!!Suad Efendic
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__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
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__DEGREES__
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*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
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__EDUCATION  - Medical Training__
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*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
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__POSTGRADUATE CLINICAL TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE__
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*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
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__CLINICAL POSITIONS__
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*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
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__ACADEMIC POSITIONS__
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*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
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__PROFESSIONAL COMMITTMENTS__
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*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 
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__HONOURS AND AWARDS__ 
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*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