BRIEF CURRICULUM VITAE
PREM PURI, MS, FRCS, FRCS (ED), FACS, FAAP (Hon.), D.Sc. (Hon)
Newman Clinical Research Professor, University College Dublin
President, National Children’s Research Centre, Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Dublin
Fellow, UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, Dublin
Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, Beacon Hospital, Dublin.
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President, World Federation of Associations of Pediatric Surgeons (WOFAPS) FOUNDATION
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Secretary, International Board of Pediatric Surgical Research
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Member, Health Research Board of Ireland
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Past President, European Paediatric Surgeons Association (EUPSA) (2009-2011)
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Past President, World Federation of Associations of Pediatric Surgeons (WOFAPS) (2008-2010)
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Membership of Medical and Scientific Societies: Member of 28 International
learned medical and scientific societies, including Honorary Fellow of the
American Surgical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, Austrian Surgical
Association and Indian Surgical Association, and Honorary Member of the
American, Argentinean, Austrian, Canadian, Croatian, Cuban, Czech, Hungarian,
Indian, Japanese, South African and Ukrainian Societies of Pediatric Surgeons.
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Visiting Professor to many Universities all over the world, including Atlanta,
Colorado, Columbia, Fukuoka, Graz, Harvard, Hong Kong, Indianapolis, Michigan,
Tokyo, Toronto, Wisconsin.
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Distinguished Overseas Guest Lecturer at 198 scientific meetings including
American College of Surgeons, American Pediatric Surgical Association, American
Gastroenterological Association, American Urological Association, Asian Association of
Pediatric Surgeons, European Urological Association, International Nephrology
Association, Japanese Association of Paediatric Surgeons , European Paediatric
Surgeons Association, and Union of Pediatricians of Russia.
Editor-in-Chief, Pediatric Surgery International
Associate Editor, Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Associate Editor, Journal of Medical Case Reports
Member, Editorial Boards: European Journal of Paediatric Surgery; Archives of
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; Current Pediatric Reviews; World Journal of
Gastrointestinal Surgery
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Research Grants and Overseas Research Fellows: Awarded several research grants over
the past 30 years. 71 paediatric surgeons from overseas (Japan, China, UK, Israel,
India, Sweden, Italy, France, Poland, Hungary, Austria, Germany, Trinidad, Spain and
Chile) obtained travelling Fellowships from their parent institutions to come and work
with Professor Puri at the Research Centre, since 1985.
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Supervised over 50 PhD/MDs over the last 30 years.
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Publications: 10 books, 127 chapters in textbooks, and over 500 articles in peer
reviewed journals. The book on Pediatric Surgery published in 2007, has been
translated in to Russian, Chinese and Turkish.
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Presentations at International Scientific Meetings: 620 presentations at
international scientific meetings including 118 at the British Association of Paediatric
Surgeons, 34 at the Canadian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, 43 at the American
Pediatric Surgical Association, 69 at the American Academy of Pediatrics and 121 at
the Pediatric Surgical Research Society.
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Awards and Medals:
1984
People of the Year Award (highest Irish National Award), jointly with
Professor Barry O’Donnell, for discovering endoscopic treatment of
vesicoureteral reflux
1996
Franco Soave Gold Medal for outstanding contribution to Hirschsprung’s
disease and related disorders
2001
Gandhi Gold Medal for outstanding contribution to Paediatric Surgery
2003
Paediatric Urology Progress Medal by World Federation of Societies for
Paediatric Urology (WOFSPU)
2004
Asian Society of Paediatric Urology Medal for outstanding contribution to
Paediatric Urology
2004
Life Time Achievement Award by the Indian Association of Paediatric Surgeons
2006
Denis Browne Gold Medal for outstanding contribution to Paediatric
Surgery
2006
Kafka Medal for outstanding contribution to Paediatric Surgery
2008
Honorary Citizenship of the City of Salamanca for outstanding contribution
to Paediatric Surgery
2010
Life Time Achievement Award by the Asian Association of Paediatric Surgeons
2010
Life Time Achievement Award by the World Federation of Associations of
Pediatric Surgeons
2012
Rehbein Medal Awarded by the European Pediatric Surgeons
Association/British Association of Paediatric Surgery (EUPSA/BAPS).