Sverre Lie

Education

He finished medical school (Doctor of Medicine) in 1965 at University of Oslo and one year later in 1965 received his Doctor of Philosophy in molecular genetics.

Career

He was head of the Pediatric Research Institute at University of Oslo from 1975 till 1989 and Chairman and Professor at the Department of Pediatrics at the National Hospital of Norway, Rikshospitalet from 1989 till 2006. Visiting Scientist, Johns Hopkins Hospital 1971-1972 (with professor Victor A McKusick). He was recognized as a specialist in paediatrics in 1973 and specialist in medical genetics in 1975.

He was one of the founders of The Nordic Society for Pediatric Hematology and Oncology (NOPHO).

He has published more than 200 articles in journals and books and co-author of several books

Achievements

• Elected member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, 1993 and is elected member of the Children Cancer Study Group, United Kingdom and United States. Awarded the 100-year anniversary prize of Norske Kvinners Sanitetsforening (Norwegian Woman’s Public Health Association) which is the biggest non-governmental organization in Norway, 1996. Elected "Professorem Hospitem" of the Universitas Carolina Pragensis (Charles University in Prague), 1996. Elected Honorary Member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in Great Britain. The Royal College is a continuation of the British Paediatrics Association (BPA). Since 1928, when BPA was formed, only 4 paediatricians from the Nordic Countries have been given this honour. He is the only member from Norway. 1999. Ordered Knight, First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav by the Norwegian King, 2001. Elected as an Honorary Member of the Society of Scholars of the Johns Hopkins University, 2004, as first Norwegian Honorary member of Norwegian Paediatric Association, 2004 Honorary member of Indian Academy of Pediatrics, 2004 Honorary member of the South African Children’s Cancer Study Group from 2010.

Membership

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters]

Member of an Advisory Board to Norad (Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation) from 1973 to 1978. Elected member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, 1993 and is elected member of the Children Cancer Study Group, United Kingdom and United States. Elected as an Honorary Member of the Society of Scholars of the Johns Hopkins University, 2004, as first Norwegian

Honorary member of Norwegian Paediatric Association, 2004

Honorary member of Indian Academy of Pediatrics, 2004

Honorary member of the South African Children’s Cancer Study Group from 2010.