Field of specialisation
Research in Immune Pathomechanism-Based Intestinal Diseases, Primarily Celiac Disease and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, The Role of Natural and Adaptive Immune Mechanisms in Disease Pathologies
Service hours
Introduction, curriculum vitae
He is the deputy director and university professor of the I. Sz. Children's Clinic of Semmelweis University, where he has been working since completing his studies. After obtaining a pediatric qualification, his interest turned to pediatric gastroenterology, he mainly deals with malabsorption, food allergies and inflammatory bowel diseases most intensively, but he has extensive experience in other areas of the specialty as well.
Memberships
- European Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN).
- He was a member of the ESPGHAN Council between 2005 and 2009, and also a member of the ESPGHAN Gastroenterology Committee between 2005 and 2010.
- Board member and former president of the Hungarian Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, he was the president of the Society between 2005 and 2013.
- Board member of the Hungarian Association of Pediatricians since 2003, deputy general secretary since 2011.
Academic degree
Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Prizes, awards and recognition
- Higher Academic Merit Medal 1978
- Outstanding TDK Educator of Semmelweis University 2002
- Outstanding Lecturer of Semmelweis University 2016
- Széchenyi Professorial Scholarship 1999-2003
International experience
- He has been involved in the international public life of pediatric gastroenterology for decades and is the co-author of several international guidelines.
- Between 1986 and 1989, he worked in the research laboratory of the Children's Clinic of the University of Helsinki, where he studied the immunological mechanisms of the development of celiac disease, milk allergy and inflammatory bowel disease.
- Between 2010 and 2014, he was a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition.
- He was the president of the 42nd congress of ESPGHAN organized in Budapest.