Dr. Zoltán Ringwald

About

If a little one comes in, I don't start examining him straight away, I just sit him down - either just like that or on mum or dad's lap - and talk to him ... so that, even when he leaves the surgery, we're on good terms.

When I was at university, a friend asked my father, who is also a doctor, to examine his elderly mother because she hadn't been feeling well for a few days. Since I was a medical doctor, I accompanied him. I don't remember what was wrong with the aunt, only that my father sat down by her bedside, took her hand and did nothing special, just asked a few brief questions and listened. He watched every little movement of the aunt! It was a defining experience! I love watching children! When a little one comes in to me, I don't immediately start examining him, I just sit him down - either just like that or on mum or dad's lap - and talk to him. On the one hand, it relieves the child's anxiety, on the other hand, I can observe the child's behaviour and it's much easier for me to find out what's wrong and how I can help the child so that, even when he or she leaves the surgery, we are still on good terms.

As a graduate student at university, I realised that I wanted to work with children, and in paediatric surgery I found the profession that was closest to my heart.I have been working at the Department of Paediatric Surgery and Traumatology at the Heim Pál National Institute of Paediatrics for 27 years. I was a junior doctor there and today I am the head of the department. I am grateful for the way my life has turned out. In addition to general paediatric surgery, we perform trauma surgery and thoracic surgery. It was during this time that minimally invasive procedures became widespread, and we introduced them at our institute. We perform many scopic operations, some acute and some planned. We use it in many abdominal surgical procedures, for example for testicular atrophy, testicular dysfunction, and it is also routinely used for inguinal hernias. In addition chest deformity reconstruction I also end up using minimally invasive methods. 

I am a member of the Hungarian Society of Paediatric Surgery (MGyST), the Hungarian Arthroscopic Society (MAT), the Hungarian Society of Paediatric Traumatology (MGyT), and the European Society of Paediatric Surgery (EUPSA).

Professional curriculum vitae

Personal data

Name Dr. Zoltán Ringwald

Name of workplace Heim Pál Children's Hospital of the Municipality of Budapest, Department of Surgery

Jobs

• 1998 - Heim Pál Children's Hospital of the Municipality of Budapest, Department of Surgery
  Position:Head of Department, Chief Medical Officer


• 2001 - 2002 Saint Martin's Children's Rescue Service Public Benefit Foundation
  Pediatric trolley
  Position: doctor


• 1997 - 2000 Hungarian National Ambulance Service
  Central and Star Mountain Ambulance Station
  Position: paramedic III.


• 1996 - 1997 Hungarian National Ambulance Service
  Central Ambulance Station
  Position: nurse

Studies

• 2019 Paediatric traumatology competency exam
• 2019 EPALS exam
• 2015 Queen Fabiola Children's University Hospital - 1 month internship in laparoscopy, robotic surgery
• 2010, 2017 GCP Good clinical practice
  SE-TK/2010.I./00270,
  SZTE-ÁOK/2017.II/00053
• 2006 1st Central & Eastern EuropeanPostgraduate Course in Pediatric Surgery
• 2004 Specialist examination in paediatric surgery
• 2003 Laparoscopy course at Kenézy Gyula Teaching Hospital, General Surgery Department, Debrecen
• 1991 - 1998 Semmelweis University of Medicine Faculty of General Medicine

Language skills

• English
  Language Learning in the United States, California, Berkley, 1992
  Pitman Intermediate International Intermediate, 1998

SCIENTIFIC WORKS

• 1997 1st place in the Rector's competition with my thesis „The relationship of the antioxidant system with diabetes mellitus”
  Second place in the Rector's competition with my thesis „The role of free radicals in the development of late complications of diabetes”.
• 1993 - 1997 TDK thesis on diabetic polyneuropathy at the Department of Internal Medicine II, SOTE)

TAGSÁG

• Hungarian Society of Paediatric Surgeons
• Hungarian Arthroscopic Society
• European Paediatric Surgeons’ Association
• Hungarian Society of Paediatric Traumatology

Presentations

• 2017
  Two seperate complications of Schönlein Henochs purpura in a pediatric patient. A case study, and review of literature.
  16th Congress of Hungarian Association of Pediatric Surgeons with International Participation
• 2014
  The importance of mediastinal emphysema management in two cases MGYT-MGyST Congress, Budapest
• 2013
  Surgical indication for habitual patellar dislocations in children MGyST-MTT Pediatric Traumatology International Meeting, Cserkeszőlő
• 2012
  Pitfalls in the management of mechanical ileus in one case Heim Pál Children's Hospital Scientific Meeting, Budapest
  The importance of mediastinal emphysema management in two cases MGyST Spring Scientific Meeting Miskolctapolca
  Spontaneous healing of a significant abdominal wall hernia after early postoperative abdominal wall separation in the neonatal period MGYST Spring Scientific Meeting Miskolctapolca
• 2011
  Pleuropneumonia treatment in our Intensive Care Unit MGyAITT, Cherry Orchard
• 2010
  Drainage of severe skull injury by cranial Rtg. examination MGyST-MTT Pediatric Traumatology Meeting, Győr
• 2006
  In memoriam” - What to do when you are helpless? MGyST Scientific Meeting, Kőszeg
  Giant anthrax Conference of Young Paediatricians, Debrecen
  Minimally invasive technique in the management of paediatric pectus excavatum Conference of Young Paediatricians, Debrecen
  Difficulties in the management of complicated elbow fractures MGyST-MTT Pediatric Traumatology International Meeting, Lajosmizse
• 2005
  Fracture of the finger trochlea. Reducing complications with minimally invasive methods XII Paediatric Section, Hortobágy, Epona
  Rare Case: Spleen Torsion 13th Congress of the Hungarian Association of Paediatric Surgeons with International Participation, Miskolc
  Pancreas pseudocysta: treating severe disease with a minimally invasive approach Heim Pál Scientific Meeting, Budapest
• 2004
  A rare condition: splenic torsion Heim Pál Children's Hospital Scientific Meeting, Budapest
  Early reconstruction of Monteggia injury in childhood by external fixateur 23rd Meeting of the Pediatric Section of the German Society of Trauma Surgeons, Frankfurt am Main
  Solving a duplication of sleeves for fingers of the same value MGyST-MTT Paediatric Traumatology Section,Lipót
• 2003
  Care tactics for the seriously injured Heim Pál Children's Hospital Scientific Meeting,Budapest
  Treatment tactics for serious injuries and trauma in the trauma department of our surgical unit Scientific Meeting of the Central Hungarian Regional Organisation of MGyT, Budapest
  Rare lesion causing peroneal paresis Scientific Meeting of the Central Hungarian Regional Organisation of MGyT, Budapest
  Finding a way forward in the care of childhood inveterate Monteggia injury MGyT-MTT Pediatric Section X. Jubilee Pediatric Traumatology Conference, Piliscsaba
• 2002
  Our experience with conservative treatment of Ogden II/B distal radius fractures Paediatric Electraumatology Conference (MGyST-MTrT Paediatric Electraumatology Sectio) Tivadar
  Our experience with conservative treatment of Ogden II/B type epiphyseolysis at the distal radius Joint Meeting of the Austrian-Hungarian Traumatological Society, Sopron
• 1999
  Treatment of Os scaphoideum fracture MGyT-MTT Paediatric Section of Paediatric Traumatology Conference, Balatonszepezd