Dr. LÁszlÓ TABÁR, M.D.

Abbreviated Biography of Professor László Tabár, M.D.

Professor of Radiology
University of Uppsala School of Medicine, Sweden.

Medical Director,
Department of Mammography, Falun Central Hospital, Sweden.

Consultant Radiologist for numerous Comprehensive Breast Centers in the United States.

• Project Leader,
Randomized Controlled Breast Cancer Screening Project, Kopparberg County, Sweden.

• Dr. László Tabár has read over 1,000,000 mammographic screening examinations to date since 1977.

• President of Mammography Education, Inc., Cave Creek, Arizona

• Honorary member of the Finnish Radiology Society.

• Honorary member of the Hungarian Radiology Society.

• Honorary member of the American College of Radiology.

• Author of Teaching Atlas of Mammography, 1983, with Dr. Peter B. Dean, which has been translated into German, Italian, Portugese and Spanish. The 3rd edition was published in 2001 and issued in six languages.

• Author of Breast Cancer - The Art & Science of Early Detection With Mammography, 2005, with Dr. Tibor Tot and Dr. Peter B. Dean.

• Co-author of Practical Breast Pathology, 2002 with Dr. Tibor Tot and Dr. Peter B. Dean.

• Author of 170 articles published in peer-reviewed medical journals.

• Producer and Director of two prize-winning teaching movies on mammography.

• Recipient in 1988 of the Terry Fox Award from the British Columbia Medical Association for his contribution to cancer research.

• Recipient of the Gold Medal 2001 from the Society of Breast Imaging.

• American Cancer Society's Distinguished Service Award, 2001

• Recipient of the 2002 IMPACT award for Lifetime Achievement in the fight against breast cancer by the National Consortium of Breast Care Centers, Inc.

• Course director and principal lecturer of CME courses in mammography since 1980 in Europe and since 1985 in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, South America, and Mexico.

Dr. TABÁR's Curriculum Vitae

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND ACTIVITIES

Job description: Invited from Hungary by the Kopparberg County Council, Sweden. As the Medical Director of the Mammography Department, I am responsible for a department consisting of four physicians, nine X-ray technologists and a clerical staff of four. I have been responsible for this unit since its establishment in 1977. I am also the Director of the Kopparberg County mammographic screening program, which began in 1977. The Department carries out breast cancer screening by mammography on 200-250 women a day. In addition, 15-20 referred patients are examined by mammography daily.

During the past 27 years more than 1,000,000 mammographic examinations have been performed by the Department of Mammography, Falun Central Hospital . The screening program started as a scientifically designed, controlled, randomized, population-based trial performed under the auspices of the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare. My publications related to this project are included in the list of publications. Since 1987 service screening has been offered to all women aged 40-69 living in Dalarna (Kopparberg) county.

I have given teaching courses in mammography to radiologists in the following countries: Sweden, Norway, Finland, The Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Italy, Scotland, Hungary, United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Malaysia, Japan, China, Chile, The United Kingdom, and Mexico

Editorial Board Membership

Associate Editor in "Breast Disease. An International Journal". ELSEVIER.

Awards

Terry Fox Award given by the British Columbia Medical Association. 1988.

British Medical Association Film Competition Silver Award for "Positioning Techniques In Mammography" (1984) and Silver Award for "Galactography and Pneumocystography" (1985).

Society of Breast Imaging Gold Medal 2001.

American Cancer Society's Distinguished Service Award, 2001.

Recipient of the 2002 IMPACT Award for Lifetime Achievement in the fight against breast cancer by the National Consortium of Breast Care Centers, Inc.