Physician, university professor, doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Pediatrician, diabetologist, specialist for hypertension, pediatric pulmonologist, health manager.

He graduated from the medical school in Debrecen, then worked at the Child Health Center in Miskolc. In Budapest, he was an aspirant for the Hungarian Academy of Sciences at the Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medical Laboratory of the Postgraduate Medical University, and then worked as a clinical research fellow at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, University of Sydney in Australia in the early nineties. He obtained a PhD, later a habilitation doctorate, and then a doctorate of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (DSc).

For years, he was the director of the Child Health Center in Miskolc and also the Miskolc-based Postgraduate Institute of Child Health of the University of Debrecen. The institute under his leadership operated according to a university clinic standard, and the internationally renowned activities were recognized by the city of Miskolc with the “Nívó Award” and by the Hungarian Society of Pediatricians and the University of Debrecen with the “László Kulin Memorial Medal”. He was one of the founders of the university education for health care professionals that started at the University of Miskolc, and later, under his leadership as dean, university-level health science education and research in Miskolc were established. He was a member of the National Health Council for several years and served as secretary of the Medical and Health Committee of the Hungarian Rectors’ Conference.

He served as Secretary General and then President of the Hungarian Diabetes Association, and is currently a member of the board, President of the Pediatric Diabetes Section, and Co-President of the Artificial Pancreas Working Group. During his term as President of the Hungarian Diabetes Association, the economic situation of the society was strengthened; a transparent support system was developed, as a result of which the conditions for training, research, patient education and care improved; diabetology licensing was implemented, podiatry training was launched; relations with patient organizations were strengthened; the National Diabetes Program was completed. In 2025, he was elected Secretary General again.

He currently works as a consultant in the Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolism Center of the Szent Kristóf Specialist Clinic in Újbuda, the Dr. Rose Private Hospital and the Diabetes Center of the Újszeged Health Center. He teaches and researches as a university professor at the Óbuda University, as a head of department at the University of Miskolc and as a professor at the Pediatric Clinic of the Medical University of Košice.

His main research area is the epidemiology, pathomechanism, treatment and complications of childhood and adolescent diabetes, and the investigation of cardiometabolic risk factors. He was the first in Hungary to perform insulin pump treatment in a diabetic child. As a researcher, he is a medical consultant for the national interdisciplinary artificial pancreas project in the cooperation between the Hungarian Diabetes Association and the Óbuda University.

He regularly publishes his research results, teaches at doctoral schools, and supervises PhD students. He is a member of several national and international scientific societies (EASD, ISPAD, ADA). He is an elected fellow of the Diabetes India Research Trust. From January 2025, he represents the Hungarian Diabetes Association in Brussels, organized by the European Diabetes Forum.

In addition to several professional and scientific awards [Ministerial Award for Excellent Work, Petényi Géza Award, Miskolc Academic Committee (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) Distinguished Scientific Award], his work was recognized by the Hungarian Diabetes Association with the Pro Diabetologia, Magyar Imre, Hetényi Géza, Barta Lajos and Pro Aegrotis awards, and the University of Košice awarded him the Ferdinand Démant Award. In recognition of his medical activities, he received the Batthyány-Strattmann László Award from the Minister of Health, and as a state award, he received the Officer’s Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit.