Éltes, Péter, MD PhD

Medical specialism

• Spine surgery
• Musculoskeletal modelling and simulation
• Patient-specific implant design

Professional experience

• 2021 - : National Center for Spinal Disorders, Budapest – Spine surgeon
• 2020 - : Department of Spine Surgery, Semmelweis University, Hungary
• 2018 - : Head of Laboratory | In Silico Biomechanics Laboratory, National Center for Spinal Disorders, Budapest
• 2012 - : National Center for Spinal Disorders, Budapest - MD
• 2012 - : National Center for Spinal Disorders, Budapest - medical researcher

Education and qualifications

• 2021: EUROSPINE Diploma program
• 2021: Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery board exam
• 2016-2021: Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery Residency Program, Semmelweis University, Budapest
• 2020.11.02: PhD degree: „ Implementation of In Silico Biomechanical Methods in Spine Surgery Innovations ”
• 2016.02.01-28: Visiting Researcher, Department of Mechanical Engineering, INSIGNEO Institute for in Silico Medicine, The University of Sheffield, UK
• 2013-2016: Semmelweis University, Doctoral School, PhD fellow
• 2006-2012: University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Targu Mures, Faculty of General Medicine

Professional trainings

• Introduction to Abaqus, Training Course held at Dassault System Austria GmbH, Vienna, Austria, 2015.11.30-12.04.
• Advanced Cours, Bone Cell and Tissue Mechanics, (CISM-International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, Coordinated by Bert van Rietbergen, Udine, Italy), 2015.06.22.-26.
• AOSpine Masters Symposium, Surgical Treatment of Spine Tumors, Budapest, 2014.11.27.-28.
• Summer University, Today’s Realities in Spine Surgery, Athens, 2014.07.02.-04.
• Musculoskeletal Modeling and Simulation, Hands-On with the AnyBody Modeling System, Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg, 2014.09.23.-25.
• FEA Course: Introduction to Biomechanical Computer Simulation, Digital Modelling and Finite Element Analysis Applied to Biosciences, Barcelona, 2014.01.16.-24.
• Autodesk Inventor Basic Course, Budapest
• AOSpine Advanced Symposium, Spine Surgery in Elderly, Budapest, 2013.11.28.-29.
• Biomechanics Summer Course, Institute of Orthopaedic Research and BiomechanicsUniversity of Ulm, 2013.07.23.- 26.

Language of consultation

• Hungarian

Professional and society membership

• Hungarian Spine Society
• Hungarian Orthopedic Association
• AOSpine
• VPH-Institute/ Personal member/ 2021
• VPH-Institute/ student member/ member of the student committee 2016-2018
  2017 VPHi webinar - Computational methods establish the future of patient-specific spine surgery.- Dr. Aron Lazary
  2016 VPHi webinar Can engineers help clinicians in their decision-process? - Prof. Damien Lacroix

Scientific activity

 Research Projects

• 2019-2021: SPINNER, European Union’s Horizon 2020, Marie S.-C. No 766012, supervisor, ESR 3,4
• 2017-2021: STABILITY, (Hungarian Scientific Research Fund, ID: FK123884) senior researcher
• .2012-2014: MySpine, FP7 HEALTH-F2-2008-269909 coinvestigator

Publications
Papers in international journals: 17
Impact factor: 33.941

The 10 most important publications:

• 1. J. Fayad, M. Turbucz, B. Hajnal, F. Bereczki, M. Bartos, A. Bank, A. Lazary and P. E. Eltes (2021). Correction of complicated postoperative flat back deformity with the aid of virtual and 3D printed anatomical models: case report. Frontiers in surgery, doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2021.662919, Provisionally accepted. IF:1.826
• 2. Eltes, P. E., Kiss, L., Bereczki, F., Szoverfi, Z., Techens, C., Jakab, G., ... & Lazary, A. (2021). A novel three-dimensional volumetric method to measure indirect decompression after percutaneous cement discoplasty. Journal of Orthopaedic Translation, 28, 131-139. IF 3.986
• 3. Eltes, P. E., Bartos, M., Hajnal, B., Pokorni, A., Kiss, L., Lacroix, D., ... & Lazary, A. (2020). Development of a computer-aided design and finite element analysis combined method for affordable spine surgical navigation with 3D-printed customized template. Frontiers in surgery, 7, 176., IF:1.826
• 4. Demir, E., Eltes, P., Castro, A. P., Lacroix, D., & Toktaş, I. (2020). Finite element modelling of hybrid stabilization systems for the human lumbar spine. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 0954411920946636. IF: 1.282
• 5. Techens, C., Palanca, M., Eltes, P. E., Lazary, A., & Cristofolini, L. (2020). Testing the impact of discoplasty on the biomechanics of the intervertebral disc with simulated degeneration: an in vitro porcine study. Medical Engineering & Physics. Medical Engineering & Physics. IF:1.737
• 6. Costa, M. C., Eltes, P., Lazary, A., Varga, P. P., Viceconti, M., & Dall’Ara, E. (2019). Biomechanical assessment of vertebrae with lytic metastases with subject-specific finite element models. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials, 98, 268-290. IF: 3.485
• 7. P. E. Eltes, L. Kiss, M. Bartos et al., Geometrical accuracy evaluation of an affordable 3D printing technology for spine physical models, Journal of Clinical Neuroscience,
• 8. https: //doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2019.12.027. IF: 1.593
• 9. Kiss, L., Varga, P. P., Szoverfi, Z., Jakab, G., Eltes, P. E., & Lazary, A. (2019). Indirect foraminal decompression and improvement in the lumbar alignment after percutaneous cement discoplasty. European Spine Journal, 1-7. IF:2.513
• 10. van Rijsbergen, M., van Rietbergen, B., Barthelemy, V., Eltes, P., Lazáry, Á., Lacroix, D., Noailly J, Ho Ba Tho MC., Wilson W., Ito, K. (2018). Comparison of patient-specific computational models vs. clinical follow-up, for adjacent segment disc degeneration and bone remodelling after spinal fusion. PloS one, 13(8), e0200899. IF:2.766

Awards & Recognition

• 2016: MultiSim Modelathon 2016, members of the winning team.
• 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016, 2015: ˝ ZINNER NANDOR˝ Award, offered by the Hungarian Orthopedic Association