Dr. Zsolt Szövérfi PhD

I was born in Târgu Mureș (Transylvania), where I completed my medical degree at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in 2010. My family background and the medical school there gave me a foundational outlook: the patient must be understood in full context, and every clinical decision must be supported by precise reasoning.

I began working in Budapest in 2011, at the National Center for Spinal Disorders (Hungary's leading spine center) — the country's only institution exclusively dedicated to spine pathology. Here I trained under the supervision of Dr. Péter Pál Varga, the founding director of the institute. Under his guidance I was introduced to world-class surgical care of complex spinal tumours — a field that later became the basis of my PhD research.

I defended my PhD in 2017 at Semmelweis University's Doctoral School of Clinical Medicine. During my doctoral work I established Hungary's first Primary Spinal Tumour Registry (with more than 350 cases — an internationally unique database) and developed the PSTMS (Primary Spinal Tumour Mortality Score) prognostic scoring system. In 2020 I obtained my specialist board certification in orthopaedics and traumatology.

Alongside my clinical work, I also obtained a degree in healthcare economics at Corvinus University of Budapest in 2015. This dual perspective — clinical and systemic — led, in 2022, to my appointment as Medical Director of the outpatient site at Budai Egészségközpont, and in 2023 as Executive Director of its Private Division. In this role I am responsible for the clinical and operational performance of the outpatient, inpatient and corporate healthcare services.

Since 2024 I have served on the Medical Commission of the International Judo Federation (IJF), providing medical oversight for elite athletes at international competitions. I also serve as Chair of the Institutional Ethics Board at Budai Egészségközpont.