Heikki Irjala
MD, PhD
heikki.irjala@utu.fi Savitehtaankatu 5 Turku |
Otorhinolaryngology; Head and neck surgery; Cancer research
2002 PhD thesis "An Immunotherapeutic Approach to Cancer of the Head and Neck"
2009 Specialist in Otorhinolaryngology
2014 Adjunct Professor of Otorhinolaryngology
2015 Specialist in Head and Neck Surgery
2017 Special Competence in Medical Education
Research is focused on cancer of the head and neck including both clinical aspects (quality of life, treatment methods and outcome, diagnostics, etc.) and basic science like cancer immunology and cell trafficking.
Clinical lecturer (Otorhinolaryngology) 2012-2015
Personal teacher mentor for medical students from 2012
Supervisor of several PhD students
- Molecular identification of PAL-E, a widely used endothelial-cell marker (2005)
- Blood



