Abstract
Iván Kiss was born in the South-Hungarian town Pécs in 1945. He studied at the University Medical School, Pécs between 1963-1969. After a specialisation in pathology, he qualified also in anesthesiology at the Postgraduate Medical Institute, Budapest. After leaving Hungary in 1977 he gained a position at the University Hospital, Freiburg, Germany, soon appointed as head of the anesthesiology unit. In 1987 he attained the “Doctor Medicinae Habilitatus” degree upon his thesis on cancer pain. Later this work was partly published in “Pain, 29: 195-207 1997” the leading journal of the subject with the title “The McGill Pain Questionnaire - German version. A study on cancer pain”. In 1989 he moved to Essen for holding the job of the chief anesthesiologist at the Krupp-Clinic. By that time, he was acknowledged as an internationally recognized expert in anaesthesiology and pain therapy. His expertise was honoured by the „Doctor honoris causa” title at the Semmelweis University, Budapest in 1999. Dr. med. habil. Iván Kiss died on November 29, 2017. In his person, we lost a colleague and friend, a devoted teacher and researcher, and a committed clinician. We keep him in our memories as a real Paragon of the medical vocation.
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