Ivan Netuka

Background

About Ivan Netuka

After graduating 1st Medical School of Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic in 1997, Dr. Netuka completed his vascular and subsequently cardiovascular surgery residency at Homolka Hospital and the Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine at Prague in 2005. In 2009 he successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis in cardiovascular pathophysiology. Since 2012 he serves as a Vice-Chair of Cardiac Centre, IKEM, Prague and in 2014 has been appointed an Associate Professor of Cardiac Surgery at 1st Medical School at Prague. In May 2017 he has been promoted as a Chairman of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at IKEM, Prague. Dr. Netuka has authored and published over 160 peer-reviewed book chapters and manuscripts focusing predominantly on all aspects of advanced heart failure, cardiac transplantation, surgical treatment modalities and alternatives to transplantation with a special focus on mechanical circulatory assistance. In 2014 he has been elected as a member of the Executive Committee of EUROMACS/EACTS. Additionally, he serves as a reviewer for numerous international professional cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery journals. Among his international longer-term professional assignments, Norway, Germany, India and most recently in 2016 Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School should be mentioned. Notably, he serves as a Deputy Editor of internationally esteemed Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation.