Background
Endre Mester was born on November 20, 1903 in Budapest, Hungary.
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Endre Mester
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He studied medicine at University of Pécs, Hungary until 1927.
Career
In 1967, only a few years after the first working laser was invented, he started his experiments with the effects of lasers on skin cancer. He is credited as the discoverer of positive biological effects of low power lasers. He then taught surgery at the Pazmany Peter University in Budapest, while working with Doctor Lajos Adam.
He was certified both in surgery and in radiology.
During World World War II, Mester worked as a surgeon at Saint John's Hospital and in the "Rock Hospital", located in the tunnels underneath Castle Hill in Budapest. Mester chaired the Surgery Department of the Bajcsy Zsilinszky Teaching Hospital in Budapest from 1947 until 1963.
In 1963, he became Professor and Department Chair at the Semmelweis Medical University in Budapest, and worked there until his retirement in 1973. In 1971, he received the "Doctor of Sciences" title from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Mester started his laser research in 1965.
In 1974 he founded the Laser Research Center at Semmelweis, and continued working there for the remainder of his life. He is credited with the discovery of the biological effects of low power lasers. Mester"s publications on the biostimulatory effects of the low intensity laser started in 1967.
He performed early science experiments on the biological effects of laser irradiation.
While applying lasers to the backs of shaven mice, Mester noticed that the shaved hair grew back more quickly on the treated group than the untreated group. Mester is believed to be only the fourth physician publishing in the area of laser medicine and surgery.
In 1971, he began treating patients with non-healing skin ulcers, while using Low Intensity Laser Irradiation. Mester is the author of over 100 published articles in his areas of research. a radiologist, and Andrew Mester, Doctor of Medicine, an otolaryngologist, later assisted him in his work.
President of the Hungarian Society of Surgeons (for 8 years)
President of the International Soft Laser Society
Vice President of the Red Cross Committee of Budapest.
Politics
He publicly welcomed the 1956 Hungarian uprising against Communism yet, when it failed, he was not persecuted because of his important medical work.
