Dr. Yehuda Schoenfeld, az izraeli Sheba Medical Center osztályvezetőjének, a tel-avivi Egyetem professzorának díszdoktori avatása a Debreceni Egyetemen 2009. november 28.
Yehuda Shoenfeld is a chief professor at the Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel, which is affiliated with Tel-Aviv University. He is the founder and head of the immunology unit of this institution. For decades, he has been performing clinical activities, education and research int he field of rheumatology and autoimmunity. Many of us may know him, an internationally acclaimed scientist, educator and scholar, from international conferences.
His scientific work includes more than 1400 publications, 60 books with a citation of more than 15,000.
Professor Yehuda Shoenfeld has Hungarian roots. Besides, he has visited our country and also Debrecen many times when he was invited to conferences between 2007 and 2009. He built up a collaboration with our Department of Rheumatology and other researchers more than 10 years ago. There has been a fruitful collaboration in the field of atherosclerosis related to autoimmunity. This collaboration resulted in 12 publication authored by Professor Shoenfeld and several researchers from our university. Professor Shoenfeld often invites Hungarian colleagues to participate in conferences organized by him. In addition, the Sheba Medical Center has recently become our affiliated teaching hospital.
Because of his outstanding career as a researcher, scholar and clinician, as well as his close relationship with many members of our university, he definitely deserves to receive the Doctor Honoris Causa title from our university.