Pierre Lefèbre - Summarized curriculum vitae #


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PERSONAL

Born in Liège, Belgium, October 7, 1934
Citizen: Belgium, by birth
Marital status: Married 1960, Three children born 1962, 1963 and 1967


PROFESSIONAL ADDRESS

Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic Disorders Unit
C.H.U. Sart Tilman (B. 35)
B 4000 LIEGE 1 (Belgium)
Phone : (32) 4 3654323, FAX : (32) 4 3667068

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
  • Univ. Liège, Belgium 1952 1955, B.S. 1955
  • Univ. Liège, Belgium 1955 1959, M.D. 1959
  • Trainee in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology 1959 1965, Univ. Liège, Belgium
  • Agrégé de l'Enseignement Supérieur (Ph D) 1967

BOARD IN INTERNAL MEDICINE

Belgium, Certified 1965

BOARD IN ENDOCRINOLOGY-DIABETES

Belgium, Certified, on creation, 1997

BELGIAN ARMY 1963 1964

"Commandant Médecin de Réserve"

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS
  • University of Liège "Elève Assistant" 1954 1959
  • University of Liège "Assistant" 1959 1963
  • University of Liège "Chef de Travaux" 1964 1968
  • University of Liège "Agrégé" 1968 1970
  • University of Liège "Associate Professor" 1970 1977
  • University of Liège Full Professor of Internal Medicine 1977 2000
  • University of Liège Emeritus (active) Professor of Medicine since October 1st, 2000
  • University of Brussels (V.U.B.) Guest Professor 1982 1985, 1985 1988
  • University of Belgrade, Visiting Professor, 2005

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS
  • Head of the Division of Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic Disorders, Awarded UEMS Recognition of Quality of Endocrinology (1997-2002), University Hospital, Liège, Belgium 1966 2000
  • Head of Dpt "Medical Policlinics" 1977 1988
  • Chairman Department of Medicine (Elected 1988-1992; 1992-1996; 1996-2000)
  • Head of the Division of Internal Medicine 1988 2000
  • Consultant at the Liège University Hospital since October 1st, 2000


OTHER APPOINTMENTS

Province of Liège, Belgium: Initiator of and responsible for Permanent Diabetes Screening Campaign (1984-2009)

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
  • Belgian Society of Internal Medicine
    • Member since 1961
    • Secretary 1975 1981
    • Vice President 1981 1987
    • President 1987 1989
  • Belgian Society of Endocrinology
    • Member since 1963
    • President 1987 1989
  • Belgian Diabetes Association (A.B.D.)
    • President 1977 1995
    • Honorary President since 1995
  • Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium
    • Corresponding member 1975
    • Member 1987
    • 2nd Vice-President (1999)
    • 1st Vice-President (2000)
    • President (2001)
  • National Academy of Medicine (Paris)
    • Corresponding member (1987)
    • Foreign Associate member, 1st Division (2003)
  • Academia Europaea
    • Member since 1988
  • Research Group "Hormones" of Belgium
    • Member and Secretary 1968 1975
    • President 1975 2000
  • American Diabetes Association: Member since 1967
  • British Diabetic Association: Member since 1968
  • European Association for the Study of Diabetes (E.A.S.D.)
    • Member since foundation
    • Member of Council 1971 1974
    • Honorary Secretary 1976 1979
    • President elect 1988 1989
    • President 1989 1992
    • Chairman EASD’99 Congress, Brussels (1999)
    • Honorary Member (since 2003)
  • European Association for the Study of Obesity (E.A.S.O.)
    • Member since foundation
    • Member of Council 1989 1991
  • The Royal Society of Medicine (London)
    • Overseas Fellow since 1970
  • Association de Langue Française pour l'Etude du Diabète et des Maladies métaboliques (ALFEDIAM)
    • Founding member
    • President 1985 1988
    • Honorary President since 1988
  • Association Francophone Internationale du Diabète (AFID)
    • Member since foundation
    • Vice President 1989-2000
  • International Diabetes Federation (IDF)
    • Individual member
    • Co Chairman of Scientific Programme Committee (Brussels 1973)
    • Chairman Scientific Programme Committee (Madrid 1985)
    • Member of President Nominating Committee (Vienna 1979)
    • Vice-President (1991-1994; 1994-1997)
    • Member of Board of Management (1994-1997)
    • Chairman IDF Education Foundation (1991-1994; 1994-1997)
    • Chairman, International Advisory Board (Helsinki 1997)
    • Member, International Advisory Board (Mexico 2000)
    • Member, Executive Committee (Paris, 2003)
    • Co-opted member, Board of Management, IDF Europe, 1999-2000
    • President-elect (2000-2003)
    • President and Chairman of the Board of Management (2003-2006)
    • Immediate Past-President and Chairman Nominating Committee (2006-2009)
    • Member Task Force on Epidemiology and Prevention (2007- )
    • Honorary President (since 2009)
  • Groupe d'Informatique Médicale (Liège)
    • Founder and President 1970 1988
    • Honorary President since 1988
  • GREPED (Groupe de Recherches Pédagogiques en Diabétologie)
    • Vice President since foundation to 1994
  • American College of Sports Medicine, Member 1994-2001
  • Endocrine Society
    • Member (1975-2006)
    • Emeritus member (since 2007)
    • International Mentor (since 1996)
  • Association des Diabétiques de Polynésie Française
    • Honorary President since 1998
  • Royal College of Physicians (London)
    • International Advisor (since 2000)
  • WHO/Europe
    • Member Diabetes Advisory Group ( 2000)
  • Belgian Diabetes Study Group
    • President (2000-2004)

UNIVERSITY HONORARY DEGREES
  • Doctor honoris causa, Faculty of Medicine, University of Extremadure, Badajoz, Spain, 1987
  • Docteur ès Sciences honoris causa, Université Laval, Québec, 1999
  • Doctor honoris causa, University of Helsinki, Finland, 2000
  • Docteur honoris causa, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI, France, 2001
  • Doctor honoris causa, University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2003
  • Doctor honoris causa, University of Athens, Greece, 2004
  • Docteur honoris causa, Université d’ Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand 1, France, 2007

OTHER AWARDS AND HONOURS
  • Comitra Travel Grant (Belgian Congo) 1957
  • Specia Prize (1st) Univ. Liège, 1959
  • Masius Award Univ. Liège, 1965
  • "Amis de l'Université de Liège" Award, 1968
  • Diabetes Award of the "Association des Diabétologues de Langue Française", 1968
  • University Foundation Alumni Award, Brussels, 1968
  • Pfizer Award of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium, 1979
  • Fellow All India Institute for Diabetes, New Delhi, 1979
  • Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium Medal, 1979
  • Vanderbilt University Medal, 1979
  • Novo Lecturer, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1982
  • Claude Bernard Award and Medal, European Association for the Study of Diabetes, 1984
  • Maurice Dérot Award, Paris, 1987
  • Plaque of appreciation, Korean Diabetes Association, Seoul, 1987 and 1997
  • First J. Bekaert Memorial Lecturer, University of Antwerp, 1988
  • Plaque of appreciation, Università degli Studi, Naples, 1988
  • Granada University Medal, Spain, 1990
  • Eli Lilly Lecturer, International Diabetes Federation, Washington, USA, 1991
  • Paul Langerhans Award and Medal, Deutsches Diabetes Gesellshaft, 1992
  • Grand Prix de l’Information du Public pour « David ou l’Aide aux Diabétiques », Festival du Film, du Livre et de la Communication médicale, Deauville 1992
  • Albert E. Renold Medal for Distinguished Services to the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, 1992
  • Alexander Marble Lecturer, The Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, USA, 1993
  • Celal Oker Lecturer, Turkish Diabetes Association, Istanbul, Turkey, 1993
  • Karol Marcinkowski Medal, University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland, 1993
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Bylaw 39g (London), 1994
  • Honorary Member, Turkish Diabetes Association, 1995 and 2004
  • Astra Foundation Chair, 1995-1997 (Belgium)
  • Prix quinquennal Alphonse Rahier, University of Liège, 1995
  • 4th Mizuno Award and Lectureship, the Mizuno Sports Promotion Foundation, Tokyo, Japan, 1996
  • State-of-the-Art Lecturer, XVIth IDF Congress, Helsinki, Finland, 1997
  • Novartis Award in Diabetes, in Recognition of Long-Standing Achievement with Major Impact in the Field of *Diabetes Mellitus, Jerusalem, September 2000
  • University of Liège , Medal for Services 1956-2000
  • Banting Lecturer 2001, Diabetes UK, Glasgow April 2001
  • Honorary Member, Société de Nutrition et Diététique de Langue Française, 2001
  • Honorary Member, Société Française d’Endocrinologie, 2001
  • State of the Art Lecturer, 5th IDF WPR Congress, Beijing, 2002
  • State of the Art Lecturer, 45th Japan Diabetes Society Congress, Tokyo, 2002
  • Honorary Member, Diabetes India, 2003
  • Honorary Member European Association for the Study of Diabetes, 2003
  • Tenth MVDSC Gold Medal Oration Award, Chennai, 2003
  • Professor M. Viswanath Endowment Public Lecture Award and Gold Medal, Chennai, 2004
  • Carol Davila University of Bucarest Medal, 2003
  • Assiout University Plaque of Appreciation, Egypt, 2005
  • South Valley Egypt University Plaque of Appreciation, 2005
  • City of Luxor, Egypt, Plaque of Appreciation, 2005
  • The Egyptian Diabetes Association, Plaque of Appreciation , 2006
  • 1st Jean-Philippe Assal Lecturer, Florence, Italy, 2006
  • Honorary Member, Hungarian Diabetes Association, 2007
  • 2nd International Congress on Prediabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome, Barcelona, 2007, Plaque of Appreciation
  • Executive Board of the Health Ministers Council for Cooperation Council States, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Appreciation Award , 2007

DISTINCTIONS
  • Officier de l'Ordre de Léopold II, Belgium
  • Commandeur de l'Ordre de Léopold, Belgium, 1990
  • Commandeur de l'Ordre de la Couronne, Belgium, 1990
  • Officer of the "Ordre du Mérite", Republic of Senegal, 1989
  • Croix Civique de 1ère Classe, 25 11 1991
  • Grand Officier de l'Ordre de la Couronne, Belgium, 1996
  • Grand Officier de l’Ordre de Léopold, Belgium, 2002
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