CURRICULUM VITAE

Max Siurala Award
5.2.2015
Professor Jukka-Pekka Mecklin
CURRICULUM VITAE
Name
Date of birth
Mecklin, Jukka-Pekka
29 September 1952
Degree
Institution and year
M.D
University of Helsinki 1978
Surgeon
University of Helsinki 1985
GI-surgeon
University of Helsinki 1988
Ph.D.
University of Helsinki 1987
 Cancer Family Syndrome: Studies on hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancinoma
syndrome
Docent
University of Kuopio 1992
Professor on General Surgery
University of East Finland 3/2011
Professor (h.c.)
Qualified on Social and healthcare
administration (PD)
Honorary nomination by the President of the
Republic of Finland 2004
University of Kuopio 1999
Current position
Resident on surgery, KSSHP
Resident on surgery, HUS
Specialist on surgery, KSSHP
Assistant chief on surgery, KSSHP
Surgeon-in-Chief, KSSHP
Professor on general surgery UEF
1980-1983
1983-1988
1988-1991
1991-1999
1999-2011
2011-
Clinical investicator
Cancer Foundation
The Finnish Academy
Cancer Foundation
The Finnish Academy
1986 (6 month), 1989 (6 month)
1986 (3 month)
1994 (6 month)
1995-1999 (total of 18 month)
Max Siurala Award
Scientific Memberships, Awards, others
International Collaborative Group on Hereditary Nonpolyposis
Colorectal Cancer (ICG-HNPCC); founder and member of the council
1989-2004
The Finnish Association of Gastroenterology: member of council 1990,
secretary 1991-1993, member of council 2007-2008
The Finnish Society of Surgery; member of council
1994-1996
2013-2014
Duodecim: Member of the Scientific Board
1996-2001
European Association of Cancer Research: Council Member
1998-2000
The Finnish Medical Journal: Member of the Scientific Board
1997-2006
Familial Cancer: Member of the Editorial Board
2001-
World Journal of Gastroenterology:
Member of the Editorial Board
2010-13
Scandinavian Journal of Surgery:
Member of the Editorial Board
2010-
The Finnish Digestive Surgeons: Vice- Chairman
2004-2006
The Finnish Digestive Surgeons: Chairman
2006-2008
The Finnish General Surgeons: Vice-Chairman
Chairman
2012-2013
2013-2014
Board Member, The Finnish Cancer Foundation
2010-
Foundation for the Finnish Cancer Institute:
- member of the scientific board
2012-
Member , European Surgical Association (ESA)
2011
Nordic Health Group (NHG):
- External advisor in benchmarking of surgery and oncology 2011Award of the Young Scientist:
The World Congress of Gastroenterology, Sao Paolo
1986
The Finnish Genetic Award
1989
The Danish Society of Gastroenterology:
K.H Koster Lecture and award
1996
Max Siurala Award
Pohjola Award by the Finnish Medical Societies
2002
Niilo Voipio Award by the Finnish Cancer Foundation
2009
Referee on medical thesis
LL Pekka Miettinen "Acute abdomen in adults" University of Kuopio 1993
LL Matti Kemppainen "Colorectal cancer in the elderly: an epidemiological and clinical study" University
of Turku 1994
LL Petra Jernvall "The prognostic value of genomic aberrations and clinicopathological features in
colorectal carcinoma" University of Oulu 1998
LL Airi Jussila “Inflammatory bowel diseases in Finalnd; epidemiology, malignancies and mortality”
University of Helsinki 2014.
Opponent on medical thesis
LL Ilkka Heiskanen "Clinical studies on familial adenomatous polyposis" University of Helsinki 15.9.2000
LL Mika Matikainen "Genetic epidemiology of hereditary prostate cancer in Finland" University of
Tampere 11.5.2001
LL Hannaleena Eerola "Breast cancer families in Finland" University of Helsinki 15.12.2001
LL Pirita Varpe “Surgical treatment of colorectal cancer- controversial issues”, University of Turku,
5.2.2010
LL Sanna Pakkanen “Profiling high risk prostate cancer families in Finland”, University of Tampere
2.12.2010
LL Kai Klintrup “Inflammation and invasive margin in colorectal cancer” University of Oulu 2012.
Referee on Professorship
Professor of Medicine. School of Medicine, Greighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA: Stephen J
Lanspa, M.D.1994
Referee on EU Framework 6 program: Priority 1: Life Sciences, Genomics and Biotechnology for Health
2004
Co-author on doctoral thesis
Aaltonen 1994, Nyström-Lahti 1996, Hemminki 1998, Aarnio 1999, Avizienyte 1999, Heiskanen 2000,
Loukola 2000, Roth 2000, Aktan-Collan 2001, Kiuru 2002, Moisio 2002, Salovaara 2004, Kariola 2004,
Hienonen 2005, Laiho 2005, Lehtonen 2006, Renkonen 2005, Kuismanen 2005, Kokko 2006, Vanharanta
2006, Ollikainen 2007, Yli-Saukko-Oja 2007, Alhopuro 2007, Renkonen-Sinisalo 2007, Sammalkorpi 2008,
Gylling 2008, Tuupanen 2009, Iina Niittymäki 2011, Taina Nieminen 2011, Alexandra Gylfe 2014.
Max Siurala Award
Publications
Number of publications 193 (12/2014 Pubmed)
Citation report by Web of Science 9/2014:
- Results found
190
- Sum of the times cited
20 890
- Average citations per item
109.95
- h-index
63
- Number of items with >100 citations 37
Chapters in Finnish and International textbooks
Language examinations
In Swedish 29. July 1983: good skills in spoken and written language.