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Hungarian Society for Sleep Medicine
Address of the society: H- 1126 Hertelendy u. 13. Budapest
President: Béla Faludi MD, PhD, habil.
Dept. of Neurology
University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary, H-7623
e-mail: bela.faludi@gmail.com
The Hungarian Sleep
Research Society has been established by neurologists, pulmonologists,
psychiatrists, family doctors, internal specialists, pediatricians and
psychologists with the main aim of organizing sleep medicine in
Hungary,
establishing competent Sleep Medicine Centres (SMC), providing the
technical,
organizational and personnel requirements for the operation of these
centres,
preparing advanced professional recommendations considered to be the
basis of
quality assurance in the fields of diagnostic and therapeutic
procedures and
having such recommendations recognized. In the frame of this activity,
successful co-operation has been developed with both the European Sleep
Research Society and the Hungarian organizations representing the
related
disciplines.
Today,
recommendations complying with European guidelines are available in the
field
of the treatment of sleep-related respiratory disorders, sleep-related
motility
disorders, daytime hypersomnia and insomnia. The recommendations have
been
acknowledged, in agreement with the competent professional boards, also
by the
Ministry of Health since 2008. These recommendations, which can be
checked and
serve as a basis for quality assurance, enabled that the special
diagnostic and
therapeutic processes of sleep disorders are now available with social
security
support. There is continuous communication in this subject between the
society’s management and the National Insurer.
Following the
guidelines of the European Sleep Research Society, the accreditation
procedure
of Hungarian sleep research laboratories was started in 2005. The
Accreditation
Committee established by the management audits the laboratories every 2
years
and judges new applications by rating them in three categories: fully
complies
with SMC requirements, complies with SMC requirements with corrections,
failed to
comply. In accordance with the specified criterions, SMC qualification
was
granted for 8 applicants, while 2 applications have been denied.
The base of our
professional activity is constituted by 7 accredited Sleep Medicine
Centres in
the capital of Budapest and in the regional centres, whose work is
based on
mutual and ever-improving co-operation with the participants of primary
and
specialised care.
The present situation is
demonstrated by the following table:
1. Honvédkórház, Alvásdiagnosztikai és Terápiás Laboratórium (Military Hospital, Sleep Medicine Center), 1134 Budapest, Róbert Károly krt. 44.
Head: Dr. habil. Szakács Zoltán PhD
2. Neurológiai Klinika DE KK , Alvásdiagnosztikai és Terápiás Laboratórium (University of Debrecen, Dept. of Neurology, Sleep Medicine Center), 4024 Debrecen, Móricz Zsigmond krt. 22.
Head: Dr. Kozák Norbert
3. Neurológiai Klinika PTE KK, Alvásdiagnosztikai és Terápiás Laboratórium (University of Pécs, Dept. of Neurology, Sleep Medicine Center), 7623 Pécs, Rét u. 2.
Head: Dr. habil. Faludi Béla PhD
4. Heim Pál Gyermekkórház Alvásdiagnosztikai és Terápiás Laboratórium (Heim Pál Children Hospital, Sleep Medicine Center), 1089 Budapest, Delej u. 13-15.
Head: Dr. Benedek Pálma PhD
5. I. sz. Gyermekklinika, Alvásdiagnosztikai és Terápiás Laboratórium (Semmelweis University, 1st Depearment of Pediatrics, Sleep Medicine Center), 1083 Budapest, Bókay János u. 53-54.
Head: Prof. Dr. Szabó Attila
6. Országos Korányi Tbc és Pulmonológiai Intézet, Alvásdiagnosztikai és Terápiás Laboratórium (National Inst. of Pulmonology, Sleep Lab.), 1529 Budapest, Pihenő utca 1
Head: Prof. Dr. Böszörményi Nagy György
7. Pest megyei Tüdőgyógyintézet, Alvásdiagnosztikai és Terápiás Laboratórium (Inst. of Pulmonology, Sleep Lab.), 2045 Törökbálint, Munkácsy Mihály utca 70
Head: Dr. Várdi Katalin
8. Semmelweis Egyetem, Plmonológiai Klinika,Alvásdiagnosztikai és Terápiás Laboratórium (Semmelweis University, Dept. of Pulmonology, Sleep Lab.), 1021 Budapest, Diósárok út 1/c
Head: Dr. Kunos László
9. Somno Center Szeged, 725 Szeged, Kálvária Sgt. 57
Head: Dr. Várszegi Mária PhD
10. Somnocenter Budapest, 1012 Budapest, Márvány u. 17.
11. Somnocenter Pécs, 7626 Pécs, Vadász u. 6., fsz.3.
Head: Dr. habil. Faludi Béla PhD
In order to update
professional guidelines and further increase the health service
capacity of
Sleep Medicine Centres, the training of medical specialists and
healthcare
personnel has become inevitable.
The training of
somnologists and the further training of sleep research technicians
were
therefore initiated in compliance with the guidelines issued by the
European
Sleep Research Society in 2009. A Committee on Further Training was
established
which organizes examinations for specialised doctors and informs them
about the
opportunity. The sets of requirements relating to theoretical and
practical
tests and meeting domestic needs have been elaborated along with the
questions
in theoretical and practical examinations as well as the scope of
knowledge to
be mastered.
From April 2010, 19 applicants
were qualified as somnologists.
|
1 |
Dr.
Benedek Pálma |
Heim
Pál gyermekkórház, Budapest |
|
2 |
Dr.
Bernáth István |
Állami
Egészségügyi Központ, Alvásdiagnosztikai és Terápiás laboratórium,
Budapest |
|
3 |
Prof.
Dr. Böszörményi Nagy György |
Országos
Korányi Tbc és Pulmonológiai Intézet, Alvásdiagnosztikai laboratórium,
Budapest |
|
4 |
Dr.
Faludi Béla |
Neurológiai
klinika PTE ÁOK, Alvásdiagnosztikai és Terápiás laboratórium, Pécs |
|
5 |
Prof.
Dr.Halász Péter |
|
|
6 |
Dr.
Horváth Róbert |
Somno
Center Dél-Buda Alvásdiagnosztikai Központ |
|
7 |
Dr.
Kozák Norbert |
Neurológiai
klinika DEOEC, Alvásdiagnosztikai és Terápiás laboratórium, Debrecen |
|
8 |
Dr.
Köves Péter |
Állami
Egészségügyi Központ, Alvásdiagnosztikai és Terápiás laboratórium,
Budapest |
|
9 |
Dr.
Kunos László |
Semmelweis
Egyetem, Pulmonológiai Klinika, Alvásdiagnosztikai laboratórium,
Budapest |
|
10 |
Dr.
Magyar Tünde |
Neurológiai
klinika DEOEC, Alvásdiagnosztikai és Terápiás laboratórium, Debrecen |
|
11 |
Dr.
Munkácsy Csaba |
|
|
12 |
Dr.
Novák Márta |
Semmelweis
Egyetem, Magatartástudományi Intézet, Alváskutatási tudományos műhely,
Budapest |
|
13 |
Dr.
Szakács Zoltán |
Állami
Egészségügyi Központ, Alvásdiagnosztikai és Terápiás laboratórium,
Budapest |
|
14 |
Dr.
Szűcs Anna |
Országos
Idegtudományi Intézet, Budapest |
|
15 |
Dr.
Terray Horváth Attila |
Állami
Egészségügyi Központ, Alvásdiagnosztikai és Terápiás laboratórium,
Budapest |
|
16 |
Dr.
Várdi Visy Katalin |
Pest
megyei Tüdőgyógyintézet, Alvásdiagnosztikai laboratórium, Törökbálint |
|
17 |
Dr.
Várszegi Mária |
Somno
Center Szeged Dél-Alföldi Regionális Alvásdiagnosztikai és Terápiás
Központ |
|
18 |
Dr.
Vida Zsuzsanna |
Állami
Egészségügyi Központ, Alvásdiagnosztikai és Terápiás laboratórium,
Budapest |
|
19 |
Dr.
Zoller Rezső |
I.
Belgyógyászati Klinika légzés- és alvásfiziológiai laboratórium |
The manuscript
‘Sleep Medicine’ summarizing the minimum theoretical and practical
requirements
of somnology was published in 2008, which – besides being demanded by
medical
experts – has become the textbook of somnology exams and is recommended
for reading
at the Faculty of General Medicine in Semmelweis University of
Budapest. In the
‘Neurology’ textbook under publication, sleep and sleep disorders are
discussed
in a separate chapter.
In addition to the
above, our domestic activity includes the organizing of annual
conferences,
forums of further training, the publication of reports and books in
connection
with the theoretical and practical knowledge of sleep medicine and the
results
of experiments performed in Hungarian institutes.
Further training,
the exchange of experiences and the co-operation between the
participants of
the network (somnologists, medical specialists, family doctors, sleep
research
technicians and specialized medical technicians) are all founded on the
annual
professional conferences. The highlighted subjects of these conferences
are
chosen to match the current fields of importance.
The first national conference
was organized in 1997.
Others:
II. conference
Budapest
2003
III. conference
Budapest
2004
IV. conference
Mosdós
2007
V. conference
Hajdúszoboszló
2008
VI. conference
Dobogókő
2009
VII. conference Pécs 2010
VIII. conference Budapest 2011
IX. conference Budapest 2013
X. conference Budapest 2015
XI.
conference
Lajosmizse
2017
Well-attended accredited
peripheral further trainings with the main topic of somnology,
organized by
Semmelweis University of Budapest, have also been conducted in
Honvédkórház ÁEK
(Military Hospital – State Health Centre) since 1999 for the medical
specialists involved.
Our international activity
manifests in the active participation in conferences organized by the
European
Sleep Research Society and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine,
joining to
multicenter studies, as well as the organization of international
further
trainings and the publication of reports.