University of California San Francisco

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Akos
Herzeg
MD, PhD, MBA

Research Fellow

    Biography

    Akos Herzeg, MD, PhD, MBA - Research Fellow is a German/Hungarian Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist and a fetal surgeon. He is the inaugural senior fellow in the MacKenzie Lab and UCSF Center for Maternal-Fetal Precision Medicine where he is working closely with Tippi Mackenzie, on clinical applications of fetal molecular therapies: fetal gene therapies and fetal enzyme replacement therapies. Akos has trained in prenatal medicine and fetal therapy at the University of Heidelberg in Germany where he has led the development and clinical oversight of the Center for Fetal Surgery. His expertise includes managing complicated monochorionic twins, complex multiple gestations, high-risk pregnancies, and fetal Spinal dysraphisms. He also holds an MBA in Healthcare Administration with a concentration in the Management of Centers of Healthcare Excellence and is currently the Chief Strategy Officer of the UCSF Broad Stem Cell Center.