After graduating from the Medical and Health Science Center of the University of Debrecen I
entered the 6 year specialization program in General Surgery at Semmelweis University. In the
firsttwo years I completed my compulsory rotations in the subspecialities of Anaesthesiology and
Intensive Care, Accident and Emergency medicine and Traumatology.
October, 2003 - February, 2004:
Internship in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care at Szent István Memorial
Hospital, Budapest, Hungary. I worked at the central ICU, on the post-operative
surgical ward and in the OR under supervision. My role included patient
assessment and management in the OR, administering anesthetics, performing
intubations, epidural and spinal canulations and canulating central lines. During
this rotation I gained the required knowledge and experience in the management
and treatment of patients during anaesthesia and the early postoperative period.
Once a week, I also attended the out-patient anesthesiology clinic, and under my
consultant's supervision each day I reported on approximately 5 patients referred
for preoperative assessment and evaluation.
March, 2004 – October, 2004:
Internship in Trauma and Emergency Medicine. For two months I worked
on the Ambulatory Division of the Hungarian National Ambulance and Emergency
Service under supervision as a member of the paramedic team. Starting May,
2004, I began to work on the emergency ward at the Department for
Traumatology, Orthopedic and Hand Surgery at the Central Military Hospital in
Budapest. As an emergency ward physician I gained valuable insight into the
management of light-, severe- and multiple trauma patients. I attended a large
number of trauma- and reconstructive surgeries, elective orthopedic surgeries
and follow-up visits. I performed approx. 60 minor ambulatory surgeries (wound
sutures, tendon sutures, etc.) during which I gained useful experience with basic
operative techniques and gained the ability and readiness to work unsupervised.
November, 2004 – November 2005.
Internship in General Surgery at the 3rd Department of Surgery,
Semmelweis University, Budapest.
The scope of my activities included comprehensive physician care for 12 beds,
working at the out-patient clinic, and performing and assisting in a wide range of
surgeries in the OR on a daily basis. I was required to do 5-6 in hospital on calls,
and on avarage I worked 72 hours per week. As a pivotal member of patient
care at the department my routine daily work included the same tasks and
duties, and the same amount of workload, which I specified in the previous
section in detail.
Number and types of operations carried out from January 2004. – December 2005.
Small intestinal resection:2
Inguinal and abdominal hernioplasty: 12
Femoral amputation: 7
Crural amputation:1
Appendectomy:15
Toe ampution: 12
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: 4
Laparoscopic hernioplasty:1
Varicectomy: 3
Gastric perforation repair:1
Gastrostomy:1
Anal fistula excision: 1
Perianal abscess incision and drainage: 15
Pilonidal sinus excision: 1
Subcutanous abscess incision:13
Double canulated hip screw insertion: 3
Achilles tendon repair:1
Number and types of operations assisted from January 2004.-December 2005.
Approximately: 400
Various operations in the field of general surgery:
 oesophago-gastroduodenal surgery (including total gastrectomy with partial oesophageal
resection, laparoscopic fundoplication and laparoscopic Heller’s myotomy, total
pancreatoduodenectomy)
 hepato-bilio-pancreatic surgery (including liver resection, intraoperative laser- and RF
ablation of liver metastases, biliodigestive anastomosis, partial pancreas resection)
 colorectal surgery (anterior rectum resection, abdomino-perineal rectum amputation,
extended hemicolectomies, laparoscopic sigmoid colectomy)
 laparoscopic hernia repair
 breast surgery (including sentinel lymph node detection)
 endocrinological surgery (including laparoscopic adrenalectomy),
 vascular surgery (AAA resection, aortobifemoral bypass)
 thoracic surgery (including video assisted thoracoscopy).
and trauma- orthopaedic- and reconstructive surgery:
f.g.: total knee prosthesis, total hip replacement, various types of fracture repairs, canulated hip
screw insertion etc., ankle ligament repair, etc