Background
Jakab, Ferenc was born on October 3, 1943 in Miskolc, Borsod, Hungary. Son of Ferenc Jakab and Margit Töltéssy.
Jakab, Ferenc was born on October 3, 1943 in Miskolc, Borsod, Hungary. Son of Ferenc Jakab and Margit Töltéssy.
Doctor of Medicine, University Medicine, Budapest, Hungary, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, 1977.
Resident in surgery, U. Medicine Hungary, 1967-1971; junior surgeon 2d department surgery, U. Medicine Hungary, 1971-1974; assistant professor surgery 3rd department surgery, U. Medicine Hungary, 1974-1985; associate professor surgery 3rd department surgery, Semmelweis University Medicine, Budapest, 1985-1992; department chairman surgery, Uzsoki Teaching Hospital, since 1995. Visiting surgical professor Westminster Hospital, London, 1975, Medical University Berlin, 1980, U. Pittsburgh, 1988, University Copenhagen, Denmark, 1991-1992, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1993. Visiting professor New York University, 1977-1978, U. Pittsburgh, 1983-1984.
Member International College Surgeons, Hungarian Society (secretary general 1974-1994), International Gasto-Surgical Club (secretary general Hungarian chapter since 1992), Hepato-Pancreatic-Biliary, European Society Surgical Oncology, International Society Diseases Esophagus.
Married Susanna Szántó, December 17, 1971. Children: Melitta, Ádám, Gyöngyvér.