Education

1986–1992 Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University, Olomouc (MD)

1995 1^st board examination in neurology, Prague

1998 2^nd board examination in neurology, Prague

2015 functional expertise in the field of neurosonology

PhD studies

Nov 2002 dissertation defense – Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University, Olomouc: Spontaneous inctracranial hemorrhage: Modifiable risk factors and mortality prediction (PhD)

Habilitation

July 2007 Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University, Olomouc: Risk factors of spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage (Assoc. Prof.)

Professor of Neurology

Jun 2011 Palacký University, Olomouc (Prof.)

Work travel experience

Aug 1991 Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Central Hospital (HYKS), Helsinki, Finland

Jul 1992 Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA

Dec 1998 Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Alfried Kruppʼs Hospital, Essen, Germany

Jun 2000 Department of Neurology, Landesnervenklinik Christian Doppler Klinik, Salzburg, Austria

Aug–Sep 2001 Department of Neurology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland

Jun 2002 Department of Neurology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Editorial board

Česká a slovenská neurologie a neurochirurgie (Czech and Slovak Neurology and Neurosurgery)

1997–2004 secretary

2011–2016 member of the editorial board

since 2016 editor-in-chief

Lectures and publications

> 740 lectures and poster presentations

187 original papers (162 with IF)

49 review articles (24 with IF)

2 books

17 book chapters

2 textbooks

1 textbook contribution

Citations

2644 in SCI (without self-citations); h-index SCI: 27 (as of March 17, 2026)

Tutorship of postdoctoral students

15 students (10 with completed PhD studies)