Professor Prem Puri
Prof Prem Puri has been elected to Honorary Fellowship of the American Surgical Association (ASA), the highest recognition the Association can bestow on a non-American surgeon. The Honorary Fellowship makes him one of only two practicing paediatric surgeons outside America to receive this honour.
Prof Prem Puri is the Newman Clinical Research Professor at the UCD School of Medicine and Medical Science, Director of Research at the Children’s Research Centre, and Chairman of the Department of Paediatric Surgery at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital.
Commenting on his award, Prof Puri said: ‘The American Surgical Association is one of the most prestigious societies in the world and I am extremely honoured and humbled by this award.’
Prof Puri is known internationally for his research into underlying mechanisms causing birth defects, and innovative treatments which have benefited children all over the world. He is a multi award-winning researcher whose previous awards include People of the Year Award in Ireland and the prestigious Denis Browne Gold Medal by the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons for outstanding contribution to paediatric surgery. He has been a visiting professor to many leading universities and has published over 450 articles and 10 books.
The American Surgical Association is the USA’s oldest and most prestigious surgical organisation. Its members, who voted unanimously to elect Prof Puri to Honorary Fellowship, include the America’s most prominent surgeons from the country’s leading academic medical institutions.
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