Curriculum Vitae

Name:             Sándor Lovász

Born:               Budapest, Hungary 10/14/1950

Family status: married, 2 children

Education:     

M.D. Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest, 1975

Specialty exam: General Urology, Budapest, 1979

''Good Clinical Practice'' exam, 1995, 2011

Ph.D. Dissertation: Urodynamics of Upper Urinary Tract - 2008

Language fluency:     

German language– high level (1979)

English language - intermediate level (1982)

Employment:  

National Institute of Rheumatology and Physiotherapy, Budapest Department of Urology, 1975-1997

Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest, Department of Urology, 1997-2008

Jahn Ferenc Hospital, Urological Department, Budapest, 2008-2013

Rózsakert Medical Center 2012 – at present

Study trip:      

University of Bonn, Germany, Urological Department, 3 months in 1984

Yale University, USA, Urol. Dept. 1 month in 2000

University of Madrid, Spain, Urological Dept. 2 weeks in 2003 (European Scholarship Program of European Association of Urology)

Awards:         

1983 Prize of Hungarian Patent Office for the invention of an instrument of automated regulation of bladder rinsing

1998 Prize of the Hungarian Ministry of Health, for the invention of a one-step screw dilator for percutaneous nephrolitholapaxy

2003-2004 Research grant of Pfizer Cardura Competitive Awards Program

2005 Prize of EGIS Clinic-Pharmacological Research Foundation

2008 Best publication of Hungarian Urology

2016 Grant of European Union for development of an aiding device of self-catheterization and self-treatment  

Scientific activity:      

Lectures:

at international congresses:       73

at Hungarian congresses:           55

at postgraduate courses:            65                                           

Publications:

at Hungarian journals:                36

at international journals:             16

Book chapters:                           12

Fields of interest:

Endourology, methods, and tools for medical education.                                   

Development and inventions of medical equipments (4 patents, 5 under clinical testing).

Research on urodynamics of upper urinary tract.

Research on new diagnostic, therapeutic and follow up methods of interstitial cystitis, particularly regarding intravesical instillation therapy.

 Current professional activity:

 Urological surgical practice at Semmelweis Medical University and at Rozsakert Medical Center in Budapest, Hungary

Basic research on urodynamics of upper urinary tract, and on bladder wall distensibility.

Developing a new, non-invasive, catheterfree method of bladder instillation

Optimizing the mtehod of self-instillation for female IC patients

Research on reduction of costs of treatment in interstitial cystitis                                                                                                         

Membership:

Member of Hungarian Urological Association (MUT)                                                 

Member of American Urological Association (AUA)   

Member of the International Society for the Study of Bladder Pain Syndrome (ESSIC)