Journal of Multiple Sclerosis

Biography

László Vécsei graduated with an M.D. from Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical University (currently University of Szeged) and was then awarded his C.Sc. in the behavioural effects of neuropeptides and D.Sc. in the pathogenesis of neurological disorders. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Lund, Sweden and received a fellowship at the Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. He is Professor and Director of Department of Neurology, University of Szeged, Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, President of the Medical Class of the Academy, Past-President of the Society of Hungarian Neurologists and Psychiatrists, General Secretary of the Danube Symposium for Neurological Sciences, Past-Secretary of the European Society for Clinical Neuropharmacology (ESCNP), Regional Vice-President of European Federation of Neurological Scoieties (EFNS) and Dean of the Medical Faculty, University of Szeged. He is interested in the pathomechanism of neurodegenerative disorders, headache, multiple sclerosis and novel therapeutic strategies of these diseases. He published more than 350 PUBMED articles, 13 books and monographs.

Research Interest

Pathomechanism of neurodegenerative disorders, Headache, Multiple sclerosis and novel therapeutic strategies