György Bodoky

Dr. Bodoky is the Head of the Oncology Department at Szent László Teaching Hospital in Budapest, Hungary.

Dr. Bodoky has conducted his investigations about the enteral and parenteral nutrition, the special research interests in this area have included the nutrition in pancreas disease, in liver coma and malignant diseases. The second area of his research includes the organization of Hungarian activities in clinical trials for gastrointestinal oncology, he has been and/or currently is the principal investigator in 132 studies, has been organizing 22 international conferences in the field of oncology and co-authored a number of peer-reviewed publications and textbooks both internationally and nationally.

Dr Bodoky is a member of the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO), the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the European Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ESPEN). He is the Honorary President of the Hungarian Society of Clinical Oncology (HSCO). He is also a member of the Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK) and a founding member of South-Eastern European Research Oncology Group (SEEROG). He was invited to be a member of the ARCAD Foundation (Academic Research on Cancer for Answers and Directions)

He is the chief editor “Journal of Clinical Oncology” (Hungarian edition) and a board member of the journal ”Journal of Metabolism and Nutrition” and founding editor of the journal “Rákgyógyítás”.

He received his medical degree from the Semmelweis Medical University Budapest, subsequently he obtained his PhD in 1992 and his Habilitation in 1998 from the Semmelweis Medical University.