Tímea Tisza, M.D.

I received my diploma from Semmelweis Medical School, Faculty of Medicine with a "summa cum laude" grade in 1988. After graduation I started to work in the Department of Dermatology and Venereology at Semmelweis Medical School, and continued there for 11 years. My residency program included 2 years at the dermato-oncology, immunology and general dermatology divisions, as well as a training period at the dermatology and venereology outpatient care institute of district 8, Budapest. Beside the regular hospital ward and outpatient clinic responsibilities as a clinical fellow of the Department, I participated in patient case presentations, tutored medical students in English and in Hungarian, gave presentations at a number of conferences and authored scientific publications.

With the cooperation of our Department and the National Institute of Dermatology and Venereology, the first STD (Sexually Transmitted Diseases) clinic of the country was launched in 1991; this provided state-of-the-art diagnosis and management of infections transmitted by sexual contact with an on-site laboratory background. The clinic soon became highly popular among patients and clinicians, since the accurate microbiological investigations permitted targeted treatment and efficient management of the patients. The Hungarian STD Society was founded in 1994 with myself being a founding member. The president of the Society entrusted me with the editorship of the Society’s publication, the Hungarian Archives of Venereology - a job I fulfilled with great pleasure and enthusiasm until 2000.

In 1999 I decided to benefit from my professional experience in a different area. Parting from the Department of Dermatology I joined a private laboratory that was being formed at that time, and continued my patient care activity in a private clinic twice a week. This laboratory was committed to utilize the most modern DNA-diagnostic techniques for the detection of various infectious agents or genetic alterations, including those causing STD. My job was to familiarize dermatologists/venerologists, gynecologists, urologists and infectologists with the advantages of these methods as well as to provide them with information on the management of the infections that are thus detected. In the meantime, I was involved in the organization of a country-wide sample collection and transportation network.

In 2001, I and a couple of colleagues founded our own firm called Biorep Health Provider Ltd for the marketing of laboratory services and for the transportation of samples. We are now the sample transportation and communication partner of Prodia Diagnostic Corp, Laborigo Diagnostic Ltd and GenoID Ltd, Hungary’s most renowned laboratory networks.

While I was happy to contribute, though indirectly, to the diagnosis of sexually transmitted diseases as a manager, true emotional reward came for me from treating my own patients at high standards.

Réka Szandányi, MD.

I graduated at the Semmelweis University of Medicine Faculty of Medicine in 2001.

As a part of my residency I spent 6 months at an internal medicine department of the St. Rókus Hospital, followed by another 6 months in intensive therapy and emergency medicine practice.

In 2002 I started working at the Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Semmelweis University Faculty of Medicine.
After completing my residency I worked as a trainee for another 3 years at the Department of Dermatology and Venereology. During these years I have gained experiences in different fields of dermatology, such as. oncology, immunology, and general dermatology. I regularly presented our data at the Budapest Case Presentations and the General Assembly of the Hungarian Dermatological Society.
I also presented our scientific resukts at congresses dealing with STD-s and pediatric dermatology.
I am a member of the Hungarian Dermatological Society and the STD Association.

I am a founding member of the STD Center of the Department of Dermatology and Venereology.
In 2007 I received my license in dermatology and venereology.
I intend to use my knowledge and experiences in accordance with the principles of evidence based medicine in my own practice.