Tulassay Tivadar

* Galánta, January 18, 1949 – / pediatrician, university professor, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ; ; When he was two months old, his parents moved to Hungary, Törökbálint, and he began his school studies there. He received his medical degree from the Semmelweis University of Medicine (SOTE) in Budapest in 1974. His fields of expertise are neonatology, hypertonology and nephrology. He primarily deals with the hormonal regulation of fluid and electrolyte balance and the examination of kidney function in premature infants. He was the first to describe the causes of transient renal failure in newborns suffering from respiratory distress. In 1992, he was appointed head professor of the Department of Pediatrics No. 1. He was the rector of the SOTE from 2003 to 2011. In 2001, he became a corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and in 2007, a full member. He is known as a great opera lover. ; ; Main works: ; Pathological renal function of premature infants (candidate thesis), 1983, ; Atrial Natriuretic Peptide in Plasma of Volume-Overloaded Children with Chronic Renal Failure (co-author), 1985, ; Hormonal Regulation of Water Metabolism in Children with Nephrotic Syndrome (co-author), 1987, ; The regulatory role of atrial natriuretic peptide and other vasoactive hormones in fluid and electrolyte balance (academic doctoral thesis), 1989, Renal Vascular Disease in the Newborn (co-author), 1998, ; Renal Insufficiency and Acute Renal Failure (co-author), 1998, High blood pressure in infants and children, 1999, ; Direct determination of the acid-producing capacity of human gastric mucosa from biopsy samples taken during gastroscopy (co-author), 2000, ; Investigation of adrenal hormones in young adults with low birth weight and their relationship with some parameters of carbohydrate metabolism and the cardiovascular system (co-author), 2000, ; Variance of ACE and ATI Receptor Gene does not Influence the Rist Neonatal Acute Renal Failure (co-author), 2001, ; Gender-specific association of vitamin D receptor polymorphism combinations with type 1 diabetes mellitus (co-author), 2002, ; Sex differences in the alterations of Na+, K+-ATPase following ischaemia-reperfusion injury in the rat kidney (co-author), 2004, ; Increased mucosal expression of Toll-like receptor (TLR)2 and TLR4 in coeliac disease (co-author), 2007.