Nikolajs SKUJA

Professor Nikolajs SKUJA Consultant, Centre of Gastroenterology, P.Stradins Clinical Hospital, Medical Academy of Latvia Pilsonu iela 13 Riga, LV 1002 Latvia Phone: +371 7 560258 E-mail: nikolajs.skuja@parks.lv

Born: October 5, 1913, Zalite, Latvia

Interests:

• Internal Medicine
• Gastroenterology
• Immunology
• Main Research: Pathogenesis of Gallstone disease and chronic pancreatitis.

Languages: English, German, Latvian, Russian

Education:

• University of Latvia (Faculty of Medicine), 1936
• Dr.med. (Candidate of Science in former USSR, Ph.D. in Western countries), Medical Academy of Latvia, 1956
• Dr.habil.med. (Doctor of Science in former USSR), Latvian Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, 1976

Experience:

• Lecturer, Associate Professor, Chair of Internal Medicine - Medical Academy of Latvia, 1945-1968
• Professor, Chair of Internal Medicine, Medical Academy of Latvia, 1968-1995
• Head, Centre of Gastroenterology and Dietology, Riga, 1968-1995
• Head, Laboratory of Gastroenterology and Dietology, Medical Academy of Latvia, 1968-1995
• Consulting Professor at P.Stradins Clinical Hospital, Medical Academy of Latvia, 1995-1999
• Professor emeritus, Pensioner, 1999 -

Honours and Awards:

• Merited Physician of Latvia, 1968
• Latvian State Prize (in medicine), 1977
• Honorary Member, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1990
• The Three Star Order (Republic of Latvia), 1995
• State Emeritus Scientist, 1996

Professional Activities and Memberships:

• Member, Editorial Advisory Board for Scientific Periodicals Materia Medica Polona (Poland), Therapeutic Archives, Clinical Medicine (Moscow, Russia), Gastroenterology (Dushanbe, Russia)
• Responsible for Professional Education in Latvia, ASNEMGE (Association of National European and Mediterranean Societies of Gastroenterology) - till 1995
• Contact Person in Latvia, International Coeliac Society, till 1995
• Honorary President, Association of Gastroenterologists of Latvia
• Member, Presidium of Interregional Association of Gastroenterologists, Moscow.

Courses:

Internal Medicine ( for medical students and postgraduates), Medical Academy of Latvia, 1952-1995

 

Recent/Representative Publications:

8 USSR Author’s Certificates, 290 publications on above-mentioned interests and various topics of Gastroenterology.

• N.Skuja . Dyscholia and formation of gallstones as a result of allergic alterations and dyscrinia of the gallbladder wall. - Arch. franc. malad. appar. dig., 1972, vol. 61, N 6/7, p. 14.
• N.Skuja. Chronic Diseases of the Gallducts, 1972, Leningrad:Medicina, 299 pp. (in Russian).
• N.Skuja.  Die anwendung von Chlorochindiphosphat zur Rezidiv-prophylaxe bei Pancreatitis. - VI Gastroenterologen - Kongress. Kurzreferate, Rostock, 1975, S. 91-92.
• N.Skuja , I.Kirmane. Certainly autoimmune ulcerative colitis: clinical data are supported by immunologic findings. - Hellenic J. Gastroenterology, 1992, Sept., Suppl., p. 169.
• Skuja N. Allergic pathogenesis of chronic pancreatitis and chronic cholecystitis. -In: The 2nd United European Gastroenterology Week, Barcelona, 1993, Abstracts, p. 163.
• N.Skuja, A.Danilans, G.Geldnere. Practical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 1999, Riga: Zvaigzne, 538 pp.

Informal:

My present  pursuits are to observe growing up my 6 grandchildren and to go in for gardening and travelling by car.

Last update 25.10.1999