Personal
Education
- 2007-2013: MD, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest
- 2003-2007: ELTE Apáczai Csere János High School, Budapest
Language skills
- English (intermediate level, B2)
- Latin (intermediate level, B2)
- Hungarian (native)
Working Experience
- February 2014 - : PHP programmer, web developer, NetGo.hu Kft, Gödöllő, Hungary (http://www.netgo.hu)
- September 2013 - February 2014: Physician resident, Egyesített Szent István és Szent László Kórház és Rendelőintézet, I. Department of Internal Medicine, Budapest, Hungary
IT Skills
- Programming Languages
- PHP, JavaScript (including Node.JS) - advanced level
- C, C++, Java, Pascal, Delphi - intermediate level
- Perl, R statistical programming language - beginner level
- Web technologies
- HTML5, CSS3
- Profound knowledge of current Web APIs (e.g.: HTML Canvas, WebGL, WebRTC, WebSockets, HTML GeoAPI, IndexedDB etc.)
- Database Management Systems, Other
- MySQL - advanced level
- ORACLE DB, MSSQL, PostgreSQL - intermediate level
- NoSQL - CouchDB, MongoDB
- Experience with UNIX shell (Bash) and Linux (mainly Debian based distributions)
IT Works
- 2013: Caelum open star chart web application, with proromtion at Firefox Marketplace
- 2011: SchedOwl timetable program for students of Semmelweis University
- 2011: website of Zoltán Szabolcs, cardiac surgeon (http://szabolcszoltan.hu)
- 2010: developement of the electronic Hungarian Marfan Registry and Aortic Root Reconstruction Registry
- 2009: official website of the Hungarian Marfan Foundation (http://marfan.hu)
Publications
- Bence Ágg, Kálmán Benke, Bálint Szilveszter, Miklós Pólos, László Daróczi, Balázs Odler, Zsolt B Nagy, Ferenc Tarr, Béla Merkely, Zoltán Szabolcs; Possible extracardiac predictors of aortic dissection in Marfan syndrome; BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2014 Apr 11;14(1):47. (IF 1,50)
- Kálmán Benke, Bence Ágg, Bálint Szilveszter, Balázs Odler, Zsolt B. Nagy, Miklós Pólos, Béla Merkely, Zoltán Szabolcs; [Molecular pathomechanism of Marfan syndrome]; Cardiologia Hungarica 2014; 44 : 115–121
- Kálmán Benke, Bence Ágg, Bálint Szilveszter, Ferenc Tarr, Zsolt B. Nagy, Miklós Pólos, László Daróczi, Béla Merkely, Zoltán Szabolcs.; The role of transforming growth factor-beta in Marfan syndrome; Cardiology Journal, 2013;20(3):227-234 (IF: 1,22)
- Zoltán Szabolcs, Bence Ágg, Kálmán Benke, Miklós Pólos, Kálmán Hüttl, Elektra Bartha; [Aortic Dissection in a Patient with Marfan Syndrome]; Orvostovábbképző Szemle, 2013. 20.; 5.
- Annamária Ágota, Bence Ágg, Kálmán Benke, József Gábor Joó, Zoltán Langmár, Krisztina Marosi, Zsuzsanna Lelovics, Kitti Deé, Péter Nagy, Bernadett Köles, Endre Horváth, Zsuzsanna Crespo, Zoltán Szabolcs, Zsolt B. Nagy; [The establishment of the Marfan syndrome biobank in Hungary].; Orvosi Hetilap, 2012. 153,296–302.
Presentations and posters at international scientific conferences
- Bence Ágg, Kálmán Benke, Bálint Szilveszter, Balázs Odler, Miklós Pólos, Béla Merkely, Zoltán Szabolcs; Novel Parameters Indicating the Risk of Aortic Dissection in Marfan Syndrome; 2014, 9th International Symposium on Marfan Syndrome and Related Disorders, Le Novotel Paris Vaugirard Montparnasse, Paris
- Zoltán Szabolcs, Elektra Bartha, Bence Ágg, Kálmán Benke, Miklós Pólos; Prophilactic aortic-root reconstruction in Marfan syndrome.; 2013, 23rd World Congress of the World Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons, Split, Croatia (Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8(Suppl 1):O41)
- Miklós Pólos, Tivadar Hüttl, Endre Németh, O Balogh, Bence Ágg, Kálmán Benke, L Ablonczy, Elektra Bartha, Zoltán Szabolcs ; Successful heart transplantation as third cardiac operation in a 12 year-old Marfan patient.; 2013, 23rd World Congress of the World Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons, Split, Croatia (Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013 8(Suppl 1):O152.)
Presentations at Hungarian scientific conferences
- Kálmán Benke, Bence Ágg, Lilla Szabó, Bálint Szilveszter, Balázs Odler, Miklós Pólos, Zoltán Szabolcs; [Bentall Procedure - Quarter Century of Clinical Experiencies]; 2014, Annual meeting of the Hungarian Society of Cardiology, Balatonfüred, Hungary (Cardiologia Hungarica 2014; 44 : E118)
- Bence Ágg, Kálmán Benke, Bálint Szilveszter, Lilla Szabó, Miklós Pólos, András Vértes, Béla Merkely, Zoltán Szabolcs; [Scalpel and Pipette: Predictors of Aortic Dissection in Marfan Syndrome]; 2014, Annual meeting of the Hungarian Society of Cardiology, Balatonfüred, Hungary (Cardiologia Hungarica 2014; 44 : E102)
- Kálmán Benke, Bence Ágg, Elektra Bartha, Miklós Pólos, Levente Fazekas, Zoltán Szabolcs; [TGF-ß predicts clinical manifestions in Marfan syndrome.]; 2012, 19th Scientific Conference of the Hungarian Association of Cardiac Surgery; Hungest Hotel Panoráma, Hévíz, Hungary (Cardiologia Hungarica 2012; 42 : K2)
- Bence Ágg, Zoltán Szabolcs, Elektra Bartha, Ferenc Horkay; [Marfan Cardiomyopathy from the Aspect of Perioperative Echocardiographic Parameters.] ; 2011, 18th Scientific Conference of the Hungarian Association of Cardiac Surgery; Ramada Resort Hotel, Budapest, Hungary (Cardiologia Hungarica 2011; 41 : N1)
Awards
- 2014. Excellent Students' Scientific Association Member, Semmelweis University
- 2012/2013. academic year: Fellowship granted by the Republic of Hungary
- 2011/2012. academic year: Dr. Imre Haynal Medal and Prize
Social Activities
- 2014: Presentation at the second Hungarian Marfan Meeting (ORMATA II)
- 2013 - : IT Member of the Hungarian Marfan Foundation
- 2011: Presentation at the first Hungarian Marfan Meeting (ORMATA I)
- 2009 - 2013: Medical Student Member of the Hungarian Marfan Foundation