Karoly Lapis Physician (b. Túrkeve, 14 April 1926 – d. 28 May 2025)

Foreign member

Department of Medical Sciences

 

Membership of SASA
Foreign member since 15 December 1988

Field of study
Pathology

Education
MD (1950), School of Medicine, University of Budapest; PhD thesis candidate (1957); PhD (1968); specialization in pathology and clinical oncology

Career
Semmelweis University of Budapest, retired full professor; Professor emeritus (1996); Duke University, USA, visiting professor (1972);
Institute of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweis University of Budapest, director (1968‒1993)

Membership of other academies
Hungarian Academy of Science, corresponding member (1970); full member (1979); USSR Academy of Medical Sciences

Membership of specialist associations
Committee on Pathology at the Hungarian Academy of Science and the Ministry of Health of Hungary, president; The European Society of Pathology; German Pathologists’ Association American Association for Cancer Research; European Association For Cancer Research, vice-president (1979‒1985)