Dr. J.Gy. Papp


CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: JULIUS GYULA PAPP, MD,PhD,DSc,FESC,FRSM(London),academician
           
( Dr. Papp Gyula )

Present position: Professor Emeritus, Department of Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapy, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical Center, University of Szeged;
Emeritus Research Professor, Division of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Professional Address: Department of Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapy
University of Szeged
H-6720 SZEGED, Dóm tér 12.
P.O.Box. 427 - Hungary

Telephone: +36-62-545-681
Mobile phone: +36-30-9535-688
E-mail: papp.gyula@med.u-szeged.hu

Date and place of birth: 29th August, 1937, Szigetvár (Hungary)
Marital status: married with two children (wife: Helen Németh MD, PhD, DSc; children: Andrea Papp MD, PhD and Eszter Papp MD) & four grandchildren: Alex, Daniel, Helen, Natali.

EDUCATION
1955-1961 University Medical School of Pécs, Hungary
1961 M.D. degree ("Sub auspiciis Rei Publicae Popularis" - with Gold Ring from the President of the Hungarian Republic)

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND SCIENTIFIC WORK

1961-1967 Departments of Internal Medicine (Cardiology) and Pharmacology
University Medical School of Pécs, Hungary
1965 Institute for Circulation Research, Berlin (for 6 months)
1968-1969, 1971, 1981
Laboratory of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Department of Pharmacology
University of Oxford (cooperation with E.M. Vaughan Williams) - International Fellow and Visiting Lecturer
1968 C.Sc.med. (Candidate of Medical Sciences, equivalent to Ph.D.), Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
1982 D.Sc.med. (Doctor of Medical Sciences, the highest Hungarian medical scientific degree), Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
1990 Visiting Professor, University of Paris

ACADEMIC CAREER
1961-1967
Assistant Professor, University Medical School of Pécs
1970-1979 Adjunct and Associate Professor, Medical University of Szeged
1979-1991 (Full) Professor, Medical University of Szeged
1991-2001 Professor and Chairman, Department of Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapy, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical University, Szeged
1993 Academician - Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2001-2007 Professor and Founding Head, Division of Cardiovascular Pharmacology,
Hungarian Academy of Sciences and  University of Szeged; Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged
2007 Emeritus Research Professor, Division of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and  University of Szeged


ACTIVITY IN INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL CARDIOLOGICAL, CARDIO-PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENTIFIC, UNIVERSITY AND GOVERNMENTAL BODIES
1. World Heart Federation (WHF)
General Secretary (1999-2003)
President's Adviser for Eastern Europe (1997-2003)
Co-author:
Impending global pandemic of cardiovascular diseases
('White Book') (1999-present)
Task Force on Cardiac Rehabilitation and Education
(in cooperation with WHO) (1996-2001)
2. International Society and Federation of Cardiology (ISFC)
Drug Committee Member (1990-1993)
3. International Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy (ISCP)
Executive Board Member (1997-2009)
Emeritus Board Member (2009)
First Vice President (1999-2001)
4. European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
Board Member (1984-1994)
Councillor (1984-1988)
Treasurer (1988-1992)
Vice-President (1992-1994)
Chairman:
Working Group on Drug Therapy in Cardiology (1992-1994)
Research & Training Fellowship Committee (1992-1994)
Member:
Scientific Committee (1984-1996; 1999-2004)
Nucleus of the Working Group on Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Drug Therapy (1990-2004)
Nominating Committee (1996-1998)
5. International Cardiological Institute for Therapeutic Research (ICITR)
Board Member & Scientific Adviser (1986-1996)
6. Alpe Adria Association of Cardiology
President (1994-95); Executive Board Member (1992-1998)
7. Hungarian Society of Cardiology (HSC)
Board Member (1976-present)
President-Elect (1990-1992)
President (1992-1995)
Past President (1995-1998)
Honorary Life-President (1998)
Chairman:
Scientific Committee (1998-2004)
8. Hungarian National Heart Foundation
Board Member (1993-1998)
9. Hungarian Society of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology
Honorary President (2006-), President (2000-2001), Board Member (1983- ), Member (1967-)
10. Hungarian Professional Council on Cardiology
Member (1992-2009)
11. Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Corresponding Member (1993-1998)
Full Member (1998)
Member of Committee for Drug Research & Pharmacotherapy (1974)
Member of Scientific Committee (2011)
12. Hungarian Ministry of Health
Chairman:
Ethics Committee for Clinical Pharmacology and Drug Trials (1996-2006)
Board Member:
Medical Research Council (1997-2006)
Chairman:
Committee for Experimental & Clinical Pharmacology, Drug Abuse and Addiction (1999-2009)
13. Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical University
Vice-Rector & Chairman of the Scientific Committee (1991-2001)
Professor (full 1979-present) & Department Chairman (1991-2001)
Chairman:
Committee for PhD & Habilitation (1994-2000)
14. University of Szeged
Chairman:
Committee for Habilitation (2000-2006)
Member & President
Scientific Council (2004-2011)
15. Division of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
      and University of Szeged

Professor & Founding Head (2001-2007), Emeritus Research Professor (2007)

MEMBERSHIP - PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES / ASSOCIATIONS
American Heart Association, Council on Clinical Cardiology : International Fellow
Hungarian Society of Cardiology
European Society of Cardiology (Fellow: FESC)
International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences (Fellow)
International Society for Heart Research
The New York Academy of Sciences
Hungarian Society for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pharmakologie
British Pharmacological Society
Hungarian Physiological Society
Histamine Club
Royal Society of Medicine (London) (Fellow)
Corresponding Membership
Portuguese Society of Cardiology
Spanish Society of Cardiology

MEMBERSHIP - EDITORIAL BOARD OF SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS
Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics (Co-editor) ( 1996-2009),Editorial Board Member (2009)
Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy (Associate Editor) (1999-2001), Editorial Board Member (2001-2004)
Basic Research in Cardiology (1989-1992)
Cardioscience (1989-1995)
Cor et Vasa (1993-2004)
European Cardiology Journal by Fax (1999-2010)
European Heart Journal (1979-1984)
Dialogues in Cardiovascular Medicine (1999-2008)
Pharmacology and Therapeutics (1983-1992)
Archives internationales de Pharmacodynamie (1976-1990)
Cardiologia Hungarica (1976-2005)
Portuguese Journal of Cardiology (1990-2010)
New Trends in Arrhythmias (1989)
Journal of Basic and Clinical Cardiology (1998-2010)
Acta Physiologica Hungarica (1999-2016)
Physiology International (2016-)
Timely Topics in Medicine: Cardiovascular Diseases (Internet) (1997)
Current Atherosclerosis Reports - Hungarian Edition (2001-2006)
Current Opinion in Cardiology - Hungarian Edition (Chairman, Editorial Board) (2002-2006)
Orvosképzés (Medical Education - in Hungarian) (2002)
Acta Biologica Szegediensis (2000)
Heart Drug (2001-2006)
Cardiovascular Diabetology (2003)
Thérapie (2013)
 

HONOURS AND AWARDS
a) Cardiology and cardiovascular pharmacology
Medal of Merit from the European Society of Cardiology (1988 and 1994)
Gold Medal, Yugoslav Society of Cardiology (1989)
'Pro Societate' Medal from the Hungarian Society of Cardiology (1995)
Medal and Diploma from the Polish Society of Cardiology (1994)
Pro Merito Medal from the Hungarian Society of Cardiology (2003)
Commemorative Medal from the Hungarian Society of Cardiology (2007)
Gold Medal, Hungarian Society of Cardiology (2011)
György Gábor Medal (2011)
Great Medal with the Chain, Hungarian Society of Cardiology (2017)
Honorary Membership and Diploma of Merit from the
Czech Society of Cardiology (1995)
Croatian Society of Cardiology (1995)
Hellenic (Greek) Society of Cardiology (1993)
Italian Society of Cardiology (1996)
Romanian Society of Cardiology (1994)
Slovak Society of Cardiology (1994)
Slovenian Society of Cardiology (1996)
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Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences (1994)

b) Other awards
Széchenyi-Prize (1999)
Albert Szent-Györgyi Prize (1994)
Issekutz-Prize (1996)
Order of Merit, Hungarian Republic-Officer's Cross (1996)
Academic Niveau Prize (2002, 2009)
Batthyány-Strattmann Prize (2003)
Einthoven Medal of Distinction (2007)
Lőw Memorial Plaque (2009)
Klebelsberg-Price (2012)
Hungarian Order of Merit-Middle Cross (2012)
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White Rose Order, Finland (1995)
Medal of Merit, Polish Society of Cardiology (1994)
Hippocrates Award, England (2009)

 

References on the Biographee
1) Walker M.J.A.:Antiarrhythmic Drug Research. British Journal of Pharmacoology 147.: S222-S231, 2006.
2) Wenner G., Marton J.: Publication effectiveness of a Hungarian cardiologist's research team in international comparison. Cardiol.Hung. 36.: 194-198, 2006.
3) Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare. Marquis, New Providence (USA), 8th Edition, p. 1089, 2011-2012.
4) Who's Who in Science and Engineering. Marquis, New Providence (USA) 10th Edition, p. 1378, 2008-2009.
5) Who's Who in the World. Marquis, New Providence (USA) 29th Edition, pp. 1836-1837, 2012.
6) Varró A., Moffat T.: Fifthy years in cardiovascular research and education . Cardiovascular (CV) Network 11:5, 2012.
7) Who's Who in the World. Marquis, New Providence (USA) 30th Edition, p. 1822,  2013.
8) Salamon F.: The world did not 'commence' in 2010 (in Hungarian) Courier (Szigetvár) 4.: 4-5, 2013

Publication records:
335 full papers in journals
[252 in foreign (English, German or French) languages] on cardiology, cardiovascular pathophysiology and pharmacology excluding the last twelve selected full papers from 2018-2022 as listed belov. 
The total number of references to publications, including books-chapters amounts to 8935 out of which  7340 references are independent. Hirsch-index: 45. g-index:78.


Selected full papers:


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