Prof. Renata Cífková, MD, PhD (CZ)

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Head, Department of Preventive Cardiology, Thomayer Teaching Hospital, Prague, CZ

Business address:
Thomayer University Hospital
Center for Cardiovascular Prevention
Vídeňská 800
140 59 Prague 4
Czech Republic

Tel.: +42026108 3694
Fax: +42026108 3821
E-mail: renata.cifkova (at) ftn.cz

Education and training:
1974–1980 Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague
1984 Board examination in internal medicine I
1986 Earned PhD degree in internal medicine with special emphasis on cardiology
1988 Board examination in internal medicine II
1983 10-day Teaching Seminar on Epidemiology and Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases Int. Soc. and Fed. Cardiology Fuji Training Institute, Japan
1991 Canadian Evaluating Examination for Graduates of Foreign Medical Schools
1992 Foreign Medical Graduate Examination in the Medical Sciences (FMGEMS) – Clinical Science Component + ECFMG English Test
1992 Eighteenth US 10-day Seminar on the Epidemiology and Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases American Heart Association | Lake Tahoe, Calif., USA
2000 Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC)
2001 Clinical Hypertension Specialist of the European Hypertension Society
2004 Associate Professor in Medicine
2005 Board examination in cardiology
2009 Professor in Medicine

Positions held:
1980–1986 Internship and residency in internal medicine and cardiology, Clinical Research Fellow in Cardiology and Preventive Medicine | Inst Clin Exp Med, Prague, Czech Republic
1986–1992 Assistant Professor | Inst Postgraduate Medical Education, Dept of Cardiology, Prague, CZ
1989–1992 Postdoctoral Fellow | Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University | St. John‘s, Newfoundland, Canada
1992–2009 Head, Department of Preventive Cardiology, Inst Clin Exp Medicine, Prague, CZ
2010 – Head, Department of Preventive Cardiology, Thomayer Teaching Hospital, Prague, CZ

Teaching experience:
1986–1989 Inst Postgraduate Medical Education, Prague | Postgraduate teaching in cardiology
1989–1992 Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University | St. John‘s, Newfoundland, Canada | Undergraduate teaching in general epidemiology, preventive medicine, cardiology and cardiovascular physiology
1997– 1st Medical School, Charles Univ., Prague, CZ | Undergraduate teaching in internal medicine – cardiology

Main research interests:
Arterial hypertension – epidemiology, clinical trials, target organ damage – prevention and regression
Epidemiology of atherosclerosis
Preventive cardiology
Angiology

Awards:
1979–1980 prizes at students‘ scientific conferences
1984 Libenský Medal for Young Investigators
1987 Travel Grant for Young European Investigators | 3rd European Meeting on Hypertension, Milan, Italy
1992 Canadian Hypertension Society Trainee | Travel Award
1999 Honorary Visiting Professor, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
2001 Prusík Prize of the Czech Society of Angiology
2003 Honorary membership of the Hungarian Society of Hypertension
2005 Prusík Prize of the Czech Society of Angiology
2005 Honorary membership of the Slovak Society of Hypertension
2008 Honorary membership of the Polish Society of Hypertension
2009 Peter Sleight Award, conferred by the European Society of Hypertension for an outstanding contribution to research, education and leadership in the fields of hypertension and cardiovascular protection 2010 Honorary membership of the Czech Angiology Society

Membership in professional societies:
Czech Purkyně Medical Society | Czech Society of Cardiology (2009–2011 Chair of the Working Group of Preventive Cardiology)
Czech Society of Angiology | Czech Society of Hypertension (1997–2005 President | 2005– Vice President)Czech Atherosclerosis Society – Board member Int. Soc. and Federation of Cardiology Int. Soc. of Hypertension
European Society of Hypertension (1997–2005 Board member | 1999–2005 Secretary)
2005– ex officio Board member (Educational Activities Committee Secretary)
World Hypertension League – Regional Representative for Europe
European Society of Hypertension, Vice President of the WG Hypertension and the Heart
Member of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Joint Task Forces of the European Society of Cardiology, European Atherosclerosis Society and European Society of Hypertension on prevention of coronary heart disease in clinical practice
Member of the European Society of Cardiology Task Force on cardiovascular disease in pregnancy
Editorial Board member: Blood Pressure, Journal of Human Hypertension, Kidney and Blood Pressure Research, Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation