Zsolt Balogh MD, PhD, FRACS, FAOrthA, FACS

Professor Zsolt Balogh is the Discipline Head of Traumatology and Surgery 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 being a teacher and researcher, he is an active trauma and orthopedic surgeon with a major interest in complex polytrauma patients and pelvis 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 orthopedic trauma, torso trauma, and post-injury critical care. He collaborates with academic trauma centers and Universities in Europe, the United States, and Australia. Professor Balogh supervises the Traumatology Ph.D. program at The University of Newcastle and clinical and research fellowship programs at the John Hunter Hospital.