Prof. Jiří Widimský, MD, CSc

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Prof. Jiří Widimský, MD, CSc

Prof. Jiří Widimský, MD, CSc

Prof. Jiří Widimský jr., MD, CSc. | CZ
Head, Center for hypertension, IIIrd Internal Dep., General Faculty Hospital, 1st medical faculty, Charles University, Prague

Date of birth: May 10, 1956
Place of birth: Prague, Czech republic

Office address:
IIIrd Internal Department, Charles University,
U nemocnice 1, 128 08 Prague 2
Czech republic

e-mail: jwidi (at) lf1­.cuni.cz

education
Faculty of medicine, Charles University, Prague, 1975–1981

professional qualifications
Certificate in specialisation in internal medicine I. Degree | 1984
Certificate in specialisation in internal medicine II. Degree | 1990
Certificate in specialisation in cardiology |1998
licence in endocrinology since |1995
Ph.D Thesis on Atrial natriuretic factor kinetics and its possible role in the regulation of blood pressure and sodium homeostasis | 1992
Hypertension summer school | 1992
Associated professor at 1st Faculty of medicine, Charles University, Prague:/thesis/: Humoral factors involved in the regulation of blood pressure | 1997
Professor since | 2004

postgraduate training
1981–1987 Resident house physician IIIrd inter. Dep.
1987–1989 Felowship position in Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, Canada
1990–1991 Research assistant and senior resident
1991–1996 Assistant professor (docent)
2004 since professor

publications
180, approx 70 of them in impacted journals, current SCI 380

awards and honours
1986 1st prize in symposium of young cardiologist, Berlin
1987 prize of Czech urologic society
1997 prize of Czech neurologic society
2009 prize of Czech Ministry of Health

memberships
International society of hypertension
European Society of hypertension
Czech society of hypertension (president)
Czech society of internal medicince (vice-president)
Czech Society of Cardiology

current position
Head of Center for hypertension, IIIrd Internal Department, General Faculty Hospital, 1st medical faculty,
Charles University, U nemocnice 1, Prague 2