Mihály Bodó

Medical Electronics and Neuromonitoring Researcher

Education and Early Career

Mihály Bodó graduated in 1966 from the
István I. Secondary School in Esztergom,
where he also obtained a qualification as an
electronics technician.
Between 1966 and 1972 he studied at the
Budapest University of Medicine
(now Semmelweis University).

From 1972 to 1979, he worked at the
National Institute of Neurosurgery
(Department of Neurosurgery and Neurointervention,
Semmelweis University) in the EEG unit,
where he earned his EEG specialist qualification.
Based on his research conducted there, he completed his
Candidate of Sciences dissertation (equivalent to a PhD),
focusing on several neuromonitoring methods,
including rheoencephalography (REG).

Between 1974 and 1975, he undertook a study visit in Leningrad,
working at the Pavlov Institute and in the cerebral circulation laboratory.

Research and Industrial Work in Hungary

From 1979 to 1983, he worked at the
Institute of Psychology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences,
in the Department of Psychophysiology.

Between 1983 and 1993, he was employed at
Gedeon Richter Ltd.
in the Department of Pharmacology and Neurophysiology,
where he developed a novel drug-screening method.
This method later became internationally recognized
through a Japanese collaboration.

In 1992, he received governmental funding to develop
a computer-based primary stroke prevention system
called Cerberus,
which was applied in population screening programs
in Csengersima, Hungary.

In 1993, at the
Concours Lépine innovation and patent exhibition in Paris,
the Cerberus system received the
only award granted by the French Minister of Research.

International Research Career

From 1993 to 1996, he was a USA scholarship recipient
at the University of Miami,
Department of Neurology (Miller School of Medicine).

Between 1996 and 1998, he worked at the
Naval Medical Research Institute
(Bethesda, MD), followed by employment from
2000 to 2010 at the
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research,
Resuscitative Medicine Department (Silver Spring, MD).

From 2010 to 2016, he continued his research at the
Naval Medical Research Center,
Diving Medicine Department.

Since 2017, he has held the position of
Adjunct Associate Professor of Surgery
(Division of Neurosurgery) and
Neurology (non-tenured)
at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

Clinical and Applied Research

In 2017, he relocated to New Orleans, Louisiana,
where he conducted clinical investigations at the
Ochsner Hospital Neurocritical Care Unit,
demonstrating the clinical applicability of REG,
as documented in his publications.

In 2022, he performed REG measurements
on pilot candidates at the
Aviation Medical Examination and Treatment Institute
in Kecskemét, Hungary.

Since 2024, he has served as
Director of Research at
Space Biomedtechnologies Ltd.,
which received funding from the
European Space Agency (ESA)
to develop a miniaturized REG device.

In 2025, he developed a REG-based measurement protocol
for examining concussed high school students
at the Louisiana State University,
Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering.

Professional Recognition and Contributions

He was certified as a
medical electronics expert
by the Hungarian Ministry of Health in
1980 and 1985.
Several computer-based systems for the visualization,
recording, and processing of physiological signals
were developed based on his proposals.

In 2002, the U.S. FDA
classified the Cerberus system as a
“non-significant risk device.”

His work demonstrated that
rheoencephalography (REG)
is suitable for measuring cerebrovascular reactivity,
monitoring its active or passive states in real time,
and detecting increases in intracranial pressure (ICP).
The morphological changes of the REG pulse wave
correspond to those of the ICP pulse wave,
indicating that REG is a
potential non-invasive monitoring method
for neurosurgical intensive care patients
and for applications in space research.

Publications, Patents, and Memberships

Publications: 51 peer-reviewed papers,
18 book chapters, 110 published abstracts and conference presentations
Patents: 5 in medical electronics,
27 in pharmacology; 4 copyrights
Awards: 7 professional distinctions

Professional memberships:
International Society for Electrical Bio-Impedance
Society for Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism
World Stroke Organization
Public body member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences