Dr. Zsolt József Káposztás

"I've always wanted to be a surgeon for as long as I can remember," says Dr. Zsolt Káposztás, who graduated from the Medical University of Pécs in 2000 and then completed his residency at the Department of Surgery of the University of Pécs in 2006. He then spent two years in Houston, America, where he gained transplant knowledge and practice, and then worked as a consultant surgeon in Cardiff, United Kingdom. "My interest in liver, biliary tract and pancreatic surgery remained constant. I worked for a total of four years in the United Kingdom (University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff) where I dealt with transplantation and liver and pancreatic surgery. I spent two years at the National Institute of Oncology, first as head of the Visceral Department and then of the Abdominal Surgery Department. In these places, I contributed to the establishment of the liver and pancreatic surgery center. My fate finally brought me to Kaposvár, where I work at the Kaposi Mór Teaching Hospital in Somogy County, in accordance with my main area of ​​interest, tumor surgery. Since 2018, I have been the head of the Department of Surgery. Our work group is nationally recognized, we were the first in the country to perform a laparoscopic pancreatic head resection in 2016," says Dr. Zsolt Káposztás.

He has also been working in private healthcare in Budapest for more than seven years.

His scientific research work is also extensive: in 2009 he obtained a PhD degree at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Pécs, and in 2018 he habilitated there. In 2017 he passed the specialist examination in Clinical Oncology. He is the author of numerous publications. In 2019 he obtained a Certified Healthcare Manager MSc. degree at the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Pécs.

"As a leader, I consider it important to inspire my colleagues, teamwork and that everyone finds an area in which they are happy to commit themselves. I have managed to introduce several innovations under my leadership in several institutions where I have worked," he says.

"Throughout my career – both at home and abroad – I have always considered the education of students and young colleagues to be of paramount importance, in addition to conducting research and implementing innovations. I work as an instructor in Kaposvár and at the University of Pécs, as an associate professor.

Family and sports have also played a major role in my life. I have lively relationships with colleagues working in the USA, the United Kingdom, Germany, Russia and China through my previous foreign jobs and congresses," says Dr. Káposztás.

His main specialty is oncological surgery, including liver, biliary tract and pancreatic surgery, in addition to general and laparoscopic surgery: "In addition to general surgery, I deal with open and minimally invasive laparoscopic surgical treatment of primarily cancerous but benign lesions of the digestive tract, focusing on diseases of the liver, biliary tract and pancreas as my main profile. At TritonLife, patients can contact me with confidence with numerous surgical complaints and questions, and same-day surgical procedures are available at the TritonLife Kaposvár Private Hospital."