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