!!Pierre Lefèbre - Summarized curriculum vitae \\ [Full CV|lefebvre_pierre_cv.pdf] \\ \\ __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