Zsolt Balogh

Biography

Professor Balogh is the Discipline Head of Traumatology and leads the Traumatology Research Group at the University of Newcastle. He is also the Director of Trauma Surgery at the John Hunter Hospital and Hunter New England Local Health District. Apart from a teacher and researcher, he is an active trauma and orthopaedic surgeon with a major interest in complex polytrauma patients and pelvic and acetabulum fracture patients. As the Discipline Head of Traumatology, Professor Balogh is responsible for the Trauma curriculum at the University of Newcastle, which has formal components in years 1,3,4 and 5 in the Medical School. His research covers many areas of trauma care such as orthopaedic trauma, torso trauma and postinjury critical care. He collaborates with academic trauma centres and Universities in Europe, United States and Australia. Professor Balogh supervises the Traumatology PhD program at The University of Newcastle and clinical and research fellowship programs at the John Hunter Hospital. 

Research Interest

Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology, Orthopaedics