Background
LAPIS, Karoly was born on April 14, 1926 in Turkeve, Hungary. Son of Karoly Lapis and Eszter Foldesi.
oncologist pathologist research specialist
LAPIS, Karoly was born on April 14, 1926 in Turkeve, Hungary. Son of Karoly Lapis and Eszter Foldesi.
Doctor of Medicine, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, National Science Qualification Board, Budapest, 1957. Doctor of Science, National Science Qualification Board, Budapest, 1968.
Director 1st Institute of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweis Medical University since 1968. Gordon Jacob Fellow Chester Beatty Research Institute, London 1959-1960. Eleanor Roosevelt Fellow, Paris 1963-1964.
Visiting Professor Duke University Medical School, Durham, N.C. 1972. Fogarty Scholar, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda 1984-1985. Correspondent; President 14th Institute Cancer Congress of the UICC, Budapest 1986.
Vice-President European Association, for Cancer Research 1979-1985. Executive Committee European Society of Pathology, French Electron Microscope Society. German Society of Pathology, IntGastro-Surgical Club, Hungarian Cancer Society (President 1974-1984), Hungarian 922 Society of Gastroenterology, Hungarian Society of Pathologists, Institute Academy, of Pathology (Hungarian section).
Correspondent; Director Metastasis Research Society since 1986.
Member Hungarian Academy of Sciences (foreign member Academy of Medical Sciences of Russia since 1987, foreign member Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts since 1989), Hungarian Society Oncologists, European Association Cancer Research (vice president 1979), European Society Pathology, Hungarian Society Pathologists, American Association Cancer Research (correspondent), French Electromicroscopic Society, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pathologie, Hungarian Society Gastroenterology (president liver section), Metastasis Research Society.
Son of Ká roly and Eszter (Foldesi) L. Married Ibolya Keresztes. 1 child, Peter.