György Gottsegen
György Gottsegen was a Hungarian physician, founder of the National Cardiological Institute.
Life
He was born in Budapest, Hungary, and studied in Paris and graduated in Vienna in 1929. After graduation he worked in Wenckenbach Clinic, later in Darmstadt, Germany and Ratibor. Gottsegen returned to Hungary in 1931, he was the director of the Jewish Hospital in Budapest until 1944. He was the director of the National Health Insurance Institute from 1945 to 1950, director of Szent Imre Hospital and Szent István Hospital until 1957.After his lobbying a new cardiological institute was established in 1957. The first heart surgery in the National Cardological Institute was held in December 1957. He became an academic in 1959, Doctor of Science in 1962. Gottsegen died in Dubrovnik during a conference and was buried in Farkasréti Cemetery, Budapest.
Publications
- A szívbetegségek vizsgálatáról és kezeléséről
- ''Szívbetegségek''