Suad Efendic#

PERSONAL

Name Suad Efendic, M.D., Ph.D.
University Address
Department of Molecular Medicine
Karolinska Institutet
SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
Phone: Int + 46 8 517 74365
Fax: Int + 46 8 517 73096

DEGREES

• M.D. University of Zagreb, Faculty of Medicine, Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 1961
• M.Sc. University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 1966, (Histology)
• Ph.D. Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 1970

EDUCATION - Medical Training

• 1955-1961 University of Zagreb, Faculty of Medicine, Zagreb, Yugoslavia
• 1971 Swedish Physician's Licence
• 1972 Boards of Endocrinology, Sweden
• 1974 Boards in General Medicine, Sweden

POSTGRADUATE CLINICAL TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

• 1961-1962 Intern, University Hospital "Dr. M. Stojanovic", Zagreb, Yugoslavia
• 1962-1963 Army Physician, Yugoslavia
• 1964 Assistant, Department of Pathology, University Hospital "Dr. M. Stojanovic", Zagreb, Yugoslavia
• 1964-1967 Resident, Department of Medicine, University Hospital "Dr. M. Stojanovic", Zagreb, Yugoslavia

CLINICAL POSITIONS

• 1988-1995 Head of the Department of Endocrinology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
• 1976-1988 Head of Diabetes Section, Department of Endocrinology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
• 1971-1976 Resident, Department of Endocrinology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

• 1995-2004 Professor of Endocrinology, Department of Endocrinology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
• 1995-2000 Chairman of the Department of Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
• 1985-1995 Professor of Diabetes, Department of Endocrinology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
• 1976-1985 Associate Professor of Endocrinology, Department of Endocrinology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
• 1971-1976 Assistant Professor of Endocrinology, Department of Endocrinology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

PROFESSIONAL COMMITTMENTS

• Member of the Carnegie Cowen Global Healthcare Fund - Science Council
• Member of the Nordic Research Foundation
• Member of the International Council of the Karolinska Institutet
• Member of the Symposia Committee of the Nobel Assembly
• Member of the Committee for Karolinska Research Lectures
• Member of the Research Committee and Collegium at the Karolinska Hospital
• Member of the Steering Committee of the Swedish Association for the Study of Diabetes
• Member of the Medical Committee of the Swedish Diabetes Association

HONOURS AND AWARDS

• 1975 Fellow of All Indian Institute for Diabetes Research
• 1979 Vuk Vrhovec Award (Croation Diabetes Association)
• 1981 Jacob Poulsen Award for Research in Endocrinology (Nordisk Insulin Foundation)
• 1987 Bertha Rosenstadt Professorship in Health Research, University of Toronto, Canada
• 1988 Professor of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Yugoslavia
• 1989 Adjunct Professor of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
• 1991 Björn Sjögren's Lecture, University of Gothenburg
• 1991 Member of the Nobel Assembly
• 1991 Rolf Luft's Award (International Diabetes Federation)
• 1992 Novo Lecture (Indian Diabetes Federation)
• 1992 Laufberger Lecture (European Association for the Study of Diabetes)
• 1994 Banting and Best Diabetes Centre Lecture, Toronto, Canada
• 1996 Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
• 1997 Member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences
• 1998 Member of the Academia Europaea
• 1998 Novo Lecture, Toronto, Canada
• 1998 Thureus Prize, The Swedish Society of Medicine
• 2000 Marble Lecture, Harvard Medical School, Boston
• 2002 Celal Öker Memorial Lecture (Turkish Diabetes Association)
• 2004 Hippocrates Award, Hellenic Society of Internal Medicine
• 2008 Doctor Honoris Causa, Charles University, Prague