Name: Zoltán Zsolt NAGY

Place and date of birth: Gyula, 20.09.1961

Nationality: Hungarian

 

Working experience:

  • Department of Ophthalmology, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical University, Szeged, 1986-1992
  • Ist Department of Ophthalmology, Semmelweis Medical School, Budapest, Hungary 1992-2005
  • Department of Ophthalmology, Semmelweis University, Budapest,  2005 (deputy director)
  • Chair of Institute for Clinical Ophthalmology for optometrists since 2009 (Faculty of Health Science, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary)
  • Leader of the renovation of the 102 year old Maria street building of the Department of Ophthalmology, from where the Live Surgery for ESCRS Congress was transmitted on 14th of February 2010
  • In 2009 promoted as a Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
  • Since 2010 Vice Dean of the General Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
  • First cataract live surgery with the femtolaser in Europe during the Annual ESCRS Meeting in 17th of September 2011

 

Education

Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical University, Szeged, Hungary 1980-1986

Hogheschool van Amsterdam: 6 month postgraduate training in health care management, focusing on Qualtity Assurance in health care (1991)

 

Specialization

  • Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical University, Szeged, Hungary 1992.
  • Corneal and refractive surgery, performing more than 26000 refractive surgical and 5000 intraocular procedures
  • All kinds of refractive surgery (PRK, LASIK, Epi-LASIK, LASEK, Sub-Bowmann keratomileusis
  • Discovery of harmful role of ultraviolet-B in corneal wound healing following refractive surgical procedures during the avascular wound healing (Nagy Z Z, Hiscott P, Seitz B, Schlötzer-Schrehardt U, Simon M Jr., Süveges I, Naumann GOH: Ultraviolet-B enhances corneal stromal response to 193-nm excimer laser treatment. Ophthalmology 1997; 104: 375-380 (IF.: 2,408)
  • Presently working with premium intraocular lenses and femtolaser cataract surgery (femtorhexis, femtofragmentation of the lens)
  • First femtolaser refractive cataract surgery was performed in August 2008 by Dr. Nagy in the Department of Ophthalmology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
  • Experience with treatment of keratoconus; early diagnosis, riboflavin treatment, keratoplasty

Languages spoken

 

  • English, German

Personal education

  • 1990 Sept-Oct Dept. of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Helsinki (Prof. Ahti Tarkkanen)
  • 1992. Aug-Sept. Department of Ophthalmology, Academical Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • 1994 May, King’s Fund College, London, England: Quality Assurance in Health Care
  • 1994 October – 1995 August DAAD Scholarship (German Academical Exchange Service) at the Friedrich Alexander University, Erlangen-Nürnberg. Department of Ophthalmology (Prof. GOH Naumann). Research project: Corneal wound healing after photorefractive excimer keratectomy and secondary UV-B irradiation
  • 1999-2000 Moorfields Eye Hospital (Fellowship in Orbital, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Eye)

 

Scientific work

 

Refractive surgery, cataract, anterior segment diseases;  122 articles, 18 bookchapters, 27 posters, 507 papers, and university lectures for graduate and postgraduate training in ophthalmology

Impact factor: 43,7

Citation: 293

 

Scientific degree

 

  1. PhD                 (11.06.1997)
  2. Med habil        (28.05. 2003)
  3. DSc                 (09.06.2004)

 

Academic and professional awards

 

(1) Award of the Hungarian Gastroenterological Society (1984)

(2) Award of the Hungarian Ophthalmological Society (1993)

(3) Ist Prize of the Hungarian Ophthalmological Society (1996)

(4) Nomination for Chibret Award (1996, Paris) II. Prize

(5) Ist Prize of the Gedeon Richter Foundation (2003)

(6)Special Prize of the Hungarian Refractive Surgical and Intraocular Lens Implantation Society (SHIOL) (2008)

(7) Waring Award for the best publication in Journal of Refractive Surgery (2010)

 

Member of scientific societies

 

  1. Hungarian Ophthalmological Society (1986)
  2. Hungarian Contact Lens Society (1988)
  3. SHIOL (Hungarian Intraocular Lens Implantation Society  (1989)
  4. Hungarian Biophysical Society (1992)
  5. German Ophthalmological Society (D.O.G.) (1995)
  6. German Intraocular Lens Implantation Society(D.G.I.I.)  (1995)
  7. American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) (1996)
  8. International Society of Refractive Surgeons (1997), representative of Hungary and Board member
  9. International Society of Biophysics (1996)
  10. Hungarian Excimer Laser and Refractive Surgical Society (1998), elected President
  11. European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (2000), in 2011 elected as a co-opted Board Member of ESCRS for 2 years
  12. American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (2001)