Background
Sipponen, Pentti Ilmari was born on October 8, 1943 in Jyväskylä, Finland. Son of Pekka Pentti and Tyyne Elisabet (Ahola) Sipponen.
Sipponen, Pentti Ilmari was born on October 8, 1943 in Jyväskylä, Finland. Son of Pekka Pentti and Tyyne Elisabet (Ahola) Sipponen.
Doctor of Medicine, Helsinki (Finland) University, 1969. Doctor of Philosophy, Helsinki (Finland) University, 1977. Professorship in Pathology, University Kuopio, Finland, 1979.
Assistant department pathology, Helsinki U., Finland, 1969-1976; consulting pathologist, Jorvi Hospital, Espoo, Finland, 1976-1980; chief department pathology, Jorvi Hospital, Espoo, since 1980. Consultant Students Healthcare Organisation, Helsinki, since 1979, outpatient department Cancer Society, Helsinki, since 1985. Member editorial board Scandinavian Journal Gastroenterology, since 1980, Histopathology, since 1990, Digestion, since 1993, Helicobacter, since 1996.
Lieutenant Finnish Army, since 1969. Member Society Gastro-Gastroenterologiae Polona (honorary 1991), Society Royale Belge de Gastroenterologie, (honorary 1991), The Hungarian Society Gastrenterol. (honorary 1995), Japanese Society Gastroenterology (honorary 1996).
Married Kirsti Maria Kari, March 1, 19 69. Lauri Ilmari, Arno Kalervo.