Professor Markus W. Büchler is honorary doctor of the University of Pécs since 9 November 2016.
Biography:
University of Heidelberg, Germany
Professor Markus W. Büchler is the executive director and professor of surgery at the department of surgery at Heidelberg University. After studying medicine in Heidelberg and Berlin he started his surgical training at the University of Ulm where he became deputy clinical director in 1987. In 1993 he became professor of surgery and clinical director at the University of Bern, Switzerland. In 2001 he returned to Germany to start leading the surgical department in Heidelberg. Today he is also head of the surgical departments at the Salem hospital in Heidelberg and at the general hospitals of Sinsheim, Eberbach, and Heppenheim. He is an internationally respected expert in the field of surgery, especially in the field of pancreatic surgery. More than 2300 authored scientific manuscripts published by him focused on the molecular basis of GI cancer and pancreatic diseases as well as clinical surgical problems. Among others he has been president of the German Surgical Society, the European Pancreas Club, and the International Hepato-Pancreato-Bilary Association. He is a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and he is an honorary member of the American Surgical Association and the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of England and Scotland among other societies. He has received multiple scientific awards and is a member of the editorial boards of many well-known scientific journals.
A short part of the Inauguration Speech of Prof. Markus W. Büchler
Rector of the University of Pécs, Prof. Dr. Joseph Bódis,
Honorable members of the Senate of the University of Pécs,
Dear colleagues at the University of Pécs,
It is a great privilege and honor for me to receive this Honorary Doctorate from one of the eldest universities in Europe and from biggest university in Hungary.
At the beginning of this year I was told that I would be recipient of this degree. In this moment it became clear to me how intense my connection with the University of Pécs has become over the years. Already during my surgical training in Ulm in the 1980s I got to know my dear friend and your colleague Dezső Kelemen. This friendship resulted in my ongoing personal and professional exchange with him and with the University of Pécs. Since 2001 I have the great pleasure to accompany and to direct this exchange as Professor of surgery and chairman at the University Hospital of Heidelberg, one of the biggest and most renowned in Germany.
Though many things around us have changed over the years we succeded to establish a persistent connection that based on clinical and scientifical collaboration, regular personal exchange, and common events. Even in times of modern communication you still have to face challenges concerning language and bureaucracy that could interfere into exchange. It has therefore always been impressive to me how easy, close and fruitful exchange between Pécs and Heidelberg Universities has been. Together we contributed to progress in research, clinical medicine and especially in surgery.
