CURRICULUM VITAE

FULL NAMES: PYYKKÖ Vilho Ilmari
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: Helsinki 17 Nov 1944

PRESENT POSITION
Professor of the Department of Ear-, Nose and Throat Diseases at Tampere University Hospital,Tampere.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Licentiate of Medicine, University of Helsinki 30 Oct 1971
Doctor in Medical Sciences, University of Helsinki 30 Sep 1974
Specialist in Oto-, Rhino- & Laryngology 6 Mar 1979
Docent in Oto-, Rhino- & Laryngology, University of Lund. 1 Nov 1981
Docent in Oto-, Rhino- & Laryngology, University of Helsinki 5 Sep 1984

PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS
Research Associate (Dept. of Physiology, University of Helsinki), total 26 months1971-1973
Recident (Uppsala Academic Hospital and University Hospital of Lund), total 12 months1977-1978
Recident, Specialist and Senior Physician (University Hospital of Lund) 1980-1983
Senior Researcher (Institute of Occupational Health) 1984-1985
Clinical Teacher Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases (University Hospital of Helsinki) 1986-1991
Professor (second) Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases (University Hospital of Helsinki) 1991-1992
Vc. Professor (Head) Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases (University Hospital of Helsinki) 1993-1995
Professor and Head of the section of Otorhinolatryngology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. 1995-2002
Prefect of the Institute of Ear and Skin, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 1997-1999

INTERNATIONAL TRAINING
Fellow, The Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London, England
(British Council and Finnish Medical Board), 3 months 1978
Fellow, Department of Otolaryngology, Kyoto University School of Medicine,
Kyoto, Japan (Scholarship from Japanese Government), total 10 months 1979
Fellow, Department of Otolaryngology and Maxillofacial surgery, University Hospital
and Clinics of Iowa, Iowa City, USA (Scholarship from ASLA-Fullbright), total 14 months 1980
Specialist and Senior Physician (University Hospital of Lund) 1981-1983

AWARDS AND MAJOR GRANTS
Research grant from Swedish Medical Research Council for vestibular research,
totalling 900.000 SKR (together with NG Henriksson). 1980-1984
Research grants from the Academy of Finland totalling 600.000 FIM 1986-1989
Research contract with Finnish Academi totalling 670.000 FIM 1990-1994
Research grant from Finnish Labour Fund (noise induced hearing loss) total 400.000 FIM 1992-1994
Award from Paulo's grant in three different occasion, total 120.000 FIM 1988-1993
EU-Network project participant for Procettion Against Noise 350.000 SEK 1996-1998
Research grant from Swedish Medical Research Council totalling 900.000 SEK 1997-1998
Research grant from Swedish Council for Work Life Research 1.200.000 SEK 1997-1999
EU-Shared cost participant in EISOS project 2.500.000 SEK 1998-2000
Swedish Medical Research Council 1.500.000 SEK l999- 2001
Swedish Labour Insurance 2.300.000 SEK 2000-2002
American Academy of Otolaryngology, Honor Award Recipient 2000
Research contract with Finnish Academi totalling 210000 € 2001-2006
EU-shared cost project Bioear 370.000 Euro Coordinator 2002-2006
EU-Shared cost project: Age related hearing loss 240.000 E 2003-2006
EU-Network project: Falls in the Elderly 30.000 E 2003-2006

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIP
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health 1985-
The Journal of Vestibular Research 1989-
The Journal of Audiological Medicine 1991-
British Journal of Occupational medicine (appointed referee) 1994-
Otology-neurotology, Quaterly Journal 1996-
Ear, Nose and Throat Journal 1996-
Acta Otolaryngologiga (Stockh) 1996-
Otolaryngology-NOVA 1998-

MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETAS
Barany Society 1981-
International Association or Occupational Health, Secretary of Scientific committee
on Physical Factors 1983-1988
President on the IV International Conference on HAV 1985
The Royal Society of Medicine 1984-1988
Collegium of Oto-, Rhino- and Laryngology 1988-
President of the Finnish Otololaryngology Society 1995
Member of American Academy of Otolaryngology, Head and neck Surgery 1993-
Prosper Meniere Society 1994-
American Otological Society 1997-
Chairman of Nordic Inner Ear Study Group 1999-

OTHER ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL MERITS AND ACTIVITIES
Declared qualified for the chair of professor of Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases
in the University of Turku. 1987
Declared qualified for the chair of professor of Physiology in the University of Helsinki. 1989
Declared qualified for the chair of professor of Ear-, Nose and Throat Diseases
in the University of Helsinki. Second position 1990
Examiner for several doctoral dissertations 1984 - 2002
Official opponent for several doctoral dissertations 1985 - 1997

SUPERVISION OF ACADEMIC RESEARC
Supervised 21 doctoral dissertations 1980 - 2001
Ongoing supervision of 8 Ph.D. students

VISITING FOREIGN RESEARCHERS
Prof. Makoto Futatsuka, Japan, total 8 months 1983
Prof. Anthony Brammer, Canada, total 6 months 1985-1986
Dr Ryoichi Inaba, Japan, total 8 months 1987
Dr Hisayoshi Ishizaki, Japan, total 15 months 1988-1989
Dr Hisataki Skakibara, Japan, total 10 months 1990-1991
Dr Masayuki Iki, Japan, Total 9 months 1991-1992
Dr Hisayohi Ishizaki Total 38 month 1995-1997
Prof. Josef Miller 6 months 1998
Prof. Poul Bretlau 6 months 1999
Dr Weiming Song 12 months 2000-2002
Dr Yonqging Huang 12 months 2001-2002
Dr Jing Zou 26 months 1999-2003

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.
Organized and constructed a human vibration test laboratory at the Institute of Physiology,
University of Helsinki. 1970-1971
Initiated microvascular surgery training for residents at the Department of Neurosurgery,
University Hospital of Helsinki 1977
Organized and constructed a multiunit brain activity and vestibular animal recording laboratory
at ENT Department, University of Kyoto, School of Medicine 1978
Reconstructed the clinical vestibular laboratory and established the vestibular animal
laboratory at ENT Clinic, University Hospital of Lund 1980-1984
Constructing and computerizing posturography and eye movement measurement systems
for clinical research at ENT Clinic of University Central Hospital of Helsinki 1984-1990
Establishing and constructing a research laboratory for clinical and animal research at
ENT clinic of University Central Hospital of Helsinki 1990-1995
Reconstruction research laboratory Gustaf Vth at ENT, Karolinska Institutet 1995-2002
Reconstruction research laboratory at ENT, University of Tampere 2002-

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
Published about 500 scientific publications

Tampere 27 January 2005

Ilmari Pyykkö MD
Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology,
Tampere University Hospital, FI-33521, Tampere

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