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
