500 peer-reviewed studies in international series, including collaborations with two Nobel Prize winners in medicine or physiology (Frederick Chapman Robbins and Robert G.
[6][7][8] His other scholarly output includes 5 books, and around 100 review articles, securing him international acclaim and positioning him among the top researchers in his field as per the Science Citation Index (SCI) in 2002.
[1][10] In 1979, he was appointed Chairman of the first Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University Central Hospital, Helsinki, a position he held until 1999.
[2] Seppälä has been the editor and member of the Editorial Board of many international scientific publication series,[1] as well as a professorial expert at Stanford, Sydney and Valencia universities and the Bangalore Institute of Science.
[5] Later in his career, Seppälä held the position of Emeritus Professor and Senior Research Associate at Biomedicum Helsinki.
[11] It was at this congress at the Finlandia Hall that Robert Edwards and Jean Cohen, alongside a few colleagues, initiated discussions that led to the creation of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) later that year.
[5][1] In 2016, Markku Seppälä was invited as an honorary member of ESHRE (European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology).