Tunyogi Csapó, Miklós, MD Ph.D.

Medical specialism

• Spinal surgery
• Complex spinal surgeries
• Surgical correction of spinal deformities
• Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
• Congenital scoliosis
• Neuromuscular scoliosis
• Syndromic deformities
• Adult idiopathic scoliosis
• Degenerative scoliosis
• Hyperkyphoses
• Spondylolisthesis

Professional experience

• 1998 – : University of Pécs Clinical Centre
• 1998: Clinical doctor
• 2000 – 2003, 2006 – 2008: Department of Traumatology, Clinical doctor
• 2007 – : Teaching in Hungarian and in foreign languages
• 2008 – : Department of Orthopaedics
• 2008 – 2011: Junior assistant professor
• 2011 – 2020: Assistant professor
• 2012 – 2018: English program coordinator
• 2012 – 2020: Head of the spinal surgery team
• 2015 – 2020: Head of Department
• 1998 – 2000: County Hospital Győr, Petz Aladár Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical intern
• 2003 – 2006: Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, USA, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
• 2008 – : University of Pécs Clinical Centre, Department of Orthopaedics
• 2020 – : National Center for Spinal Disorders, Hungary
  Spinal surgeon, senior doctor
  Head of Spine Deformity Division
• 2020 – : Buda Health Center

Education and qualifications

• 1998: University of Pécs, Medical School
• 2003: Surgical management of spine injury; Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik, Tübingen, Germany
• 2003 – 2006: Rush University, Medical Center, Dept. of Orthopedics, Chicago, USA
• 2008: qualifying exam in orthopaedics and traumatology
• 2009: EFORT, ExMex Course, Spinal Osteotomies, Barcelona, Spain
• 2011: PhD degree
• 2011: AOSpine Advances Course - Trauma and Tumor spine, Portomaso, Malta
• 2011: AOSpine Advances Course - Deformed spine, Budapest
• 2011 – 2013: Eurospine, European Spinal Surgery Course (European Spine Diploma)
• 2011: Module 1, 3, Budapest
• 2013: Module 2, 4, 5, Lucerne, Switzerland
• 2012: Marseilles Hop. Timone, (Prof. Bollini) Management of early-onset spinal deformities in children
• 2013: SRS traveling fellowship, San Diego, Peter Newton, MD
• 2013: European Spine Diploma
• 2014: Schulthess Clinic, Zurich, spinal surgery internship, Dezső Jeszenszky, MD
• 2014: AOSpine Davos courses- Deformity Masters course, Davos, Switzerland
• 2019: Habilitation

Language of consultation

• Hungarian
• English

Professional and society membership

• Hungarian Orthopaedic Association
• Hungarian Society of Spinal Surgery (Magyar Gerincsebészeti Társaság)
• AO Spine
• Scoliosis Research Society (SRS)
• North American Spine Society (NASS)

Scientific activity

• Prizes, awards

2014: “For the excellent work in education and research in the field of spinal surgery”

Knight’s Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit

2015: Astellas Award, Surgery Category, Professional 2nd prize

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