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Awardees’ biographies

Lifetime Achievement Award

György Kovács University of Lübeck / UKSH-CL Lübeck, Germany

György Kovács graduated fromtheMedical University of Szeged/Hungary in1977 and became resident at the Municipal Centre of Radiotherapy in Budapest/Hungary. He went on to become research fellow from1984-1987, at the Oncology Research Centre of theGermanAcademy of Sciences in Berlin-Buch where he completed his academic thesis "Fast neutron treatment of salivary gland tumors". From1989-1991 he took up a research fellowship with the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the Radiotherapy Clinic of theWestfälische Wilhelms University, Münster/Germany. Between1991-2005 he received a full professorship in radiotherapy at the CAU Kiel/Germany and led the Interdisciplinary Brachytherapy Centre. From 2005 to date, he is full Professor in radiotherapy at the University of Lübeck/ Germany and leads the Interdisciplinary Brachytherapy Unit. He is additionally the Educational Programme Director of the Gemelli-INTERACTS, based at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome/Italy, since 2017. György was actively involved in several activities in ESTRO, including being GEC-

ESTRO Chair (2008-2010), leader of the GEC-ESTROH&Nand SkinWG (2010-2018), Director ESTRO-EAU Interdisciplinary Prostate Brachytherapy TC (1992-2012), ESTRO-ACROP committeemember (2013- 2018), ESTRO-APAC Executive Board Member (2016- date). Hewas the founding Chair of the DEGROBrachytherapy Group (1990-2008). He has received scientific prizes: "Strebel Medal" (German-, Swiss-, Austrian Radiotherapy Societies, 2003), "Iris Fischer Memorial Lecture Award" (YaleUniversity/ USA, 2009), "Samir Desai Oration Lecture Award" (Indian Brachytherapy Society, 2014), "Elis Berven Lecture Award" (Swedish Oncology Society, 2017). He is honorary member of the Hungarian- (2010), Belgian- (2011) and Pakistan Radiotherapy Societies, as well Honorary senator of the University of Szeged/ Hungary (2014 to date). György Kovács has published over 200 scientific works in peer-reviewed international journals and has an h-factor of 27.

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