Bertalan Mesko

Bertalan Mesko, MD, PhD is a medical futurist who graduated from the University of Debrecen, Medical School and Health Science center with Weszpremy Award as a medical doctor in 2009 and finished PhD in the field of clinical genomics focusing on the pharmacogenomic applications of autoimmune conditions in 2012 with summa cum laude.

As a medical futurist, he works on bringing disruptive technologies to medicine & healthcare; assisting medical professionals and students in using these in an efficient and secure way; and educating e-patients about how to become equal partners with the caregivers.

He is the managing director and founder of Webicina.com, the first service that curates the medical and health-related social media resources for patients and medical professionals. He has given over 400 presentations from the Yale, Stanford and Harvard University to the centre of the World Health Organization and the Futuremed course organized by the Singularity University at NASA; and is a health 2.0 consultant for pharma and medical technology companies. Healthspottr.com included him in the Future Health Top 100 list.

He is the author of the Social Media in Clinical Practice handbook; as well as the multiple award-winning medical blog, Scienceroll.com; and the founder and lecturer of the Social Media in Medicine online and offline university course which is the first of its kind worldwide.

His work was mentioned by CNN.com, the World Health Organization, Nature Medicine, the New York Times, Al Jazeera, British Medical Journal and Wired Science, among others.

He is a member of Mensa International and the Kairos Society; and an External advisor at Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media.