Laszlo Ungar

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Prof. Ungar Laszlo and Trainee Dr. Gabi Haran

Laszlo Ungar (1951) is a Hungarian gynecologist and obstetrician whose main practice is gynecological oncologist surgeries.

Personal life

A renowned surgeon in the field of gynecology oncology, and father of five children.

Ungar is a Jewish fifth-generation medical doctor. His education was German, and he speaks German as well as Hungarian, English, and Russian.

The implications are reflected in the way he educates his trainees, whether he shows them how to treat a human or a female gorilla. His trainees might quote the horse story—which Ungar used to describe their training: "When you want to teach a horse to jump, you must make him run in circles. All that horses want is to be left alone, but they have to learn that they will not rest until they run in a circle to your satisfaction. A horse that has learned to run in a circle to your satisfaction will jump up to 2 meters when you tell it to jump." Finishing his medical studies in 1975, young Ungár first served as a GP, after which he started a residency in pathology. In 1980, his surgical passion led him to become a resident in the Semmelweis University hospital, in the gynecological department.

At the end of his residency—and already a family man—he moved to England, then the capital of gynecological-oncology operations.

He was the head of the Department of Gynecology at St. Stephen's Hospital, where he established generations of surgeons, where he invented and performed surgeries such as abdominal radical trachelectomy—allowing pregnant women to continue their pregnancies despite the discovery of cancer. He invented the "Pouch Budapest" for women whose cancer had penetrated their bladder and had to undergo an excision to replace the bladder—and they could urinate normally. Prof. Ungar works to this day in several hospitals in Hungary and around the world.

Academical licenses and certifications

• 1975 Doctor of General Medicine
• 1979 Membership of Hungarian College of Pathology and Histopathology
• 1984 Membership of Hungarian College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• 1989 M.D., Ph.D. Academy of Sciences Hungary
• 1989 Certificate of Full Registration as a Medical Practitioner, General Medical Council of the United Kingdom
• 1995 Med. Habil. Albert Szentgyörgyi Medical University, Hungary
• 2010 Professor at the Albert Szentgyörgyi Medical University, Hungary

Academic affiliations, employment

• 1980-1987 Residency: 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Semmelweis University
• 1987-1989 Registrar in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, U.K.
• 1989-1992 Senior Lecturer in Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Gynecologic Oncology, National Institute of Oncology, Hungary.
• 1992-2008 Head of Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Gynecological Oncology, St. Stephen Hospital, Budapest
• 2008-2009 Head of Department of Gynecological Oncology, National Institute of Oncology, Budapest
• 2009-present: Head of Metropolitan Gynecological Oncology Team, servicing: St. Stephen's, Uzsoki, Peterfi, and Jahn Ferenc Hospitals, Budapest
• 1998-present: Head of Obstetrics and Gynecology Division, Telki Private Hospital, Hungary

Academic and Scientific Commitments

• Past President of the Hungarian Society of Gynecologic Oncology
• Past Vice-president of the European Society of Gynecologic Oncology
• Board member of the Hungarian College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Board member of the Hungarian Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Founding Board member of EAFO

Editorial Board Member:

• European Journal of Gynecologic Oncology
• CME Journal of Gynecologic Oncology
• European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
• Nőgyógyászati Onkológia

Awards

• Decorated by the President of the Hungarian Republic with the “Knights Cross” of the Hungarian Republic
• Decorated by the Austrian Gynecologic Oncology Society with the Wertheim Preis

Selection of articles and book chapters

Book chapter

• "Radical abdominal trachelectomy"

Selection of articles

(over 120 articles since 1985)

• "Laterally extended parametrectomy (LEP), the technique for radical pelvic sidewall dissection: Feasibility, technique and results"
• "Experiences in abdominal radical trachelectomy"
• "Use of Abdominal Radical Trachelectomy to Treat Cervical Cancer Greater Than 2 cm in Diameter "
• "The Option of Radical Trachelectomy"

Selection of Past and present trainees

• Dr. Tarnai Laszlo Chief Medical Officer of the Budapest Women's Hormonal Tumors Surgery Center, Budapest and Szeged, Hungary.
• Prof. David Cibula, former president of European Society of Gynecological Oncology (ESGO), Head of the gynecological oncology department in Prague, Czech Republic.
• Prof. Mihai Capilna Head of the gynecological oncology unit in the emergency department in Tirgu Mures, Romania
• Dr. Lintner Balazs Semmelweis University II. s. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Doctor of the Jahn Ferenc South Pest Hospital, Budapest, Hungary.
• Dr. Roman Korobochka, head of the gynecological oncology unit in "Beney Zion" hospital, Haifa, Israel.
• Dr. Novak Zoltan, Head of the National oncological institution—gynecological department.
• Dr. Gabi Haran current trainee in an ESGO approved fellowship program, 2017-2019

References

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