Prof. Lorand Erőss, MD, FIPP
Neurosurgeon, pain specialist, neurologist, university professor, and clinical director, Semmelweis University, Faculty of Medicine Institute of Neurosurgery and Neurointervention
Research FocusHis research focuses on epilepsy surgery, the surgical treatment of pain, movement disorders, and spasticity, as well as the development and clinical research of neuromodulation therapies for these conditions.
He is credited with introducing a novel neuromodulation surgical method in Hungary, developing a new implant-based technique to support epilepsy surgery diagnostics, and pioneering the implementation of robot-assisted neurosurgical procedures in Hungary and the Central and Eastern European region. His scientific contributions in these areas have been widely published and internationally recognized.
He introduced several new surgical techniques in epilepsy treatment and designed and produced a new semi-invasive FO electrode domestically. His innovations have gained international attention and have been adopted in several foreign epilepsy surgery centers. He also established neuromodulation methods previously not used in Hungary for the treatment of chronic neuropathic pain and drug-resistant facial pain. Combining clinical care with research, he and his team developed a translational research program focused on epilepsy surgery.
He teaches at Semmelweis University and the Faculty of Information Technology and Bionics of Pázmány Péter Catholic University, delivering undergraduate and postgraduate lectures since 1996.
Since 2024, he has served as a visiting professor at Columbia University, where he regularly lectures, and he is an active member of Harvard University’s Executive Program in Health Leadership, contributing to postgraduate medical education for Hungarian physicians.
He plays an active role in several national and international professional organizations. He serves on the Executive Board of the European Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, is a member of the International Neuromodulation Society and the advisory board of the World Institute of Pain. From 2020 to 2022, he was President of the Hungarian Neurosurgical Society and actively contributed to the leadership of both the Hungarian Parkinson Society and the Hungarian Pain Society. He is also a member of the Clinical Neuroscience Committee of the Medical Sciences Section of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
He has authored and co-authored multiple chapters in professional textbooks and numerous international scientific papers. His scientific work is characterized by a cumulative impact factor of 402.021 and over 3,200 independent citations.