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Krisztian Nagy is a Maxillo-Facial Surgeon with special interest and experience in cleft surgery. He has been working as the co-ordinator and leading surgeon of the Cleft Care Centre, at the 1st Department of Paediatrics, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary. He has been also working as a Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon, in AZ St-Jan Bruges-Oostende Hospital, Belgium since March 2012. He became Fellow of the European Board of Oro-Maxillo-Facial Surgery & Head and Neck Surgery (FEBOMS) in September 2012. He is currently Guest Professor at Leuven University, KU Leuven, Belgium. He graduated at the Semmelweis University Budapest, Hungary in medicine (MD, summa cum laude) and in dentistry (DDS, magna cum laude). He specialized in oral and maxillo-facial surgery at the Semmelweis University, at the KU Leuven and in AZ SInt Jan in Bruges, Belgium. His postgraduate training was additionally followed by clinical experiences in Bruges, Minden, Vienna, Wellington, Zürich and Taipei. He is now member of the European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery (EACMFS), the European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery (EAFPS) and the Craniomaxillofacial Section, Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen (AO). He is acknowledged PhD tutor of 3 PhD students. He defended his doctoral thesis on the subject of “Objective methods for evaluation of surgical outcomes in cleft lip and palate surgery” (PhD). His professional field of interest is in orthognathic, cleft and craniofacial surgery.