Univ.-Prof. Dr. Helmut H. Popper
Present rank:Professor of Pathology, with tenureship
Geburtsdatum:9. März 1947
Geburtsort:Knittelfeld
Ausbildung
High School in Knittelfeld, 1957-1965
University of Graz, Study at the Medical Faculty from 1965 to 1973, Medical Doctor in 1973
Postgraduate
1973 Assistant at the Institute of Pharmacology, University of Graz
1975 Change to Institute of Pathology, Univ. Graz
1975-1984 Residency and Fellowship at the Institute
1984-85 Training in Internal Medicine, Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery
1985 Associate Prof. of Pathology and staff member at the Institute
1985 tenureship
1986 Staff member at the Department of Pathology, University of Graz (certified for surgical pathology, anatomical pathology, electron microscopy)
1986 Head of the Lab. of Environmental Pathology
1991 certified for Cytopathology
1993 Prof. of Pathology
1999 certified for Human Genetics
2000 Head of Laboratories of Molecular Cytogenetics and Environmental & Respiratory Tract Pathology
2008 Head of Research Unit for Molecular Lung and Pleura Pathology
Further Activities and Training abroad
1974 Dept. of Pharmacology, Dr. Herting, Freiburg Germany, Radioimmunoassay
1984 Dept. of Pathology, Dr. Gockel, University of Munich, Transplantation Pathology
1985 Cytol. Lab. of Dr. Fischnaller, Vienna, Lung Cytology
1986 Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, Dept. Pulmonary & Mediastinal Pathology, Dr. Hochholzer, Lung Pathology
1986 Dept. Surg. Path. Mayo-Clinic Rochester, MN, Dr. Colby, Lung Pathology
1988 Stanford University, Dr. Billingham, Heart and Lung Transplantation Pathology
1988 and 1989 Lovelace Inhalation Toxicology Research Institute, Albuquerque, Dr. McClellan, Methods in Inhalation Toxicology, experimental and molecular methods
1991 Papworth-Hospital, Cambridge, England, Dr. Stewart, Lung Transplantation Pathology
Institutional Activities
1974, Establishment of a radioimmunoassay for prostaglandins
1976 Establishment of Immunofluorescence with antibodies for serotonin and substance P in the study of carcinoids, and immunoglobulins and complement components for immunologic diseases
since 1981 diagnostics in Pulmonary Pathology, set up of a lung pathology collection (Lung Biobank), regular monthly pulmonary conferences since 1983
1983 Immunoelectron microscopy for research
since 1986 set up of a tissue bank for lung tumors and non-tumorous lung diseases
since 1978 work group on environmental inhalation and toxicology with focus on the respiratory tract
1987 Laboratory of Environmental and Respiratory Pathology
2000 Laboratory for Molecular Cytogenetics and Environmental and Respiratory Pathology
2008 Research Unit for Molecular Lung and Pleura Pathology
Other activities
1999-2003 Chairman of pulmonary pathology working group of ESP
since 2001 chairman of EU-project on rare pulmonary diseases; establishment of European case collection on rare pulmonary diseases
2004-2007 CoChairman for the Latinamerican-European pulmonary pathology working group
2005-2007 Chairman of the pulmonary pathology working group of ESP
Chair of Pulmonary Pleura and Mediastinal Pathology Consultation Center
Postgraduate Pulmonary, Pleura and Mediastinal Pathology Courses since 2001 in Torino/Italy, Lund/Sweden, Krakow/Poland, Moscow/Russia, Ankara/Turkey, Graz/Austria
Reviewer for several journals of pathology, thoracic surgery, oncology, cancer research, and pulmonology
Member of Editorial Board of Virchows Archiv, Associate Editor of Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Awards or Medals for Continuous Medical Education from the Swedish Medical Society, the Russian and Turkish Thoracic Societies, and the Italian Pathologic Society.
2009-2010 President of the Austrian Society of Pathology
2009- Member of the Education Committee of the European Society of Pathology
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Univ-Prof. Dr. Helmut Popper
Präsident der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Pathologie (ÖGP)
Medizinische Universität Graz, Institut für Pathologie
Auenbruggerplatz 2, 8036 Graz
Tel.: +43 (0)316 385 83646
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