Department of History of Medicine

JOSEPHINUM , Währingerstrasse 25
A - 1090 Wien, AUSTRIA
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Karl Holubar MD, FRCP  

 

CURRICULUM VITAE

Date of birth: June 3, 1936, in Vienna; son of Gottlieb and Therese Holubar.
Medical School in Vienna, MD, 1960.
Social Status: Married; Citizenship: Austrian; native language: German
Languages: English, Italian, French (passive); school training: Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, (some Mandarin, Russian)
Domicile: A-3424 Zeiselmauer, Lower Austria,  Austria; karl.holubar@meduniwien.ac.at tel: +43 1 42 77 63401 (institute) fax:+43 1 42 77 9634 Presently: Professor of Dermatology & Venerology & History of Medicine, Medical University of Vienna retired, Chairman, retired, Institute for the History of Medicine, Univ. of Vienna, Vienna, Austria (1989-2001)
Education and professional activities abroad: Dept of Dermatology, University of Amsterdam 1968;
Dept of Microbiology (Immunology) State University of New York (Buffalo) 1972/1973,
Hebrew University Jerusalem 1983-1986
Publications:
More than 570 papers, including original articles, book chapters, contributions to handbooks, special issues of journals, congress reports, posters and abstracts. A number of those have been mentioned in the Year Book of Dermatology:
Books: Challenge Dermatology 1993,
Sun & Skin 1994, Med.
Terminologie und ärztliche Sprache 1997; second edition 2007
Historical Atlas of Dermatology & Dermatologists, Parthenon 2002,
Skin in Water-Colours 2003;
Off the Trodden Path, 2004/5L
Looking at Eyes and Faces, 2006;
Special issues or editions: International Congress of Immunofluorescence Vienna, 1978 (Elsevier), Hautarzt, Immunopathology of the skin # 12, 1979; Österr. Ärztezeitung # 7, 1981; Zeitschr Haut-& Geschlkrh. # 2, 1981; Wien klin Wschr # 24, 1979; # 16, 1981; # 4-5, 1998
Scientific Awards: (with co-authors): Hoechst Award 1969; Max Ritter Award 1976;
AESCA Award 1979; Unilever Award 1979;
Samuel J.  Zakon Award 1981 (History of Dermatology).
EADV Poster Award 2003
Editorial activities: Co-editor of Dermatology 1984-1994); Editorial Board, Scientific Advisory Board (presently)
J Invest Dermatol (1996 -2001)
J Am. Acad Dermatology (1983-1993);
Int. J Dermatol;
Am J. of Dermatopathology (- 2001);
Hautarzt (-2005),
J Europ Acad Dermatol (cirrent), Asklepius (current) , Acta dematoven Croat (current), Acta med-hist. Adriatica (chief of editorial council)
Positions: President of the Austrian Society of Dermatology 1979/80; Acting Chairman of Dept. of Dermatology I, Univ. Vienna 1980/81;Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Dermatology, Hadassah Medical Center, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 1983-1986; Associate Professor for the History of Medicine, University of Vienna 1986; Full Professor for the History of Medicine 1989 and Professor & Chairman, Institute for the History of Medicine, Univ. of Vienna 1989 to 2001, retired 2001
Memberships of Professional Societies: The Medical Society of London, Société Internationale d’Histoire de la Médicine, Société Française d’Histoire de la Dermatol. (Vice-President), Gesellschaft der Ärzte in Wien; the Austrian & German national dermatological societies, The European Society for the History of Dermatology/Venerology(ESHDV):Honorary President ESHDV
Honorary/Corr. Memberships: American Dermatological Association, The Dowling Club London; the national dermatological societies of: Poland, Italy, The Netherlands, Philippines, Israel, Malaysia, Great Britain, Brazil, Hungary, Croatia, Germany; France, Venezuela, Korea, Argentina;
Honorary Member Austrian Academy of Sciences
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP),
Honorary Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Honorary Member of the Royal Society of Medicine (Dermatology)
Foreign Member Accademia Galileiana di Scienze Lettere ed Arti (of 1599), Padua,
Fellow of the New YorkAcademy of Sciences
Life Member of the American Academy of Dermatology
Other: The Frank Kral Lectureship (Human and Veterinary Dermatology) Philadelphia 1987.
Spinoza Professor at the University of Amsterdam 1992;
The Chanfleury van Ijsselsteyn Medal 1992 (Med. Faculty, Univ. Amsterdam);
The Avicenna Medal 1993 (Med. Fac. Univ. Istanbul),
The Cabré Memorial Lecture Cadiz, Spain 1994;
The Quincke Memorial Lecture, Univ. Kiel, Germany 1994;
Honorable Mention (History of Dermatology Society) 1994,
Medal of the Kaposi Foundation Budapest 1997;
Festive Lecture before the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb May 2000,
Kaposi Medal (Hungarian Dermatological  Society) 2002
The Gougerot Medal 2003
Great Silver Order of Merit for Services to the Republic of Austria 2000


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