -1981).
• Professor of Reproductive Endocrinology and Director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, Karolinska Institutet (1981 - 1986).
• Professor emeritus since 1987.
• Honorary Professor and External Examiner, the University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia (1988)
• The first S. Shan Ratnam Visiting Professor in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the National University of Singapore, Singapore (2000)
• Honorary Professor Emeritus, Universidad San Francisco, Quito, Ecuador (2002)
• Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia (2008).

DEGREES

• 1944 MD (University of Szeged, Hungary)
• 1953 PhD (Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden)
• 1958 MD (Stockholm, Sweden)
• 1984 Honorary Consultant (Jiangsu Institute of Family Planning, Nanjing, People´s Republic of China)
• 1987 Doctor of Medicine, Honoris Causa (Albert Szent-Györgyi, Medical University, Szeged, Hungary)
• 1989 Honorary Consultant (National Research Institute for Family Planning, Beijing, People´s Republic of China)
• 1994 Doctor Honoris Causa (Timisoara University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania)
• 1994 The Golden Diploma of Medicine (Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical University, Szeged, Hungary)
• 1996 Doctor Honoris Causa (Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
• 1998 Doctor of Sciences Honoris Causa (University of Edinburgh, Scotland)
• 2003 Honorary Medicine Doktor,/ Jubeldoktor / ( Kungl. Karolinska Mediko-Kirurgiska Institutet, Stockholm)
• 2009 Doctor Honoris Causa (University of Oradea, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Oradea, Romania

POSITIONS HELD

• 1942 - 1946 Research Assistant, Department of Pathology and Bacteriology (Dir.Prof.G.Ivánovics), Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged
• 1946 - 1947 Research Assistant, Institute for Organic Chemical Research (Dir.Prof.H.v.Euler), University of Stockholm.
• 1947 - 1948 Research Assistant, Hormone Laboratory, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Dir.Prof.A.Westman) Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm
• 1948 - 1967 Head, Hormone Laboratory, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Dir.Prof.A.Westman), Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm
• 1967 - 1981 Professor and Head, Reproductive Endocrinology Research Unit of the Swedish Medical Research Council at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
• 1981 - 1986 Professor and Head, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
• 1987 - Professor emeritus, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
• 1962 - 1978 Consultant, Population Program, The Ford Foundation, New York
• 1970 - 1984 Director, World Health Organization, Collaborating Centre for Research and Research Training in Human Reproduction, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
• 1972 - 2008 Member, World Health Organization Expert Advisory Panel on Human Reproduction
• 1972 - 1984 Consultant, World Health Organization, Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction
• 1984 - 1996 Senior Consultant, World Health Organization, Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction
• 1995 - 2002 Consultant, Population Sciences Division, The Rockefeller Foundation, New York
• 1997 - Member, FIGO Expert Advisory Panel on Ageing / Post-menopause
• 1998 - 2007 Honorary Senior Advisor, World Health Organization, Ageing and Health Programme.

HONORARY FELLOWSHIPS AND POSITIONS

• 1974 President: IV International Congress on Hormonal Steroids, Mexico City, Mexico
• 1976 Honorary Fellow: The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), New York, N.Y.
• 1985 Fellow ad eundem: The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), London, United Kingdom
• 1986 Honorary President: VII International Congress on Hormonal Steroids, Madrid, Spain.
• 1987 Member: Academia Europaea, Cambridge
• 1988 Honorary Professor and External Examiner: The University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
• 1990 Honorary Life Member: The Society for Advancement of Contraception, Manchester, United Kingdom
• 1992 Honorary Fellow: The American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society (AGOS), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
• 1995 Fellow: The World Academy of Art and Science, Minneapolis, USA
• 1995 Honorary Member: The Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences, Bucuresti, Romania
• 1997 President: International Workshop on Hormone Replacement in the Ageing Male, Weimar, Germany.
• 1997 Honorary President: The International Society for the Study of the Aging Male, Carnforth, Lancs, U.K.
• 1998 Honorary President: First World Congress on the Aging Male, Geneva, Switzerland
• 1998 External Member: The Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
• 1999 Honorary Life Member, Indian Society for the Study of Reproduction and Fertility
• 1999 President: Second International Workshop on the Aging Male, Weimar, Germany
• 2000 Honorary President: Second World Congress on the Aging Male, Geneva, Switzerland
• 2002 Honorary President: Third World Congress on the Aging Male, Berlin, Germany
• 2004 Honorary President: The Fourth World Congress on the Aging Male, Prague, Czech Republic
• 2006 Honorary President: The Fifth World Congress on the Aging Male, Salzburg, Austria
• 2007 Honorary President, Symposia Partisco-Romana, Szeged - Rome, Hungary and Italy
• 2009 Honorary Fellow of the Serbian Society of Obstretics and Gynecology, Beograd, Serbia

HONORARY MEMBER OF THE FOLLOWING SOCIETIES:

• Association Medica Argentina
• Société Royal Belge de Gynécologie et d´0bstétrique, Bruxelles.
• La Sociedad Chilena de Obstetricia y Ginecologia, Santiago, Chile.
• Sociedad Ecuatoriana de Ginecologia y Obstetricia, Quito, Ecuador.
• La Società Italiana di Ostetricia e Ginecologia, Roma, Italy.
• Sociedad Peruana de Endocrinologia, Lima, Peru.
• Sociedade de Ginecologia e Obstetricia do Brazil, Rio de Janeiro.
• La Sociedad Mexicana de Nutrición y Endocrinologia, Mexico, D.F.(miembro honorario estranjero)
• Die Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Obstetrik und Gynäkologie, Bern, Switzerland
• The Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society, Montreal, Canada
• The Hungarian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Budapest.
• The Hungarian Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Budapest, Hungary
• The European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), Bruxelles, Belgium
• The Society for the Advancement of Contraception, Manchester, U.K.
• The Romanian Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Timisoara, Romania
• The Indian Society for the Study of Reproduction and Fertility, New Delhi, India
• The Obstetrical Society of Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) USA.
• The Pacific Coast Fertility Society, Los Angeles, Calif. USA.
• Union Professionelle Internationale des Gynécologues et Obstétriciens (UPIGO), Luxembourg.
• La Sociedad Vallecuana de Obstetricia y Ginecologia, Cali, Colombia
• La Sociedad Mexicana de Nutrición y Endocrinología A.C., Mexico (socio honorario, 1997).
• The International Society for the Study of the Aging Male (ISSAM)(2006)

FOREIGN CORRESPONDING MEMBER

• The Royal Society of Medicine, London, UK. (Affiliate)
• Die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Endokrinologie, Heidelberg, Germany.
• Sociedad Cubana de Obstetricia y Ginecologia, La Habana, Cuba.
• Sociedad Cubana de Endocrinologia y Enfermedades Metabolicas, La Habana, Cuba

HONOURS

• 1970 The Ruth Gray Medal, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill. USA
• 1976 The Gold Medal of the Barren Foundation, Chicago, Ill. USA
• 1976 The Medal of the American Gynecological Society, New York
• 1978 The Sir Henry Dale Medal of the Society of Endocrinology, London
• 1978 Prix d´Honneur (Hors Concours).The Medal of the Académie Internationale de Lutèce, Paris, France
• 1979 The J.C.Roussel Medal of the “Tables rondes, Roussel Uclaf” to the members of the scientific Committee, on the 10th anniversary Paris, France.
• 1981 The Award of the Korean Society of Fertility and Sterility, Seoul, Republic of Korea
• 1982 Award of the Shanta S.Rao Memorial Oration Trust, Institute for Research in Reproduction, Bombay, India
• 1983 The Medal of the Central Drug Research Institute for delivering the A.B.Kar Memorial Oration, Lucknow, India
• 1985 The Semmelweis Medal of the Hungarian Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
• 1985 The Ferenc Szontágh Medal of the University of Szeged, Hungary.
• 1985 The Medal of the King Edward Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan.
• 1986 Acknowledgement of faithful services, Kingdom of Sweden (“För nit och redlighet i Rikets tjänst”)
• 1987 The Giulio Andreotti Medal of the Fiuggi Foundation, Rome, Italy
• 1988 The Award of the Doerenkamp-Zbinden Foundation, Chur, Switzerland
• 1988 The Special Distinction of the Institute of Health Research, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, for initiating human reproduction research in Thailand
• 1990 The Sir James Simpson Award of the University of Edinburgh, Scotland
• 1990 The Medal of the Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical University, Szeged, Hungary
• 1991 The Pro Universitate Medal of the Medical University of Debrecen, Hungary
• 1991 The Distinguished Scientist Award of the American Fertility Society, Orlando, Florida, USA
• 1993 The King Rama VIII Medal of the Medical Faculty, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
• 1993 The Albert Szent-Györgyi Commemorative Medal of the Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical University, Szeged, Hungary
• 1994 The Medal of the Romanian Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Timisoara, Romania
• 1994 The King Rama V. Gold Medal of the Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
• 1994 The Medal of the Obstetrical Society of Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, USA
• 1994 The Gregory Pincus Award, Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, USA
• 1994 The Medal of the Indian Society for the Study of Reproduction and Fertility, New Delhi, India
• 1995 The Special Award of the WHO-CCR in Szeged, Hungary on the occasion of his 75th birthday.
• 1995 The Special Award on Population, World Academy of Art and Science, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
• 1995 The Prince Mahidol Award, Bangkok, Thailand.
• 1996 The special case given by the Prime Minister of Thailand, Mr. B. Silpa-Archa, on the occasion of receiving the Prince Mahidol Award, Bangkok, Thailand.
• 1996 The Buckle of the Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, “presented to Dr. Egon Diczfalusy in honor of his conferment of the 1995 Prince Mahidol Award for Medical Science and in recognition of his significant contributions to the field of medical science and his service to humanity. Prof.Athasit Vejjajiva, President of Mahidol University”
• 1996 The plate of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University: “Congratulation on receiving the Prince Mahidol Award to Professor Egon Diczfalusy, January 31st 1996”.
• 1996 Lecture Award of the Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, on the occasion of receiving the Prince Mahidol Award on 30 January 1996, Bangkok, Thailand.
• 1996 The Centennial Medal of the Hungarian Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Budapest, Hungary.
• 1996 The Certificate of Appreciation of the Director General of the World Health Organization for special contributions to the UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction over the period 1971 - 1996, Geneva, Switzerland.
• 1997 The Honorable Guest Lecture Award of the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
• 1997 The FIGO “Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Contribution to the Promotion of Women´s Health” given on the occasion of the XV World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 3-8 August 1997, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• 1997 The IFFS - FIGO ” Certificate of Honour” for delivering the Hubert De Watteville Memorial Lecture on the occasion of the XVth FIGO World Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 1997.
• 1997 The Award of the Mexican Society of Nutrition an Endocrinology for delivering a plenary lecture at the XIV PanAmerican Congress of Endocrinology ,Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
• 2000 The Commemorative Árvay Medal of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Debrecen , Hungary.
• 2000 The CELSAM (El Centro Latinoamericano Salud y Mujer) "Recognition for scientific research in the field of contraception", Buenos Aires, Argentina, 10 November 2000.
• 2001 The 1901 -2001 Centenary Medal of Gedeon Richter Ltd. Budapest, Hungary for delivering a keynote lecture at its Centenary Scientific Meeting, Budapest, Hungary.
• 2001 The BERTARELLI FOUNDATION Award in Reproductive Health, Lausanne, Switzerland, 3 July, 2001

SPECIAL MARKS OF DISTINCTION

• 1976 The Nagarjuna Plaque of the Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India, on the occasion of its 25th anniversary Symposium
• 1978 The Memorial Plate of the 5th International Congress on Steroids for delivering the Gregory Pincus Memorial Oration, New Delhi
• 1986 The Plaque of the Institute of Health Research, Medical Faculty, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
• 1987 The Plaque of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical Faculty, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
• 1988 The Plaque of the Indonesian National Family Planning Coordinating Board (BKKBN), Jakarta, Indonesia
• 1988 The Plaque of the Faculty of Medicine, Diponegro University, Semarang, Indonesia
• 1990 The Plaque of the Society for the Advancement of Contraception (SAC), Manchester, UK with lifetime membership
• 1991 The case given by the XIIIth Asian and Oceanic Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Bangkok, Thailand for delivering a Plenary Lecture
• 1992 The Plaque of the Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
• 1992 The Plaque of the Royal Institute of Thailand, Bangkok,
• 1997 The Commemorative plate of the50th anniversary of Chulalongkorn University, Faculty of Medicine
• 1998 The Plate of Recognition by the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology to commemorate the 50th anniversary of WHO and the 25th anniversary of the WHO CCR, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
• 2000 The Plate of Recognition by the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, in connection with the Symposium on Reproductive Health and Our Common Future, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
• 2002 The Plaque of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru

CONSULTANCIES AND MEMBERSHIPS

• Member, Expert Advisory Panel on Human Reproduction, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland (1972 – 2007)
• Consultant, Human Reproduction Program, The Ford Foundation, New York, NY, USA (1962 - 1978)
• Member, Specialist Panel on Systemic Contraception, International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), London, UK (1965 - 1969)
• Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, International Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. USA (1960 -1963)
• Chairman, International Organizing Committee, Karolinska Symposia on Research Methods in Reproductive Endocrinology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden (1969 - 1975)
• Member, Program Committee, III. International Pharmacological Congress, Saô Paolo, Brazil (1966)
• Member, Program Committee, V. and VII. World Congress on Fertility and Sterility (Stockholm, Sweden, 1966; London, UK, 1974)
• Member, International Organizing Committee, II. and III. International Congress on Hormonal Steroids (Milano, Italy, 1966; Hamburg, Germany, 1970)
• Member, Program Committee, III. International Congress of Endocrinology, Mexico City, Mexico (1968)
• Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Departamento de Investigación Cientifica, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico, (1970 - 1978)
• Member of the Jury, Prix Roussel, Paris, France (1972 - 1978)
• Member of the Jury, Organon Family Planning Scholarship, Oss, Holland (1986)
• Member of the Jury, Premio Internazionale Fiuggi, Roma, Italy (1987)
• Member, The ESHRE Capri Workshop Group, (European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology) (since 1986 - )
• Member, Delegation of the Kingdom of Sweden at the United Nations Population Conference, Mexico City, Mexico (1984)
• Member, International Scientific Advisory Committee, National Centre for Research in Reproduction, Nairobi, Kenya (1991 - 1997)
• Member, Advisory Group, Second Contraceptive Technology Revolution, The Rockefeller Foundation, New York, N.Y. (1994 -2002)
• Member, Strategic Advisory Board, Consortium for Industrial Collaboration in Contraceptive Research (CICCR), CONRAD - Program, Arlington, VA, USA (1995-2002)
• Member, Advisory Board, The Institute of Medicine, Law and Bioethics of the Universities of Liverpool and Manchester, UK (since 1995 - )
• Member, International Advisory Committee, 9th World Congress on Human Reproduction, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1996.
• President, International Advisory Committee, The 5th World Congress on the Aging Male, Salzburg, Austria (2006).

SERIES EDITOR

• Karolinska Symposia on Research Methods in Reproductive Endocrinology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden (1969 - 1975)
• Vitamins and Hormones, Academic Press, New York, N.Y., USA (1970 - 1982)

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIPS

• Acta Endocrinologica, Copenhagen, Denmark (1955 - 1965)
• Contraception, Los Altos, Calif. - New York, N.Y. (since 1971 - )
• Clinical Endocrinology, London, UK (until 1984)
• Current Topics in Experimental Endocrinology, New York, N.Y. (until 1985)
• International Journal of Fertility
• Excerpta Medica, Section: Endocrinology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Advisory Board), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Clinica e Investigación en Ginecologia y Obstetricia, Barcelona, Spain
• Argentine Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics (Consultative Committee) Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Hungarian Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Foreign Editorial Board), Budapest, Hungary
• Fertility Control Reviews, Bussum, The Netherlands
• The Journal of Reproductive Medicine (Corresponding Editor), Beijing,
• The People´s Republic of China

PUBLICATIONS

Some 630 papers and chapters in books (see Annex 1); editor for some 30 books.

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP

• Endocrine Society, USA
• The New York Academy of Sciences, New York, N.Y.
• Society for Endocrinology, London, UK
• Swedish Endocrine Society
• International society for the study of the aging male
• Society for Contraception and Reproductive Health, Arlington, D.F. USA

HONORARY AND INAUGURAL LECTURES

• 1955 Invited Lecture: 3. Symposion der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Endocrinologie, Bonn, W. Germany
• 1956 Opening Lecture: Second Acta Endocrinologica Congress, Oslo, Norway
• 1960 Invited Lecture, 17th Laurentian Hormone Conference, Mont Tremblant, Quebec, Canada
• 1961 Invited Lecture: I. Coloquio Europeo de Endocrinología Playa de Aro, Spain
• 1965 The Barone Lecture, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
• 1968 The Baxter-Flint Lecture of the Canadian Society of Clinical Investigators, Toronto, Canada
• 1969
  • The Second Ernst Laqueur Memorial Lecture of the Dutch Endocrine Society, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • The Ayerst Lecture of the American Fertility Society, Miami Florida, USA
• 1970 The Ruth Gray Memorial Lecture, Evanston Hospital, North-western University, Chicago, Ill., USA
• 1973 Congress Lecture, VII. World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Moscow, USSR
• 1974 Opening Address, IV. International Congress on Hormonal Steroids, Mexico City, Mexico
• 1975
  • Congress Lecture, 19th Assembly of the Japan Medical Association, Kyoto, Japan
  • The Gomez-Mont Memorial Lecture of the Mexican Society of Nutrition and Endocrinology, Acapulco, Mexico
• 1976 The Sune Genell Memorial Lecture, South-Swedish Society of Gynecology, Lund, Sweden
• 1977
  • The First Ortho Lecture, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
  • The Third Robert W.Greenblatt Lecture, University of Augusta, Georgia, USA
• 1978
  • The Sir Henry Dale Lecture of the Society for Endocrinology, London, UK
  • The Gregory Pincus Memorial Lecture, V. International Congress on Hormonal Steroids, New Delhi, India
• 1980 Inaugural Lecture as an Honorary Member of the Hungarian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Budapest, Hungary
• 1982
  • The Second Shanta Rao Memorial Oration, Institute for Research in Reproduction (Indian Council of Medical Research), Bombay, India
  • Keynote Address, IV. International Congress on the Menopause, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA
• 1983 A.B.Kar Memorial Lecture, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India
• 1985
  • The Ferenc Szontágh Memorial Lecture, University of Szeged,Szeged, Hungary
  • Invited Lecture, 18th Annual Meeting of the Spanish Society of Gynecology, Granada, Spain
  • Invited Lecture, 125th Anniversary Celebration of the King Edward Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan
• 1986
  • The Uwe Goebelsmann Memorial Lecture, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
  • Keynote Address, Schering Silver Jubilee Symposium for the Pill, Berlin
  • Inaugural Lecture as an Honorary Member of the Hungarian Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Szeged, Hungary
  • Invited Lecture, First International Symposium, Japan Family Planning Association, Tokyo, Japan
• 1987
  • Keynote Address: World Health Organization Symposium on Safety Requirements for Contraceptive Steroids, WH0, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Inaugural Lecture as Doctor Honoris Causa, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical University, Szeged, Hungary.
• 1988
  • Keynote Address: International Conference on Reproductive Endocrinology, Beijing, People´s Republic of China
  • Plenary Lecture: International Symposium of the Indonesian Society of Andrology, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia
  • Keynote Address: Jubilee Conference of the Zhordania Institute of Human Reproduction, Tbilissi, Georgian SSR
• 1989 Keynote Address: Symposium on Contraception Research to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the National Research Institute for Family Planning, Beijing, the People´s Republic of China
• 1990
  • The Sir James Simpson Lecture, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Plenary Lecture: Symposium on Advances in Fertility Regulation, National Academy of Medicine, Mexico City, Mexico
  • Keynote Address; International Symposium on Contraception, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
  • Plenary Lecture: 16th National Congress of Science and Technology, Bangkok, Thailand
  • Conference Lecture: USSR Ministry of Public Health, All Union Conference on Environmental Health, Chernovtsy, Ukrainian SSR
  • Keynote Address: International Conference on Frontiers in Reproductive Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
  • Invited Lecture, Second Congress of Asian and Oceanian Physiological Societies, New Delhi, India
• 1991
  • Plenary Lecture: 13th Asian and Oceanic Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bangkok, Thailand
  • The Joseph Price Oration of the American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society (AGOS), La Costa, Carlsbad, California, USA
  • Keynote Address: The 3rd European Winter Conference in Gynecology and Obstetrics, Madonna di Campiglio, Italy
  • Plenary Lecture (the ICI Lectureship), Annual Meeting of the American Fertility Society, Orlando, Florida, USA
  • The 9th Schering Lecture, AG Schering, Berlin, Germany
  • Keynote Address: Third International Symposium on the Pregnant Uterus, The University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
• 1992
  • The CD Christian Distinguished Guest Lecture of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation, San Antonio, Texas, USA
  • Invited Lecture presented to the Royal Institute of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand
  • Special Lecture, World Health Organization, on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, WH0, Genève, Switzerland
• 1992
  • Keynote Address: International Symposium on Infertility and Fertility, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia
  • Inaugural Lecture: Second International Conference on Advances in Reproductive Research in Man and Animals, National Centre for Research on Reproduction, Nairobi, Kenya
  • Opening Lecture: 8th Meeting of the European Society for the Study of Human Reproduction and Embryology, The Hague, The Netherlands
  • Keynote Address: 33rd Congress of the Japan Society of Maternal Health, Hamamatsu, Japan
  • Opening Lecture, 20th Anniversary Celebration of the World Health Organization´s Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, Szeged, Hungary
  • Keynote Address: First Asian and Oceanic Congress of Andrology, Nanjing, The People´s Republic of China
• 1993
  • Plenary Lecture, XIVth World Congress on Fertility and Sterility, Caracas, Venezuela
  • Main Lecture, VIIIth World Congress on Human Reproduction, Bali, Indonesia
  • Inaugural Address (Festvortrag); “Dreiländertagung” of The Austrian, German and Swiss Societies of Fertility, Sterility and Family Planning, Lugano, Switzerland
  • Main Lecture: VIIth International Congress on the Menopause, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Plenary Lecture: 20th International Symposium on Controlled Release of Bioactive Materials, Washington, DC, USA
  • Keynote Address: 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Medical Faculty, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa
  • Invited Lecture: Centennial Celebration of the birth of Albert Szent-Györgyi. Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical University, Szeged, Hungary
  • Plenary Lecture: International Symposium on Perinatal Nutrition and Brain Development, Troina, Sicily, Italy
  • Invited Lecture: XIVth Latinamerican Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Panama City, Panama
• 1994
  • Keynote Address: International Symposium of the Portuguese Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Keynote Address: 150th Anniversary celebration, Gesellschaft für Geburtshilfe und Gynäkologie in Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  • Plenary Lecture: 130th Anniversary Celebration of the Academia Nacional de Medicina, Mexico City, Mexico
  • Keynote Address: Joint Meeting of the Romanian and Hungarian Gynaecological Societies, Oradea, Romania
  • Valedictory Lecture: International Symposium, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
  • Invited Lecture: Techno-Indochina. The International Congress on Science and Technology for Cordial Relationship with Neighbouring Countries, Organized by Thailand´s National Science and Technology Development Agency, The Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment and the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand
• 1995
  • Plenary Lecture: XVth Asian and Oceanic Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bali, Indonesia
  • Keynote Address: WH0- AIIMS International Symposium on Male Contraception: present and future. New Delhi, India
• 1996
  • Inaugural Lecture as a Prince Mahidol Awardee, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
  • Plenary Lecture: 30th Congress of the Federation of Scandinavian Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stockholm, Sweden
  • The Gedeon Richter Memorial Lecture: XI. Congress of The European Association of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians(EAGO), Budapest, Hungary
• 1997
  • Plenary Lecture, Medical Congress in Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
  • President´s Introductory Lecture, International Workshop on Hormone Replacement in the Ageing Male, Weimar, Germany
  • The IFFS-FIGO Hubert de Watteville Memorial Lecture, XV FIGO World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 1997
  • Congress Lecture, IV. European Congress on the Menopause, Vienna, Austria
  • Keynote Address, Symposium to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the World Health Organization´s Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, Szeged, Hungary
  • Congress Lecture, VII Congreso Nacional de Ginecología y Obstetricia, Juriquilla, Querétaro, Mexico.
  • Plenary Lecture, XIV Pan American Congress of Endocrinology, Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
• 1998
  • Honorary Opening Lecture: 1st Asian-European Congress on the Menopause. Bangkok, Thailand
  • Invited Lecture presented at Chulalongkorn University to commemorate the 50th anniversary of WHO and the 25th anniversary of the WHO-CCR at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Opening Lecture, the First World Congress on the Aging Male, Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Opening Lecture, 3rd International Symposium on Women´s Health and Menopause, Florence, Italy.
  • Opening Lecture, 5th Congress of the European Society of Contraception, Prague, Czech Republic
• 1999
  • Inaugural Lecture, as Academician, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
  • Opening Lecture, Joint Meeting of the Bavarian and Austrian Gynecological Societies, München, Germany
  • Plenary Lecture, 11th International Meeting of Gynaecological Oncology, Budapest, Hungary
  • Plenary Lecture, 9th World Congress on the Menopause, Yokohama, Japan
  • Presidents Introductory Lecture, 2nd International Workshop on the Ageing Male, Weimar, Germany
  • Introductory Lecture, 30th Anniversary Workshop of the International Health Foundation on Hormones and Ageing, Hoevelaken, The Netherlands
  • Valedictory Lecture: Conference of the Rockefeller Foundation on Public/Private-Sector Collaboration in Contraceptive Research and Development, Bellagio , Italy

HONORARY AND INAUGURAL LECTURES FROM THE YEAR 2000

• 2000 -
  • Plenary Opening Lecture, the Second World Congress on The Aging Male, Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Plenary Opening Lecture, International Symposium on Reproductive Health and Our Common Future, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Inaugural Lecture for the S.Shan Ratnam Professorship in Obstetrics & Gynaecology, The National University of Singapore, Singapore.
  • Keynote Address, First International Conference on Ageing and Health, IFMSA (the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations), Porto, Portugal.
  • Keynote Address, Millennial World Congress of Hungarian- speaking physicians (Magyar Orvosok Millenniumi Világtalálkozója) Szeged, Hungary.
  • Concluding Response. Symposium on the occasion of the 80th Birthday of Prof. Egon Diczfalusy, Ernst Schering Research Foundation, Berlin, Germany.
  • Opening Lecture: Workshop organized by the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada on the occasion of 40th anniversary of the contraceptive pill, Montréal and Toronto, Canada
  • Keynote Address, Centro Latinoamericano Salud y Mujer, Commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the contraceptive pill, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • Opening Lecture: Schering Symposium organized in collaboration with the Associación Médica Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• 2001
  • Keynote Lecture, Postgraduate Course on the Physiopathologyof Human Reproduction, Segrate, (Milano), Italy.
  • Keynote Lecture: Gedeon Richter Ltd Centenary Scientific Meeting, 1901 – 2001, Budapest, Hungary
  • Opening Lecture, Symposium investigación y Salud. Retos y necesidades en el siglo XXI. México, D.F.
  • Keynote Address: Schering Symposium organized in collaboration with the Federation of Mexican Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mexico City, Mexico
  • Keynote Address: Schering Symposium organized in collaboration with the Brazilian Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology,Sao Paolo, Brazil
• 2001
  • Opening Lecture: Symposium on Estrogen Replacement; are all estrogens equal? Bali, Indonesia
  • Keynote Address: 33rd International Congress of Pathophysiology of Pregnancy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  • Keynote Address at the Symposium organized by the International Health Foundation, The Netherlands
• 2002
  • Opening Plenary Lecture, Third World Congress on The Aging Male, Berlin, Germany
  • Congress Lecture, 7th Congress of the European Society of Contraception, Genova, Italy
  • Plenary Lecture, 10th World Congress on the Menopause Berlin, Germany
  • Invited Special Lecture, Sociedad Ecuatoriana de Ginecologia y Obstetricia, Quito, Ecuador.
  • Keynote Address: Schering Symposium organized in collaboration with the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru.
  • Opening Lecture: the 34th International Congress on Pathophysiology of Pregnancy, Balatonfüred, Lake Balaton, Hungary.
• 2006
  • Opening Lecture, Schering Workshop in collaboration with The Italian Society for Reproduction and the Faculties of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano, Italy
  • Keynote Lecture, First Pantarhei Symposium, Sparrendaal, The Netherlands
  • Opening Keynote Lecture, the 5th World Congress on The Aging Male, Salzburg, Austria
  • Lettura Magistrale , Le Facoltà Mediche delle Università Romane, 17 Maggio 2006 Roma, Italy.
  • Keynote Lecture 29th Postgraduate Course on the Physio-pathology of Human reproduction, Segrate (Milano) Italy.
  • Lettura Magistrale, Corso di Aggiornamento “Le pause ormonali” Ospedale San Giovanni Calibita Fatebenefratelli, Isola Tiberina, Roma, Italy.
  • Lettura Magistrale, Corso di Aggiornamento, Roma, Italy
  • Valedictory Speech on the occasion of the retirement of Prof. Britt-Marie Landgren, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2007
  • Opening Lecture: First Meeting of the Symposia Partisco- Romana, Szeged, Hungary.
  • Valedictory Lecture: AMPPA Meeting on Male Fertility Control – where are we? – Gross-Ziethen, Germany.
• 2008
  • Specially Invited Guest Lecture given at the 52nd Annual Congress of the Serbian Society for Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Beograd, Serbia
  • Opening Remarks, International Symposium, Timisoara, organized by the Romanian Academy, the Romanian Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Assisted Human Reproduction and the University of Timisoara, Romania.
  • Opening Lecture given at the first meeting of the Task Force of the E.& A. Diczfalusy Foundation on the Prevention of Cardiological Complications in Women, Väsby Gård, Sweden.
  • Keynote Address Symposium on The Ageing Male organized by the Swedish Medical Association to celebrate its 200th anniversary, Malmö, Sweden.
  • Opening Lecture, meeting of the Rectors and Deans of Medical Faculties of the Universities of Novi Sad, Szeged and Timisoara,(Szeged, Hungary).
  • Keynote Address: Annual meeting of the IPPF, Hungarian Branch, XXXIII. Congress of the Hungarian Scientific Society for the Protection of the Family and Women, Gyula, Hungary.
• 2009
  • Honorary Chairman at the Symposium on Medical Science, Humanism and Our Common Future organized in Novi Sad, Serbia, by the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Branch in Novi Sad, and the Academy of Medical Sciences of the Serbian Medical Association, Branch of Vojvodina, with the collaboration of the Berlin – Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Regional Committee, Szeged.
  • Honorary President at the Second Symposium Partisco-Romanum at the Hungarian Academy of Rome with a Special Lecture entitled “From Pleistocene to anthropocene: quo vadimus?”
  • Invited Lecture , the Faculty of Medicine, University of Firenze, Italy: “La Rivoluzione Demografica e il Nostro Futuro: Troppi Nonni per Pochi Nipoti”
  • Honorary President at the 5th Good Clinical Practice Conference & Course organized by the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Szeged, and the Hungarian Clinical Trial Management Society, with the support of the Department of Reproductive Health and Research of the World Health Organization.
  • Guest of Honour at the First Beograde Symposium of the Egon & Ann Diczfalusy Foundation, taking place within the framework of the 5th Congress of the Ob&Gyn Associations of Serbia, Montenegro and Republica Srpska in collaboration with the Hungarian and Romanian Societies of Obst.& Gyn., dedicated to the celebration of the 89th birthday of Prof. Egon Diczfalusy.