!!Jürg Reichen \\ __Education and Professional Experience__ \\ *1960 - 1964 Städtisches Gymnasium Burgdorf, Switzerland, Maturity type A *1964 - 1971 Medical School, University of Berne, Switzerland *Jan 1972 - Dec 1972 Fellow in Pharmacology, Department of Experimental Medicine, Hoffmann-LaRoche AG, Basel, Switzerland *Jan 1973 - June 1976 Fellow in Clinical Pharmacology and Hepatology, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Berne, Switzerland (Prof. R. Preisig) *July 1976 - June 1978 Guest Scientist, Liver Unit, DDB, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, U.S.A. Training in Hepatology (Prof. P.D. Berk) and Hepatopathology (Prof. and Prof. K.G. Ishak) *July 1978 - June 1979 Intern and Resident in Medicine, Georgetown University and Veterans Administration Hospital, Washington, DC, U.S.A. *July 1979 - June 1980 Fellow in Gastroenterology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, U.S.A. *July 1980 - June 1984 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Appointment in Internal Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology and Gastroenterology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, U.S.A. Training in transplant hepatology (Prof. T.E. Starzl) *July 1984 - July 1985 Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Medical School, Denver, CO, U.S.A. *November 1984 Venia docendi, University of Berne *April 1986 Professor of Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Berne *October 1994 - 1999 Co-Director, Department of Clinical Research *October 1994 – December 2007 Co-Director, Department of Clinical Pharmacology *1998 - 1999 Associate Dean for Research, Faculty of Medicine *2000 - 2001 Chairman, Kuratorium Department of Clinical Research *2001 – present Chief, Hepatology, University Hospital Inselspital, Berne *January 2008 – present Chief, Hepatology and Co-Director, University Clinic for Visceral Surgery and Medicine, University Hospital Inselspital, Berne \\ __Academic Honors and Awards__ \\ *January 9, 1975 Doctor medicinae, Faculty of Medicine, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland *June 1, 1976 Prize of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Berne for thesis: "Uptake of Bile Acids by the Perfused Rat Liver" *July 1, 1976 Fellowship (2 years) of the Swiss National Foundation for Scientific Research *July 1, 1981 Faculty Development Award in Clinical Pharmacology (2 years), The Pharmaceutical *Manufacturers' Association Foundation, Washington, DC, U.S.A. *August 1, 1983 Research Career Development Award (5 years), National Institutes of Health, U.S.A. *July 1, 1984 Research Career Development Award (6 years), Swiss National Foundation for Scientific Research *1987 Prize of the Swiss Society for Internal Medicine *1987 Prize of the Swiss Society for Gastroenterology *1995 Cloëtta Prize *2002 Lucie Bolte Prize *2008 EASL recognition award \\ __Professional Societies__ \\ *1972 Swiss Society of Physicians *1977 American Federation for Clinical Research *1981 American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases *1982 American Gastroenterological Association *1983 Western Society for Clinical Investigation *1983 Gastroenterology Research Group *1984 International Association for the Study of the Liver *1985 Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie *1985 Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Klinische Pharmakologie *1985 European Association for the Study of the Liver *1985 Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Gastroenterologie & Hepatologie *1985 European Society for Biochemical Pharmacology *1985 Cofounder, European Liver Transport Study Group *1986 Cofounder of the Swiss Association for the Study of the Liver *1987 New York Academy of Sciences *2000 Academia Europaea \\ __Licensure__ \\ *1971 Swiss Federal Medical Board *1971 ECFMG *1981 Colorado License No. 23695 (by FLEX examination) \\ __Offices, Public Service__ \\ *1983 Nominations Committee, AASLD *1983 Special Study Section, NIH *1984 - 1985 Research Committee, AASLD *1986 - 1996 Federal Expert Commission on classification of toxic compounds *1986 - 1993 Secretary SASL *1987 - 1994 Associate Editor, Pharmacology and Therapeutics *1988 - 1991 Scientific Committee, EASL *1988 - 1994 Editorial Board, Hepatology *1989 - 1991 Secretary, EASL *1989 - 1993 Associate Editor, Journal of Hepatology *1989 - 1992 Federal Commission for a MD/PhD program in Switzerland *1990 - 1993 Counsillor, United European Gastroenterology Federation *1992 - 1997 European Hepatitis Education Council *1992 - present Trustee, Sandoz Research Foundation *1992 - 1996 Counsillor, International Association for the Study of the Liver *1992 - 1994 Vice-president, Swiss Society for Gastroenterology and Hepatology *1994 - 1996 Associate Editor, Hepatology *1996 - 1999 Editorial board, Journal of Hepatology *1999 - 2005 European Scientific Committee of Orphanet, co-editor hepatology *1998 - 2004 Associate Editor, J. Hepatology *2002 - present Editorial Board member, BMC Comparative Hepatology *2003 – 2007 Councillor for Education, EASL