He was graduated at the Medical University of Budapest
(present name: Semmelweis University) in 1967. After two years of internship for neurology, he changed for internal medicine and from 1969 to 2007 he worked in the prestigious, more than 100 years old National Scientific Center which the successor of the first Hungarian Jewish Hospital. Presently, he is Professor of Cardiology at the Military Hospital (State Health Center) and Professor Emeritus of the Cardiovascular Center of the Semmelweis University.
He made the specialty exam from internal medicine in 1972, and awarded form cardiology in 1980. Similarly, subspecialty from hypertonology (1998), angiology (1999), lipdology (2003) has also been achieved. Diplomas of European Hypertonologist (1998) and European Cardiologist (1999) have also been awarded him by the European Society of Hypertonology and by the European Society of Cardiology. He is university professor since 1992.
His scientific research interest firstly focused on the electrophysiological properities and metabolic alterations of the mammalian and human heart. As a part of these, the early experimental works were made in the experimental laboratory of the university, under the guidance of Professor Elemér Endrőczy, the internationally known physiologist, with a special interest on biogenic amines. Primarily he examined the noradrenaline metabolism in experimental myocardial ischemia and infarction of the rat heart (Acta physiol. Acad. Sci. Hung. 43:315, 1973 és 45:109, 1974). His first clinical investigation dealt with the metabolic and experimental proprieties of the accidentally induced hypothermic human heart (Acta med. Acad. Sci Hung 30:67, 1973). In 1974-75 he awarded a scientific exchange post to the Laboratory of Biophysics of the Université de Caen (France), where as a coworker of professor Paul d´Alché he investigated the epicardial and electrophysiological properties , as well as the origin of ventricular fibrillation (sudden cardiac death) induced by hypothermia (Adv. Cardiol 19:33-37, 1977). His PhD Thesis was written from the same topic („Le champ électrique cardiaque du chien en hypothermie”) what has been defended in French language, mentioning a „with a special laudation” by the Examination Committee.
Main profiles
- Acute and chronic forms of cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, abnormalities of cholesterol and lipoprotein metabiolism.
- Preoperative check-up for coronary interventions, percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI, stent implantation, percutaneous vascular interventions (PTA, intravascular stenting).
- Borderline areas of cardiololgy and metabolic disorders (hyperlipidaemias, diabetes mellitus, gout, cardiovascular manifestations of systemic diseases).
Geographical areas and related patient groups
- Primary cardiac care (basal cardial care): 5th, 6th, 7th, and 13th discrits of Budapest
- Secondary cardiac care (special tasks): 5th, 6th, 7th, 13th and 17th districts of Budapest and parts of Pest, Heves, and Nógrád counties.
- Tertiary (national level) operative profile for the whole country (cardiovascular surgery, percutaneous coronary interventions (like PCI, stenting), pacemaker implantation, arythmia surgery.
- Persons belonging to national armed bodies and their close relatives (Ministry of Defense, Ministry of the Interior Affaires, Hungarian Railroad Service, Fire Service).
- Patients, who have continuously been cared, or controlled for cardiological reasons in the former National Health Cervice Center (Budapest, Szabolcs Street 35) or in the State Health Center, which is the previous name of the present State Military Hospital.
