Position
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, chief
- The Complex Cardiovascular centre, chief
- President of the Czech Society for Cardiovascular Surgery
- Chair of EACTS Aortic Valve Task Force
- Consultant in vascular and cardiac surgery
Certification
- 1993 M.D. (MUDr.) Medical School, Charles University in Prague
- 1996 General Surgery Board
- 2001 Vascular Surgery Board
- 2004 Cardiac Surgery Board
- 2006 Ph.D.
- 2007 Assoc. Professor
- 2011 Full professorship in cardiac surgery
Publications and lectures
Author or co-author of more than 139 scientific papers. Author of many lectures including the inviting lectures and the faculty at the international congress and workshops.
Interest: The major interest is the reconstructive valve surgery.
- The large experience with aortic valve repair. One of the promoters of this technique in Czech Republic and he helped to introduce this technique in different European countries like Slovak Republic, Austria, Hungary. The member of Aortic Valve Repair Group of the Heart Valve Society.
- The large experience with mitral valve reconstruction incl. minimally invasive mitral valve surgery
- Ross procedure and homografts
- Aortic surgery
- Robotic surgery
