Peter Laszlo Lakatos MD, PhD

Dr. Lakatos is associate professor and head of the gastroenterology/hepatology ward, endoscopy unit and outpatient clinic at the 1st Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University in Budapest, Hungary. He is one of the founders and leader of the Hungarian IBD Study Group and council member in the Hungarian Society for Gastroenterology. He serves as Head of the Epidemiology Committee and National Representative of Hungary in ECCO and is Chairman of the Grant Committee of IOIBD.

A regular reviewer for many leading international journals in the field of gastroenterology and hepatology, Dr Lakatos is section editor in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, associate editor in BMC Gastroenterology and editorial board member in World Journal of Gastroenterology, Journal of Crohn’s & Colitis. During his career he has published more than 200 original papers and reviews including 25 book chapters. His primary research interest is the epidemiology, outcome and biomarkers in prediction of disease progression and response to medical therapy in IBD.