Personal data:
Name: Prof. Imre Romics M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc.
Address: Tárogató u. 52, H-1021- Budapest
Date and place of birth: 16 May 1947, Érd, Hungary
Marital Status: married with two children
Workplace: Dept. Urol. Semmelweis University, Budapest Üllői út 78/b. H-1082 Budapest
Phone: (36-1) 210-0330/51345
Fax: (36-1) 210-0305
E-mail:romics.imre@med.semmelweis-univ.hu
Mobile: +36 20 825 8757
Professional data:
• President of Board of Urology (1999-2004)
• National coordinator of qualification and postgraduate education (1999-)
• Member of the Scientific Qualification Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Science (1996-2001)
• Member of the General Assembly of Hungarian Academy of Science (2004-2010)
• Member of the Surgical Scientific Committee of Hungarian Academy of Science (2007-2010)
• Full member of the Association of Academic European Urologists (2005-)
o president elect. (2010)
• Supervisor of Urology in County Komárom-Esztergom (2001-2005)
Education and professional career:
1965-1971 Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest
1971 Graduation (M.D.)
1971-1974 Assistant professor, Institute of Pathophysiology, Semmelweis Univ. Budapest
1974-1989 Assistant professor, Dept Urology Semmelweis Univ. Budapest
1989-1992 Senior fellow, Dept. Urology Semmelweis Univ. Budapest
1992-1995 Associate Professor, Dept. Urology Semmelweis Univ. Budapest
1995-1997 Head of Urol. Dept. Nat. Inst. Rheumat. Physiotherapy, Budapest
1997-2012 Professor and chairman, Dept. Urology Semmelweis University
2012- Associate Professor, Dept. Urology Semmelweis Univ. Budapest
Experience abroad:
1986-1988 Funktionsoberarzt, (Assistant) Dept. Urol. St. Agnes Hospital, Bocholt (West-Germany)
1991 Oberarzt, (Deputy Head) Dept. Urol. St. Agnes Hospital, Bocholt, (Germany)
Awards:
• Award of Hung. Acad. Sciences (1999)
• First Prize „BMA Medical Book Competition – Urology Category” for J.Corcos, E.Schick (ed) „Neurogenic Bladder” titled book, 2004. (our chapter: Romics, Hamvas, Majoros: Complication related to neurogenic bladder dysfunction – II: reflux and renal insufficiency)
• Batthyány-Strattmann Award (2005) (Award of the Minister of Health)
• Charles Simonyi Award (2008)
• Gróf Mikó Imre Award (2010)
• Genersich Award (2011)
• Pro-Universitäte Award (Semmelweis University) (2011)
• Hungarian Order of Merit Officer’s Cross (state award) (2012)
• Illyés Géza Award (2012)
• Magyar Érdemrend Tisztikereszt (state order) (2012)
• Semmelweis Award (Semmelweis University) (2014)
• ESOU Achievement Award (2015)p
Visiting professor:
1984 Visit at Urol. Dept. Univ. Bonn (Germany) (3 months)
1995 Helsinki (Finland) Urol. Dept. Univ. of Helsinki (2 weeks)
1999 Vienna (Austria) Urol. Dept. Univ. Clinic (1 week)
2000 Kosice (Slovakia) Urol. Dept. Univ. Safarik (1 week)
2003 Osijek (Croatia) J. Strossmayer University (1 week)
Scientific graduations:
1985 Ph.D Hungarian Scientific Academy, Budapest
1995 D.Sc. Hungarian Scientific Academy, Budapest
Teaching graduation: „Habilitation” (qualification for professorship), Budapest, 1994
Professor – extraordinary, Budapest, 1996
Teaching experience:
Graduate:
1969-1974 Pathophysiology in Hungarian
1974- Urology in Hungarian
1988- Urology in German
1994- Urology in English
Postgraduate:
1991- Urology, Oncology, Ultrasound diagnostic
Postgraduate courses:
1986 Urin cytology (Düren, German Urol. Soc.)
1987 Urodynamia (Aachen, German Urol. Soc.)
1987 Pediatric Urology (Düsseldorf, German Urol. Soc.)
Memberships:
Hungarian Urol. Ass. (1981-)
• member of Exec. Committee (1990-)
• president of Ultrasound Section(1999-)
Hungarian Oncol. Soc. (1981-)
• secretary of Urooncol. Workshop(1989-1998)
Hungarian Chemother. Soc. (1988-)
Hungarian Gyn. Soc. (1999-)
• member of Exec. Comm. of Urogyn. Section (1999-)
Korányi Society (1992-)
Hung. Ultrasound Soc. (1995-)
Board member of the Hungarian Society of History of Medicine (2007-)
European Association for Cancer Research (1983-1999)
German Urol. Soc. ordinary member (1987-)
German Urol. Soc. corresp. (honorary) member (2002-)
National represent of the West-East Scholarship Committee of the German Urol. Soc. (2007-)
West German Cancer Center (2003-)
Urol. Ass. of North-Rhine-Westphalen (1987-)
American Urol. Ass. (international member) (1989-)
EORTC (European Org. of Research and Treat. of Cancer) (1996-2001)
EAU (European Association of Urology) (1990-)
• member of EUSP Scholarship Program Committee (1999-2004)
• member of Historical Committee (1999-)
German BPH society (2000-)
SIU (Soc. Int. d’Urol) national representative (1995-)
UEMS (del. of the Nat. Ass. of theUnion Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes) (2000-)
National Delegate of European Urological Association (2000-2005)
Member of International Society for Sexual and Impotence Research (2004-)
Full faculty and board member of ESU (European School of Urology) (2004-)
European Association for Cancer Research (EACR) (2008-)
European Board of Prostate Cancer (EBPC) (2009-)
Nitze-Leiter Forschungsgesellschaft für Endoskopie (2014-)
Honorary memberships:
Honoris Causa Professor of Univ. in Marosvásárhely (Tirgu Mures, Románia (2007)
Vereinigung der Mitteldeutschen Urologen e.V. korrespondierenden Mitglied (2000)
Romanian Urol. Soc. (2000-)
Slovakian Urol. Soc. (2002-)
Corresponding member of Slavonic Medical Society (1999)
Corresponding member of German Urol. Soc. (2002)
Honorary member of German Urol. Soc. (2009)
Polish Urological Association (honorary) member (2005-)
Czech Urological Association (honorary) member (2005-)
Editorial board:
Uroonkológia (editor) (2004-2015)
British Journal of Urology (member of editorial board) (2004-)
EAU Today(member of editorial board) (2004-)
The Open Urology & Nephrology (2007-) (USA)
Int. Urol. Nephrol. (1998-) (USA)
Open Access Journal of Urology (2008-) (New Zealand) memb. of honor. edit. board
Ca és csont (Ca and bone) (1998-) (Hungary)
Hippocrates (Hungary) (1999-)
Családorvosi Fórum (GP Forum) (2000) (Hungary)
Praxis (2004-) (Hungary)
Focus Medicinae (2005-) (Hungary)
Klinická Urológia (Slovakia) (2005-)
Revista Romana de Urologie (2005-)
Canadian Journal of Urology (2006-)
Central European Journal of Urology (CEJUrol) (Poland)(2009-)
Orvosi Hetilap (Hungary) (2006-)
Lege Artis Medicinae (2006-)
Medicinski Vjesnik (2008-)
Publications:
723 presentations in Hungarian, German, English
454 papers in home and internat. journals
99 chapters of books
21 books
Impact factor: 166,562