"I want to do something here" - Prof. Dr. Endre Varga is this year's grand prize winner of the Foundation for Szeged

The top prize of the Foundation was awarded to Prof. Dr. Endre Varga, traumatologist and professor at the University of Szeged.

Prof. Dr. Endre Varga was born in Szeged. He received his medical degree summa cum laude from the University of Szeged in 1981. He decided to choose surgery as a profession when he was still a student, because surgery requires imagination, creativity and manual dexterity. Later he was the head of the Department of Traumatology for ten years.

Thanks to his professional dedication, the department has become an internationally recognised AO training centre teaching bone fusion surgical techniques. It was also him who brought ATLS courses, a systematic and concise method for the immediate management of injured patients, to Hungary. He was elected President of the Hungarian Trauma Society and he is Hungary's national representative in the European Society for Emergency Medicine. He is also the founder of the Hungarian and European ATLS organisations. His name is associated with the regearing of pelvic surgery and the development of new implants. As head of the department, he was at the forefront of developing modern operating theatre conditions. He has always been keen to devote his attention and energy to the training of his young colleagues, and is considered a role model by generations of traumatologists.