György Miklós Buzás, MD, PhD, is the head of the Department of Gastroenterology at the Ferencváros Health Centre, Budapest, Hungary. He was born in 1948 in Cluj-Napoca (Romania) and obtained his medical degree from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in his native city. He became qualified in internal medicine from 1978. Since 1990, he has been working in Hungary as a gastroenterologist and obtained his PhD degree in 2007 from the Semmelweis University, Budapest, in the field of Helicobacter pylori research. He has authored eight books and published 55 peer-reviewed articles as the first author. His fields of interest are Helicobacter pylori, lactose intolerance, diabetes mellitus, and the history of medicine. He is a member of the Hungarian Society of Gastroenterology, the Hungarian Society of Diabetology, the European Helicobacter and Microbiota Study Group and has received local awards.