Dr. Péter Nyirády
Dean, Faculty of Medicine
Current position
- 2024-: Dean of the Faculty of Medicine (ÁOK)
- 2012-: Head of the Department of Urology
Married, father of two children.
Academic degrees
- 2011: Doctorate of the Hungarian Academy of Science (D.Sc.) in “Research and care of urological developmental disorder”
- 2009: Habilitation at Semmelweis University (Urology)
- 2003: PhD, Semmelweis University, “Study of fetal urinary tract development, with special reference to changes in the electromechanical capacity of the bladder detrusor smooth muscle under normal conditions and in posterior urethral valve”
Professional experience, study trips
- Albert Szent-Györgyi University of Medical Sciences, Department of Surgery, TDK thesis
- Surgical and traumatology practice at the York District Hospital, UK
- Internal medicine and family medicine internship at the University Teaching Hospital of Ulm, Heidenheim, Germany
- 1995 Urology Department, Heim Pál Children’s Hospital, Budapest
- 1999 Fellowship of the ESPU (European Society for Paediatric Urology) 6 weeks Manchester and Leeds
- 1999 1 week Paris laparoscopic training
- 2000 European Association of Urology 1 year research fellowship University College London
- 2001- Semmelweis University Urology Clinic
University positions
- 2024-: Member of the Rector’s Strategy Cabinet
- 2023-: Member of the Habilitation Committee (-2027)
- 2021-: Member of the Scientific Committee on Clinical Surgery
- 2019-: Member of the Senate
- 2019-2024: Director of the Centre for Professional and Continuing Education
- 2019-: Chairman of the Clinical Committee
- 2019-: Member of the Habilitation Committee
- 2018-: Chairman of the Ethics Committee
- 2017-: Member of the Equal Opportunities Committee
- 2016-: Member of the Professional Training Committee
- 2016-: Member of the Clinical Committee
- 2016-: Member of the Committee for the “Development of Clinical Research” project as part of the Strategic Development Program
- 2015-: Member of the Habilitation Committee
- 2015-: Chairman of the Urology Professional Committee
- 2015-: Member of the Board of the Semmelweis University Clinical Center
- 2012-: Head of the Department of Urology for consecutive 5-year terms (2012-2017, 2017-2022, 2022-2027)
International board memberships
- 2018-: Member of the EAU EUSP Committee
- 2012-2020: Representative of the Urology Section of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS)
- 2011-: Accredited Member European Board of Urology (EBU)
- 2011-2018: Board member EU-Academic Continuing Medical Education (EU-ACME)
Leadership positions in Hungarian institutions
- 2023-: Secretary of the Urology Section of the College of Health Professions
- 2022-: Vice President Association of Hungarian Medical Societies and Associations (MOTESZ)
- 2019-: Secretary General of the Hungarian Society of Urologists
- 2017-: Member of the expert base of the Hungarian Higher Education Accreditation Committee
- 2017-: President of the Society of Oncological Urology
- 2015-: President of the Urology Committee of Semmelweis University
- 2015-: Vice-President of the Hungarian Society of Sexology
- 2011-: Member of the Board, Association of Friends of Semmelweis University
- 2011-2019: President of the Urology Section of the College of Health Professions
- 2009-: Member of the Presidium of the Hungarian Society of Urologists
- 2008-2009: Chairman, then Member of the Andrology Committee of Semmelweis University
Society memberships
- Hungarian Urological Society
- Hungarian STD Society
- Hungarian Society for Sexual Medicine
- Hungarian Society of Oncological Urology
- European Association of Urologists (EAU)
- European Society of Sexual Medicine (ESSM)
- European Urology Scholarship Programme (EUSP)
- Association of Academic European Urologists (AAEU)
- EAU Section of UroTechnology (ESUT) in the European Urological Scholarship Programme
Honorary memberships
- 2022: Adjunct Professor of Vienna Medical University
- 2021: Slovak Urological Society (SUC)
- 2017: Polish Urological Association (PUA)
Professional education
- 2022 GCP training
- 2008: Specialist examination in Andrology
- 2006: EBU Part II FEBU (Fellow of European Board of Urology)
- 2003: EBU Part I (European Board of Urology)
- 2001: Specialist examination in Urology
Schools
- 1989-1995 Albert Szent-Györgyi Albert Medical Schhol, University of Szeged
- 1985-1989 Bányai Júlia High School, Kecskemét
Language skills
- German, intermediate
- English, advanced (IELTS, British Council, Budapest 1999)
Scholarships
| 1999 | European Society for Paediatric Urologists (ESPU) (3 months) |
| 2000-2001 | European Urological Scholarship Programme (EUSP) Research Fellowship University College London |
| 2004 | Salzburg Seminar |
| 2005 | EAU-AUA Academic Exchange Programme (1 month) |
| 2005 | EAU “Short Term Visit” Vienna, Austria (3 weeks) |
| 2007 | EAU “Short Term Visit” Sheffield, UK (2 weeks) |
| 2009 | EAU Winter Forum “Challenge the experts” Davos, Switzerland |
| 2012 | Canadian Urological Association – European Association of Urology Academic Exchange Programme |
Deputy editor in chief
- International Urology and Nephrology
Editorial Board Memberships
- Central European Journal of Urology
- Robotics & Laparoscopy e-Journal
- Journal of Family Medicine
- Journal of Postgraduate Medical Education
- Family Medicine Continuing Education Journal
- Hungarian Urology – Advisory Board Member
- Interdisciplinary Hungarian Health (IME) Scientific Journal – Columnist
- Czech Urology
- Medical Education
Recognitions
- 3rd Price on the Challenge the experts, European Urology Forum 2009
7-11 February 2009 Davos, Switzerland - Richter Publication Prize July 2009.
- Antal Babics Prize: 1st prize November 2009
- Medical Weekly Lajos Markusovszky Prize March 2020
- Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic, Offer’s Cross March 2021
- Pro Universitate Semmelweis University 2021
Publications
- Number: 252
- Foreign language: 149
- Hungarian language: 103
- Book editing: 2
- Book chapters:
Foreign language: 6
Hungarian: 5 - Independent citation: 4015
- MTMT
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