Dr. Szavay is currently Professor of Pediatric Surgery and Head and Surgeon-in-Chief of the Department of Pediatric Surgery at the Children’s Hospital of Central Switzerland in Lucerne, Switzerland. Dr. Szavay is particularly interested in minimally invasive pediatric surgery as well as in pediatric urology. He has a strong focus on surgical education, especially in the field of minimally invasive techniques, and has directed numerous national and international courses, such as for the ESPU (European Society of Pediatric Urology), EUPSA (European Pediatric Surgical Association), ESPES (European Society of Pediatric Endoscopic Surgeons), and the IRCAD.

Dr. Szavay has published more than 80 manuscripts, several book chapters, and DVD’s on minimally invasive pediatric urology and on thoracoscopy, respectively, and presented more than 200 abstracts. He is Co-Editor of the ESPES Manual of Pediatric Minimally Invasive Surgery, released in 2019.

Dr. Szavay has been a dedicated member of IPEG for 21 years, and he is a Past President of IPEG. He has been the program chair of IPEG's and BAPS joint annual congress in Edinburgh, UK, 2014, as well as the course director of IPEG's annual congresses in Fukuoka, Japan, 2016, Beijing, China, 2013, and San Diego, USA, 2012. In 2017 and 2025, he participated in a US-Mission trip to Guatemala, where he introduced laparoscopic pediatric urology to the national pediatric surgical fellowship program. Dr. Szavay became a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS) in 2024