Prof. Jiří Widimský, MD, PhD

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Head, Center for hypertension, IIIrd Internal Dep., General Faculty Hospital, 1st medical faculty, Charles University, Prague

Date of birth: 10th May, 1956

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

E-mail: jwidi (at) lf1­.cuni.cz

Education:
1975–1981 Faculty of medicine, Charles University, Prague
1981–1987 Resident house physician IIIrd inter. Dep.
1984 Certificate in specialisation in internal medicine I. Degree
1987–1989 Fellowship position in Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, Canada
1990 Certificate in specialisation in internal medicine II. Degree
1990–1991 Research assistant and senior resident
1991–1996 Assistant professor
1998 Certificate in specialisation in cardiology
1995 licence in endocrinology since
1992 PhD Thesis on Atrial natriuretic factor kinetics and its possible role in the regulation of blood pressure and sodium homeostasis
1992 Hypertension summer school
1997 Associated professor at 1st Faculty of medicine, Charles University, Prague, thesis: Humoral factors involved in the regulation of blood pressure
2004 Professor

Position:
Head of Center for hypertension, IIIrd Internal Department, General Faculty Hospital, 1st medical faculty, Charles University

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

Awards:
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

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