Bertalan Meskó, MD, PhD

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The Medical Futurist, Author of Your Map to the Future, Global Keynote Speaker, and Futurist Researcher

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Dr. Bertalan Mesko, PhD, known as The Medical Futurist, is the Director of The Medical Futurist Institute. He specializes in analyzing the impact of science fiction technologies on global medicine and healthcare.

As a geek physician with a PhD in genomics, he is also an Amazon Top 100 author and serves as a Private Professor at Semmelweis Medical School in Budapest, Hungary.

Dr. Mesko has delivered over 900 keynotes at prestigious institutions such as Harvard, Stanford, and Yale Universities, as well as organizations like the WHO and the world's top 10 pharmaceutical companies. His insights on healthcare technology have made him a leading global voice in the field.

Featured by major media outlets including CNN, National Geographic, Forbes, TIME magazine, BBC, and the New York Times, Dr. Mesko regularly shares his analyses on medicalfuturist.com.

His research focuses on the role of artificial intelligence and digital health technologies in shaping the future of care. He is a member of the "Committee on Future Research" of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Dedicated to pioneering medical futures studies as a scientific discipline, Dr. Mesko aims to make futures methods widely accessible in healthcare.

He is a Certified Superforecaster for Good Judgment, Inc.

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  • The Medical Futurist Institute Graphic

    Director

    The Medical Futurist Institute

    - Present 8 years

    The Medical Futurist Institute, the very first research institute specializing in digital health, was launched on 17 October 2017. We, the team of The Medical Futurist are incredibly happy to be able to share what we have been working on with you. The aim of the Institute is to prepare every stakeholder of healthcare for gradually adopting digital health. For successfully doing so, it provides comprehensive, original scientific field research, policy papers, and recommendations on technological…

    The Medical Futurist Institute, the very first research institute specializing in digital health, was launched on 17 October 2017. We, the team of The Medical Futurist are incredibly happy to be able to share what we have been working on with you. The aim of the Institute is to prepare every stakeholder of healthcare for gradually adopting digital health. For successfully doing so, it provides comprehensive, original scientific field research, policy papers, and recommendations on technological innovations and their broader social impact.

    http://tmfinstitute.org/
    http://medicalfuturist.com/launch-medical-futurist-institute-digital-health-research-better-future/

  • The Medical Futurist

    The Medical Futurist

    15 years 3 months

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      The Medical Futurist

      The Medical Futurist

      - Present 12 years

      http://themedicalfuturist.com/

      Keynote Speaker

      Dr. Mesko gives over 50 keynotes every year. Never delivering the same speech twice, he channels his passion about the top trends shaping the future of health and medicine, and fires up his audience with actionable advice on preparing for the digital revolution in healthcare. He has given talks at Yale, Stanford and Harvard Universities, the World Health Organization and Singularity University, and top pharmaceutical companies.

      Consultant

      Bertalan…

      Keynote Speaker

      Dr. Mesko gives over 50 keynotes every year. Never delivering the same speech twice, he channels his passion about the top trends shaping the future of health and medicine, and fires up his audience with actionable advice on preparing for the digital revolution in healthcare. He has given talks at Yale, Stanford and Harvard Universities, the World Health Organization and Singularity University, and top pharmaceutical companies.

      Consultant

      Bertalan frequently helps governments, organizations, leading pharmaceutical and technology companies prepare and take advantage of disruptive trends in medicine. His clients range from the top 10 pharmaceutical companies to innovative startups changing healthcare.

      Author

      Bertalan is the author of the Amazon Top 100 „The Guide to the Future of
      Medicine” and “My Health: Upgraded”.

      Influencer

      Dr. Mesko is a science fiction fanatic who has been upgrading his health with digital technology for over a decade. His enthusiasm for medical innovation shows through his frequent updates on social media and regular posts on the latest news and advice about realizing the future of medicine. Bertalan was featured among the top 10 healthcare voices on LinkedIn and has over a 300,000 followers across his channels.

      University Lecturer

      Dr. Mesko teaches medical students and professionals at Semmelweis University, a leading European medical school, and has given masterclasses about disruptive health technology at events such as Stanford Medicine X and Doctors 2.0 And You.

      Philanthropist

      Bertalan is the founder of Webicina.com, which helps patients and physicians find hand-picked medical news and advice they can trust, for free.

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      The Medical Futurist (Keynote Speaker)

      The Medical Futurist

      - Present 15 years 3 months

      Globally

      Dr. Bertalan Mesko, PhD is the Director of The Medical Futurist Institute analyzing how science fiction technologies can become reality in medicine and healthcare. As a geek physician with a PhD in genomics, he is also an Amazon Top 100 author.

      With 500+ presentations including courses at Harvard, Stanford and Yale Universities, Singularity University's Futuremed course at NASA Ames campus and organizations including the 10 biggest pharmaceutical companies, he is one of the top voices…

      Dr. Bertalan Mesko, PhD is the Director of The Medical Futurist Institute analyzing how science fiction technologies can become reality in medicine and healthcare. As a geek physician with a PhD in genomics, he is also an Amazon Top 100 author.

      With 500+ presentations including courses at Harvard, Stanford and Yale Universities, Singularity University's Futuremed course at NASA Ames campus and organizations including the 10 biggest pharmaceutical companies, he is one of the top voices globally on healthcare technology.

      Dr. Mesko was featured by dozens of top publications, including CNN, the World Health Organization, National Geographic, Forbes, TIME magazine, BBC, and the New York Times. He publishes his analyses regularly on medicalfuturist.com.

      Bertalan helps companies and governments worldwide in bringing science fiction to everyday healthcare. His enthusiasm for the future shines through every one of his motivational talks, supported by stunningly visual presentations customized to each and every event’s audience.

      Below are two new narratives he delivers to top pharma companies, medical professionals and international events focusing on future trends. Please note that each topic can be personalized to a company and any industry. Bertalan also regularly gives entirely custom talks about topics ranging from the future of pharma supply chains to the impact of digitization on investment banking.

      Healthcare needa a trip to Mars:
      We need a healthcare system that would keep an astronaut on Mars alive. Only with that can we keep on improving people’s lives.

      Science fiction in healhcare
      Science fiction sneaked into our everyday life but we need to bring science fiction technologies to patients!

      http://medicalfuturist.com/healthcare-speaker/

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    Managing Director

    Webicina.com

    - Present 17 years

    Curating the medical resources of social media through crowdsourcing.

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    Private Professor

    Semmelweis University

    - Present 8 years

    Budapest, Hungary

    Teaching medical students about digital health, disruptive technologies and the cultural transformation of healthcare.

    http://medicalfuturist.com/let-medical-students-become-21st-century-physicians/

  • Project Leader of Personalized medicine through genomics

    Center for Clinical Genomics and Personalized Medicine

    - 2 years 1 month

    Debrecen, Hungary

    The future of medicine will clearly be centered around personalized care and clinical genomics meaning that every individual will receive prevention tips, diagnosis and therapy based on the combination of their own genomic background and lifestyle. In clinical genomics, instead of single gene differences, only gene panels could solve unmet needs in the clinical settings by determining early diagnosis, disease progression, subtypes; or whether a patient would respond to a specific therapy before…

    The future of medicine will clearly be centered around personalized care and clinical genomics meaning that every individual will receive prevention tips, diagnosis and therapy based on the combination of their own genomic background and lifestyle. In clinical genomics, instead of single gene differences, only gene panels could solve unmet needs in the clinical settings by determining early diagnosis, disease progression, subtypes; or whether a patient would respond to a specific therapy before even starting it by analyzing the gene expression patterns of the least invasively obtained peripheral blood samples or tissue biopsies. These could give insights into the pathogenesis of autoimmune conditions, identify new targets for future therapies of predict response to treatments available now therefore reducing healthcare routes and costs.

  • External advisor

    Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media

    - 4 years

    I consult them on a regular basis.

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    Co-author of MasterBLOG

    ResearchGATE

    - 1 year 1 month

    I wrote the blog entries on ResearchGATE that had a million researcher members.

  • Editor

    Medgadget

    - 1 year

    I wrote entries on a regular basis.

Education

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    Harvard Extension School

    Science Fiction and Society Bioethics/Medical Ethics

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    This course traces science fiction through history and analyzes how it has understood science and technology, war and colonialism, sex, race and gender, health and disease. It investigates how it has interacted with religion and influenced social and cultural attitudes.

  • FutureMed at Singularity University

    Futuremed 2013 Future of medicine and current global trends

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    Activities and Societies: I learnt how to tackle the technological changes of the future of medicine.

    I gave a speech and graduated.

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    University of Debrecen Official

    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Clinical genomics Summa cum laude

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    Activities and Societies: Research activities before PhD.

    Graduated with the Weszprémy Award.

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    Debreceni Egyetem

    MD Medicine

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    Learnt the basics of medical diagnostics and therapies.

Volunteer Experience

  • External Advisor

    Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media

    - 3 years

    Education

    I assist Mayo Clinic in designing solutions for other healthcare institutions through social media.

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    Certified Superforecaster

    Good Judgment Inc

    - Present 5 years 4 months

    I have completed 100+ forecasting projects informing policy makers, governments and organizations about how to improve decision-making through data-driven analysis.

Publications

  • My Health: Upgraded

    Webicina Kft.

    Information in our DNA can predict our future health. Biotechnology advances enable medical scientists to produce cells that fight tumors. Wearable devices measure our vital signs while at home. What we would have considered science fiction a decade ago is quickly advancing modern health care, and we haven’t seen anything yet.

    Trained physician and medical futurist Dr. Bertalan Mesko, author of The Guide to the Future of Medicine, offers us a fresh look at how innovative technologies…

    Information in our DNA can predict our future health. Biotechnology advances enable medical scientists to produce cells that fight tumors. Wearable devices measure our vital signs while at home. What we would have considered science fiction a decade ago is quickly advancing modern health care, and we haven’t seen anything yet.

    Trained physician and medical futurist Dr. Bertalan Mesko, author of The Guide to the Future of Medicine, offers us a fresh look at how innovative technologies enable us to change health care for the long term. He shares advances such as the present reality of surgical robots and tackles questions such as whether nanorobots will ever swim in our bloodstream or whether actual, functioning organs can be made with 3-D printers.

    To keep readers grounded in the here and now, Dr. Mesko discusses how he uses technology to monitor and improve his own health. From charting his sleeping patterns to using exercise motivation apps, he gives us detailed examples of how we can use technology to live a healthy and proactive life.

    If you want an exciting and practical demonstration of where health care and medicine is heading, then My Health: Upgraded is for you.

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  • The Guide to the Future of Medicine

    Webicina Kft.

    I see enormous technological changes heading our way. If they hit us unprepared, which we are now, they will wash away the medical system we know and leave it a purely technology-based service without personal interaction. Such a complicated system should not be washed away. Rather, it should be consciously and purposefully redesigned piece by piece. If we are unprepared for the future, then we lose this opportunity. I think we are still in time and it is still possible if an easily digestible…

    I see enormous technological changes heading our way. If they hit us unprepared, which we are now, they will wash away the medical system we know and leave it a purely technology-based service without personal interaction. Such a complicated system should not be washed away. Rather, it should be consciously and purposefully redesigned piece by piece. If we are unprepared for the future, then we lose this opportunity. I think we are still in time and it is still possible if an easily digestible and practical guide becomes available.

    I wrote a book "The Guide to the Future of Medicine: Technology AND The Human Touch" to prepare everyone for the coming waves of change, to be a guide for the future of medicine that anyone can use.

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  • Social Media in Clinical Practice

    Springer

    Social media has been clearly changing the way medicine is practiced and healthcare is delivered. Medical professionals must be able to meet the special needs of technology-aware patients and use digital technologies in their work and communications properly. Each physician should find the tools that will assist them in their workflow, and patients need to be educated how to use the internet. It is the responsibility of medical professionals to contribute to this process.

    The constantly…

    Social media has been clearly changing the way medicine is practiced and healthcare is delivered. Medical professionals must be able to meet the special needs of technology-aware patients and use digital technologies in their work and communications properly. Each physician should find the tools that will assist them in their workflow, and patients need to be educated how to use the internet. It is the responsibility of medical professionals to contribute to this process.

    The constantly evolving digital world must be used in the practice of medicine to improve the care of patients. However, the only way to do so effectively is via evidence-based, meaningful and strategic use. Social Media in Clinical Practice provides practical guidance in this mission and is thus essential reading for all medical personal looking into approaching this for the first time.

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Honors & Awards

  • John Neumann Award

    Ministry of National Development of Hungary

    For bringing digital solutions to people in healthcare.

  • 10 healthcare writers on LinkedIn

    LinkedIn

    https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/we-ranked-linkedins-best-writers-2015-time-follow-them-daniel-roth

  • John Kemény Award

    John von Neumann Computer Society

    I had the honor to receive the “John Kemény Award” from the John von Neumann Computer Society for my research and other activities in computer science.

    John Kemény was a mathematician, computer scientist, and educator best known for co-developing the BASIC programming language in 1964.

  • 40 Under 40 Healthcare Innovators

    Medtech Boston

    The winners of 2015's MedTech Boston 40 Under 40 list of young healthcare innovators include physicians, entrepreneurs, policy makers, students and more – but the key is that they’re all committed to changing our healthcare system for the better.

Languages

  • English

    Full professional proficiency

  • Hungarian

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • French

    Limited working proficiency

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