| Prof. Beckers' contribution to thyroidology is longstanding and of major importance. He contributed to many areas in thyroidology, including endemic goiter, regulation of thyroid function, thyroid hormone metabolism, the development of tests for thyroid function, screening of neonatal hypothyroidism, the use of radioactive iodine in diagnosis and treatment of thyroid disease and other subjects as well. Prof. Beckers, who is head of the department of nuclear medicine at the faculty of medicine, Catholic University of Louvain, is also an authority in nuclear medicine and contributor to many publications in this area.Prof. Beckers played a major and decisive role in the foundation of the European Thyroid Association and organized its first meeting in 1967 in Louvain. Between this year and 1972 he became the first Secretary General of the European Thyroid Association.Prof. Beckers is a member of many European and other international medical societies and has been also President of the European Society of Nuclear Medicine. Recently the working group that he chaired on behalf of the European Thyroid Association published recommendations for the use of radioactive iodine in the treatment of hyperthyroidism. |
