Prof. MUDr. Robert Jech, Ph.D.

neurology

User Score	Experience	Rating	Publications	Online Consultations
83%	31 years	9.5/10	334	No

Overview

Country, City

Czechia, Prague

Health facility

General University Hospital Prague

Medical unit

Department of neurology

About the doctor

Prof. MUDr. Robert Jech, Ph. D. , is a highly experienced neurologist with over 30 years of practice in Czechia, currently working at the Department of neurology at the General University Hospital Prague. With a diverse and impressive career, Dr. Jech has specialized in neurology and has made significant contributions to the field through his research and clinical work. Dr. Jech has obtained various licenses and certificates throughout his career, such as functional expertise in evoked potential and electroencephalography. He has also completed fellowships at renowned institutions, including the Montreal Neurological Institute in Canada and the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Germany. Dr. Jech's expertise extends beyond his clinical work. He has published over 300 scientific publications and has been involved in multiple research projects, focusing on Parkinson's disease, dystonia, and deep brain stimulation. His dedication to advancing neurology is evident in his involvement in professional societies and as a reviewer for prestigious journals and grant agencies. With his extensive experience, diverse expertise, and contributions to the field, Prof. MUDr. Robert Jech, Ph. D. , is considered a highly skilled and respected neurologist. His commitment to research, teaching, and patient care makes him an invaluable asset to the medical community and a trusted professional for those seeking neurological treatment.

Skills & Expertise

Resume

CV (Curriculum Vitae)

Education

1987-1993 Studied human medicine at the Charles University
Obtaining a license for medical practice
1991-1993 Residency of the Department of neurology at the General University Hospital Prague
1993-1997 Resident in neurology
1996 License for functional expertise: evoked potential
1996-1998 Fellowship at the McConnell Brain Imaging Center of the Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University in Montreal
1997 License for functional expertise: electroencephalography
1998-2000 Defense of the doctorate in neurosciences at Charles University: "New methods of analysis and synthesis of evoked responses: basic principles and examples of clinical applications"
2000 Defense of the doctorate
2001 Obtaining specialization in neurology
2002 Fellowship at the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research in Minneapolis of the University of Minnesota
2007 Habilitation and a teaching license for neurology of the Department of neurology at the General University Hospital Prague: "Central modulation of momentum control"
2010-2014 Fellowship at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig
2015 Fellowship at the Hadassah Hebrew University in Jerusalem

Experience

1998-2007 Associate Proffesor
1998 Head of the laboratory of clinical neurophysiology
2000 Head of the neurophysiological laboratories, Department of neurology at the General University Hospital Prague
2002 Na Homolce Hospital Prague
2014 Professor in neurology
2016 Head of the Department of neurology at the General University Hospital Prague
Department of neurology at the NeuroPa Center

Awards & Memberships

1992-1994 Member of the solution team: "Cognitive dysfunction in Parkinson's disease"
1994-1996 Member of the solution team: “Apomorphine and dopaminergic mechanisms in humans”
1996-1998 Member of the solution team: "Mechanisms of focal and segmental dystonias"
1996-1998 Member of the solution team: "Early indicators of Parkinson's disease"
1997-1999 Co-Investigator: "Synthesis of evoked potentials and functional magnetic resonance"
1998 Participated in introducing deep brain stimulation to the Czech Republic
2001-2006 Member of the committee of the extrapyramidal section of the Neurological Society Czech Medical Society
2002 Proshek-Fulbright Foundation Award
2002-2005 Co-Investigator: "Huntington's disease: analysis of connections between clinical, functional and morphometric findings"
2003 Main Solver: "Effects of deep brain stimulation in the treatment of the extrapyramidal system"
2004-2006 Co-Investigator: "Comparison of the results of cortical electrical stimulation and functional magnetic resonance"
2005-2009 Solver: "The use of deep brain stimulation in the treatment of Parkinson's disease and other extrapyramidal movement disorders"
2006-2009 Co-Investigator: "Extrapyramidal diseases - correlation between morphological, functional and clinical findings"
2007 Started to treat patients with jejunal administration of levodopa
2007-2013 Member of the solution team: "Neuropsychiatric aspects of neurodegenerative diseases"
2009-2011 Solver: "Stability and gait disorders in Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases with manifestations of parkinsonian syndrome - analysis of mechanisms and risks of falls and development of a rehabilitation program for their prevention"
2009-2012 Main Solver: "Mechanisms of deep brain stimulation: the role of the subthalamus in motor, visual and affective processes"
2010-2013 Scientific Secretary and Member of the committee of the Society for Clinical Neurophysiology
2010-2015 Co-Investigator: "Analysis of gait disorders in patients with Parkinson's disease and the possibility of influencing them with the method of deep brain stimulation"
2011-2014 Member of the commission for functional expertise in evoked potentials and commission for functional expertise in intraoperative neurophysiology
2011-2015 Main Solver: "Pathophysiological mechanisms of neuromodulation treatment in dystonia"
2012-2015 Co-Researcher and Member of the program board development of scientific areas at Charles University: "Neuropsychiatric aspects of neurodegenerative diseases"
2012 Award of the Czech Society for Clinical Neurophysiology
2013 Presidential Award of the Czech Science Agency for the best grant
2013-2017 Coordinator of the Educational Schools of Clinical Neurophysiology
2016 Ministry of Health Award for medical research and development
2017 Director of the European Myelodysplastic Syndrome School for Diagnostics and Treatment of Spastic Paresis
Head of the Teaching Center "Medtronic" of excellence for deep brain stimulation
Member of the Movement Disorder Society
Member of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping
Member of the Neurological Society
Member of the Society for Clinical Neurophysiology
Member of the Society for Neuroscience
Reviewer of professional journals: PLoS ONE, Human Brain Mapping, Clinical Neurophysiology, Neuroscience Letters, European Journal of Neuroscience, Physiological Research, Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, Movement Disorders, Journal of Neuroscience Methods, Translational Psychiatry, British Medical Journal Open, Neurology for Practice, Czech and Slovak Neurology and Neurosurgery
Reviewer of grant agencies: Internal Grant Agency of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic, Czech Science Foundation, Charles University Grant Agency
Authored of book chapters, conference abstracts, and lectures