Education and Training: 
Medical University, Szeged, Hungary, Medical Doctor, 1985
Specialization in Surgery, 1989
PhD, 1994
Dr. med. habil. 1999
DSc, 2013

Professional Experience
Current:
Dean of the Medical Faculty, University of Szeged, Hungary, from 1st July 2018
Head of Department of Surgery, Professor of Surgery, University of Szeged Department of Surgery, Szeged, Hungary, from 2004 

Research
New surgical methods in the minimally invasive and oncological surgery
Clinical and experimental study of the Barrett’s esophagus
Surgery of the gastroesophageal reflux disease
Investigation of microcirculation in different diseases of the gastrointestinal tract 

Professional Membership
Hungarian Surgical Society – President (2013-2015)
President of the Educational Committee of the Hungarian Surgical Society
President of the Surgical Oncology Section of the Hungarian Surgical Society
Representative of the Hungarian Surgical Society in UEMS (Union Européenne des Médicins Spécialistes)
European Association for Endoscopic Surgery
International Association of Surgeons, Gastroenterologists and Oncologists – President of the Hungarian Section
European Society of Surgical Oncology
International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus
European Hernia Society
European Shock Society
European Association for Transluminal Surgery
Hungarian Society of Physiology
Hungarian Society of Immunology
Hungarian Oncological Society
Hungarian Society of Gastroenterology
Hungarian Society of Senology 

Awards
Hungarian Physiological Society, 1985
Hungarian Surgical Society 1990
Petri Gábor Medical Science Award 1992
Széchenyi István Award – 2001
Kulka Frigyes Award, 2002
Földes Ferenc Award, 2003
Haynal Imre Award, 2011
Pro Urbe – Szeged – Award, 2012
Ságvári Award, 2013
Honorary Member of Bulgarian Surgical Society, 2014
Astellas „PRO SALUTATE HOMINUM”, 2014
Kardos Géza Award, 2017 

Publications
Number of publications: 234
Cumulative impact factor (prereviewed full articles): 189,623
Citations: 970 (without self-citation)
Hirsch index: 19