• Specialization in obstetrics and gynecology, gynecologic endoscopy and reproductive surgery
• Employee of Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1st Faculty of Medicine of Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague since 1995
• Ph.D. in experimental surgery, thesis – Anamnestic, laboratory and ultrasonographic markers of pathological gestation and their significance for adverse pregnancy outcome prediction (2001)
• Associate professor in obstetrics and gynecology – habilitation work on “Conservative treatment of uterine fibroids in women of fertile age” (2008)
• Professor in obstetrics and gynecology (Charles University in Prague, 2019)
• Member of several scientific organizations such as European Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy (ESGE), American Society of Gynecological Laparoscopists (AAGL) and The Czech Gynecological and Obstetrical Society (ČGPS)
• Member of The Section of Gynecological Endoscopy of The Czech Gynecological and Obstetrical Society: scientific secretary 2009-2012, president 2012-2020, vice-president since 2020
• Member of The Section of Hospital Gynecologists and Obstetricians (SNGP): treasurer 2015-2019, member of revision committee since 2019
• Member of the Board of the International Expert Group on Postoperative Adhesion Prevention in Gynaecological Surgery “ANGEL” (under the umbrella of ESGE), 2010-2014
• “Best paper of the year” award – Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology (2008, IF 1,721)
• Member of the Editorial Board – Minimally Invasive Therapy & Allied Technologies (IF 2017: 1,333), since 2018
• Regular active participation in international congresses and conferences
• Author and co-author of 31 papers (Web of Science) with impact factor (h-index 12), additionally other original articles and reviews in his native language, main author of 2 scientific books and of many chapters in textbooks and monographs
• Invited speaker in several international scientific symposiums, lecturer in “live – surgery” in several scientific congresses and workshops, peer-reviewer in several journals focused on miniinvasive reproductive surgery.
• Leader of postgraduate education in gynecologic endoscopy and mini-invasive surgery (including advanced laparoscopic procedures in onco-gynecological patients) in his home department
• Chair of gynecological courses in Aesculap Academy in Prague – training in laparoscopy, “hands on”
• Co-leader of collaborative international project (AKTION) on “Safety of morcellation in laparoscopy for uterine fibroids” – together with University Hospital in Wien (AKH).
• Principal investigator in several academic and commercial clinical trials.
EDUCATION
Clinical
1988 – 1995 – First Medical Faculty, Charles University in Prague – General Medicine Degree (MD)
1998 – Specialist accreditation in Obstetrics and Gynecology (1st degree)
2002 – Specialist accreditation in Obstetrics and Gynecology (2nd degree)
Academic
1999 – 2001 – PhD thesis, Experimental Surgery, First Medical Faculty, Charles University in Prague
CURRENT POSITION(S)
Clinical
2008 – 2022 – consultant in gynecologic endoscopy and chief of postoperative endoscopic ICU, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, General University Hospital and the 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague
since 2022 – head of the Center of Minimally Invasive Gynecological Surgery, Department of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Neonatology, General University Hospital and the 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague
Academic
Manager of pre-graduate education of the medical students and leader of post-graduate training of gynecologic endoscopy, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, General University Hospital and the 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague.
RESEARCH FUNDING
2004 – 2006 IGA (evaluated as excellent project and honored by the Czech Minister of Health)
2008 – 2011 IGA
2012 – 2021 UNCE, University Research Center Program, Charles University in Prague
2020 – 2022 IP VFN
2023 – 2026 AZV (Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic, REAdME project)
Prague, Ocober 1st, 2024
Prof. Michal Mára, MD, Ph.D.
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