Prof. 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.

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Research

Research keywords

• Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
• Behavioural research in trauma patients: alcohol and smoking
• Fragility / Geriatric Fractures
• Major Pelvic Fractures
• Orthopaedic Trauma - timing of fracture fixation, multiple long bone fractures
• Physiological response to trauma
• Polytrauma
• Postinjury Multiple Organ Failure
• Postinjury immunology/inflammation
• Trauma Scoring - Polytrauma Definition

Research expertise

Objective Research Measures (January 2013):

Cumulative impact factor (based on the year of publication): 349.143

H-score : 22

Citations: 2203

Clinical and laboratory research on major trauma, traumatic shock, postinjury inflammation and its complications.

Clinical and laboratory research on major orthopaedic trauma.

Clinical research on pelvic fractures.

Clinical research on geriatric/fragility fractures.

Trauma epidemiology, outcome and trauma score research.

Collaboration

The Traumatology Research Group has extensive collaborations locally (John Hunter Hospital, University of Newcastle), NSW, Interstate and at International levels.

Current and past key collaborating Institutions:

Hunter Medical Research Institute

University of NSW

Queensland University of Technology

National Trauma Research Institute / Monash University

NSW Institute of Trauma and Injury Management

University of Colorado, Denver, USA

University of Texas-Houston Medical School, USA

Cornell University, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, USA

University of Leeds, UK

University of Aachen, Germany

AO Research Institute, Switzerland

Fields of Research

Code	Description	Percentage
111799	Public Health And Health Services Not Elsewhere Classified	45
110314	Orthopaedics	40
110299	Cardiovascular Medicine And Haematology Not Elsewhere Classified	15

Memberships

Body relevant to professional practice.

• Member - Australian Medical Association
• Fellow - Australian Orthopaedic Association
• Fellow - Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
• Member - Australasian Trauma Society
• Member - American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
• Member - American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• Member - Hungarian Society of Traumatology
• Member - Hunter Orthopaedic Society
• Member - Hunter Surgical Society
• Member - Hunter Medical Research Institute
• Member - International Society of Surgery
• Member - Orthopaedic Trauma Association (USA)
• Member - AO Foundation/AO Trauma (AO Trustee for Australia)
• Member - Australian and New Zealand Association for the Surgery of Trauma (Executive Member)
• Member - Australian Orthopaedic Trauma Society (Secretary, Executive Member)
• Member - European Association for Trauma and Emergency Surgery
• Member - International Association of Trauma Surgery and Intensive Care
• Member - Western Trauma Association (USA)
• Member - World Society of Abdominal Compartment Syndrome (Secretary, Executive Member)
• Fellow - American College of Surgeons
• Member - RACS Definitive Surgical Trauma Management Course Committee
• Member - RACS Trauma Education and Curriculum Development Sub-Committee
• Member - RACS Trauma Committee
• Member - RACS Section of Academic Surgery

Editorial Board.

• Editor - Specialty (Trauma) Editor: ANZ Journal of Surgery
• Member - The Journal of Trauma
• Editor - Guest Editor: World Journal of Surgery
• Editor - Invited Section Editor: Current Opinion in Critical Care
• Editor - Section (Polytrauma) Editor: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
• Member - World Journal of Emergency Surgery
• Member - Turkish Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
• Member - Journal of Trauma Management and Outcomes
• Member - Clinical Medicine Insights: Trauma and Intensive Medicine
• Editor - Associate Editor: Surgical Techniques Development
• Editor - Associate Editor in Chief: International Journal of Burns and Trauma
• Member - Injury

Awards

Recognition.

2011	Honorary Professor University of Peking (China) Outstanding academic achievement.
2006	Orthopedic consultant/educator of the year Hunter New England Health (Australia) Orthopedic trainee's selection
2003	Author of one of the ten best surgical articles published in 2003 Balogh Z, et al. Supranormal Trauma Resuscitation Causes More Cases of Abdominal Compartment Syndrome. Arch Surg 2003;138:637-643 (United States) "The Best of the Best" `

Research Award.

2010	Research Excellence Award University of Newcastle (Australia) Faculty of Health Pro-Vice Chancellor’s Research Excellence Award
2008	Staff Achievement Awards Hunter New England Health (Australia) Clinical Leader of the Year Finalist
2005	Travelling Fellowship Royal Australian College of Surgeons (Australia) IATSIC travelling fellowship for the ISW/IATSIC meeting in Durban, South Africa

Invitations

The management of haemodynamically unstable pelvic fractures Annual Trauma Congress of the Peking University, China (Distinguished Visitor)	2011
The development of a trauma centre: The Newcastle Experience Journal Club of the Gold Coast Hospital Orthopaedic Surgeons, Australia (Distinguished Visitor)	2011
How to develop a trauma research centre Annual Congress of the Dutch Trauma Society, Netherlands (Distinguished Visitor)	2011
Damage control orthopaedics: pushing the envelope Annual Congress of the Dutch Trauma Society, Netherlands (Distinguished Visitor)	2011
Abdominal compartment syndrome: From recognition to solution Annual Congress of the Dutch Trauma Society, Netherlands (Distinguished Visitor)	2011
Trauma nursing in Australia Annual Congress of the Dutch Trauma Society, Australia (Distinguished Visitor)	2011
The organisation of polytrauma care: Initial management, priorities Habilitation Lecture Series, University of Szeged, Hungary (Distinguished Visitor)	2011
Abdominal compartment syndrome: From recognition to the solution Habilitation Lecture Series, University of Szeged, Hungary (Distinguished Visitor)	2011
Priorities in lifesaving surgical interventions: What comes first? Polytrauma Management Beyond ATLS, United Kingdom (Keynote Address)	2011
Haemorrhage control versus cranial decompression? Debate for haemorrhage control Polytrauma Management Beyond ATLS, United Kingdom (Keynote Address)	2011
The American Trauma System Polytrauma Management Beyond ATLS, United Kingdom (Keynote Address)	2011
The definition of Polytrauma Aachen Polytrauma Summit, Germany (Keynote Address)	2010
Epidemiology of traumatic deaths: Comprehensive population-based assessment 10th International Summit on Trauma, Shock, Infection and Sepsis (TSIS), Germany (Keynote Address)	2010
Which diagnostic steps are necessary in visceral trauma? Definitive Surgical Trauma Care Workshop on Trauma to Visceral Organs, European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Austria (Distinguished Visitor)	2009
Blunt trauma case presentation Definitive Surgical Trauma Care Workshop on Trauma to Visceral Organs, European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Austria (Distinguished Visitor)	2009
Damage control, packing, abdominal compartment syndrome Definitive Surgical Trauma Care Workshop on Trauma to Visceral Organs, European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Austria (Distinguished Visitor)	2009
Penetrating trauma cases presentation Definitive Surgical Trauma Care Workshop on Trauma to Visceral Organs, European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Austria (Distinguished Visitor)	2009
When to open/close the abdomen: Interactive case presentations with Dr Ivatury 4th World Congress Abdominal Compartment Syndrome, Ireland (Keynote Address)	2009
Prediction of ACS 4th World Congress Abdominal Compartment Syndrome, Ireland (Keynote Address)	2009
Trauma and infection Pre-Congress Instructional Course on Surgical Infections, 10th European Congress of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Turkey (Keynote Address)	2009
Immune modulation in trauma Pre-Congress Instructional Course on Surgical Infections, 10th European Congress of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Turkey (Keynote Address)	2009
Recent advancements on the management of patients with haemodynamically unstable pelvic fractures National Institute of Traumatology, Peterfy Hospital and Trauma Center - Institutional Trauma Course, Hungary (Distinguished Visitor)	2009
Abdominal compartment syndrome: Diagnosis and treatment XXXVI Biennial World Congress of the International College of Surgeons, Austria (Keynote Address)	2008
Early management and decision making International Fall Trauma Symposium, Spain (Keynote Address)	2008
Ankle fractures International Fall Trauma Symposium, Spain (Keynote Address)	2008
Post injury multiple organ failure: History, current trends and future directions Injury 2007, New Zealand (Keynote Address)	2007
Management of the complex pelvic fracture Injury 2007, New Zealand (Keynote Address)	2007
Abdominal compartment syndrome complicating infection 7th World Congress on Trauma, Shock, Inflammation and Sepsis, Germany (Keynote Address)	2007
Invited Instructor/Speaker National Trauma Management Course, National Academy of Traumatology, India (Invited Presenter)	2006

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Administrative

Administrative expertise

Professor Balogh is the Director of Trauma Services for the John Hunter Hospital and Hunter New England Trauma System.

Discipline Head of Traumatology, University of Newcastle

Year 5 Orthopaedics/Trauma Co-ordinator

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Teaching

Teaching keywords

• • Orthopaedics
• • Pelvic surgery
• • Postinjury critical care
• • Trauma care

Teaching expertise

Professor Balogh provides undergraduate and postgraduate education in wide aspects of trauma care, orthopaedics and critical care at local, national and international levels.

He has mentored many students, residents, fellows and PhD students who have won awards and scholarships in these areas:

2011- 1st Prize, Hunter Orthopedic Society Meeting, Best Paper Competition (by Dr Osamu Yoshino, PhD student) – Polytrauma model with femur fracture.

2011 – American Association for the Surgery of Trauma – Medical Student travel scholarship to attend the AAST annual meeting in Chicago, IL, USA (by Benjamin Hardy, medical student, BMed student researcher).

2011 – International Association of Trauma Surgery and Intensive Care (IATSIC) – best paper presentation, Yokohama, Japan (“Blunt polytrauma model with femur fracture” by Dr Osamu Yoshino, resident, PhD student).

2011 – International Society of Surgery – Australasian Chapter – Travelling fellowship to the International Surgical Week in Yokohama, Japan (by Dr Osamu Yoshino, resident, PhD student).

2011 – European Society of Trauma and Emergency Surgery – Young Researcher Travel Award (by Dr Nerida Butcher, senior resident) for the European Society of Trauma and Emergency Surgery conference, Milano, Italy. – Definition of Polytrauma, International consensus initiative.

2010 – 1st Prize, Australian Orthopaedic Registrar Association - Registrar Paper Competition (by Dr Nicole Williams, orthopaedic registrar). Adelaide, SA. – Outcomes of low energy hip fractures in a major trauma centre.

2010 – 1st Prize, Australian Orthopaedic Association (NSW Branch) Registrar Competition (by Dr Nicole Williams, orthopaedic registrar). Sydney, NSW. – Outcomes of low energy hip fractures in a major trauma centre.

2009 – 1st Prize, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Annual Trauma Registrar/Fellow Competition (by Dr Andrew Martin, trauma fellow). Adelaide, SA. – Redefinition of haemorrhagic shock for the Australian trauma registries. Delegated to Las Vegas, Nevada in 2010 for the International Competition, to represent the Asia Pacific Region.

2009- 1st Prize, Hunter Orthopedic Society Meeting, Best Paper Competition. (by Dr Laszlo Toth, Trauma Fellow) – Prediction of Arterial bleeding in haemodynamically unstable pelvic fractures.

2008 – 1st Prize, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Annual Scientific Congress, Best Trauma Free Paper. (by Tim Arnold, BMed Student), Hong Kong, China – The correlation of arterial and venous base deficit during trauma resuscitation.

2008 – 2nd Prize, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Annual Trauma Registrar/Fellow Competition (by Dr Laszlo Toth, Trauma Fellow). Melbourne, Victoria. – The safety and efficacy of pelvic binding.

2008- 1st Prize, Hunter Orthopedic Society Meeting, Best Paper Competition (by Dr Ben Nicholas, Surgical Intern) – Early total care versus damage control orthopaedics: the Australian perspective.

2007 – 1st Prize, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Annual Trauma Registrar/Fellow Competition (by Dr David Dewar, Orthopedic Registrar/PhD Student). Melbourne, Victoria. – The epidemiology of postinjury multiple organ failure. Delegated to Washington DC in 2008 for the International Competition, represented the Asia Pacific Region.

2007- 1st Prize, Hunter Orthopedic Society Meeting, Best Paper Competition (by Dr David Dewar, Orthopedic Registrar/PhD Student) – Postinjury MOF for the orthopedic surgeon.