Gábor Márk Somfai, MD, PhD

Consulting hours:
every second friday: 16.00-19.30

Curriculum Vitae

Languages spoken:
English (fluent),
Russian (fluent),
Italian (fluent),
German (fluent)

Previous studies:

1991-95: ELTE Trefort Ágoston Teachers' Training School in Budapest
1995-2001: Studies at Semmelweis Medical University, Medical School in Budapest, Graduation with "summa cum laude"

Clinical experience:

2001-2004: PhD-scholarship, Semmelweis University, 2nd Dept. Of Ophthalmology ("Diseases of the macula"), Budapest, Hungary
2004-2008: Resident, Semmelweis University, Dept. of Ophthalmology (Mária str.), Budapest, Hungary
2008: Ophthalmology Board Certification
2009-: Junior faculty, Semmelweis University, Dept. of Ophthalmology (Mária str.), Budapest, Hungary

Scholarships, exchange programs, summer practices:

As a student:

August 1998: One-month summer practice in Tübingen, Germany at the Dept. of Internal Medicine
March 1999: Three-month ERASMUS-scholarship in Rome at the "Tor Vergata" University
March 2000: Three-month ERASMUS-scholarship at the University of Freiburg, Medical School, Germany
Nov 2000: One-month scholarship in Internal Medicine at the Heidelberg Medical School,  Germany
Feb 2001: One-month practice in Surgery in Moscow, Russia at the Centr Endohirurgii i Litotripszii

As a resident:

November 2004: One-week exchange at the Medical University of Vienna, Christian Doppler Lab (Prof. Drexler)
November 2005: One-week exchange at the Medical University of Vienna, Christian Doppler Lab (Prof. Drexler) and Department of Ophthalmology (Prof. Schmidt-Erfurth)
October 2006: One-week exchange at the Medical University of Vienna, Department of Ophthalmology (Prof. Schmidt-Erfurth)
October-November 2007: Seven-week exchange at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom (EBO-Scholarship, Glaucoma and Vitreoretinal Service)

Brief summary of clinical and research interests, teaching activities:

My main interest is the diagnosis and conservative treatment of retinal diseases.

I obtained my PhD degree in 2008 with "summa cum laude" with the title "Clinical and Laboratory Assessment of Diabetic Microvascular Complications", with the mentorship of Prof. György Salacz and Dr. Anikó Somogyi.

I am currently involved in the research of optical coherence tomography diagnosis of diabetic retinal disease and the assessment of its development. Currently, I am actively involved in a collaboration with Dr. Delia Cabrera DeBuc, PhD at the University of Miami Bascom Palmer Eye Institute working on the fine analysis of OCT images with the involvement of one PhD student. The results of our work since 2006 have yielded several posters and papers in national and international journals.

Courses organized:

2003-2006: Several user trainings (theory and practice) for Carl Zeiss Meditec on optical coherence tomography in Sofia (Bulgaria), Ljubljana (Slovenia), Belgrade (Serbia) and the Uzsoki and Bajcsy Hospitals in Budapest.
June 2005: Optical coherence tomography in clinical practice. Official course at the Annual Meeting of the Hungarian Society of Ophthalmology, Szeged, Hungary. (Main concept and organizer)
Feb. 2008: Moorfields Uveitis Course, Budapest (Organizer)

Awards:

2004: Bárdos József Károly Jr. Foundation
2004: Young Investigator Award, Conference of the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy, November 14-17, 2004, Vienna, Austria
2005: 1st Prize of the Semmelweis Alumni Organization (2005)
2008: European Board of Ophthalmology Travel Grant

Membership in National and International Organizations:

Hungarian:

• Semmelweis University Alumni, executive board member
• Hungarian Society of Ophthalmology
• Hungarian Diabetes Association
• Hungarian Pharmacology Research Association

International:

• The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
• European Association for Vision and Eye Research (EVER)
• European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD)

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