Bertalan Mesko

He graduated from university with the Weszprémi Prize (2009). He obtained his PhD in the field of clinical genomics.

In 2012, he created a new profession called “medical futurist,” combining medical and technological perspectives, with the mission of introducing useful technological innovations into everyday clinical practice while preserving the personal patient-doctor relationship. Later, his research focused on the clinical use of artificial intelligence and the impact of digital health technologies on the patient-doctor relationship, as well as their future changes.

He has given over 500 lectures on future medicine at renowned institutions (Yale, Stanford, Harvard universities, World Health Organization Center). He was also a speaker at the exclusive Futuremed course organized by Singularity University at NASA headquarters. He has been an expert for several governments, the WHO and the American Medical Association - mainly on the safe medical use of artificial intelligence.
His article on the medicine of the future has been featured on the front page of CNN, and he has been mentioned in the New York Times, TIME magazine, FORBES, and the BBC. His scientific publications have appeared in the British Medical Journal, Nature, and prestigious international medical journals.

He regularly teaches courses at Semmelweis University (SE) in Budapest. He is a member of the Scientific Committee on Statistics and Futures Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He is the head of The Medical Futurist Institute. In 2013 he received the János Kemény Award of the Hungarian National Academy of Sciences.