prof. MUDr. Róbert Dankovčík, PhD., MPH

	Email:	robert.dankovcik@upjs.sk
	Homepage:	https://www.upjs.sk/LF/zamestnanec/robert.dankovcik
	Faculty:	LF UPJŠ - Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice Faculty of Medicine
	Department:	G-PK - Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics
	Office:	HK5O00
	Phone:
	ORCID ID:	0000-0002-5909-1483

Academic Acting Director of the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics at the clinic in the Faculty of Medicine at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University and at Faculty Hospital of L. Pasteur in Košice since2005. After graduating from the Faculty of Medicine at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice he worked as junior doctor in the 2nd Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics in the Faculty of Medicine at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University. In 1995, he obtained his first medical postgraduate certification in the field of Gynaecology and Obstetrics at SZU/Slovak Medical University/ in Bratislava. In 1995, he held the post of assistant professor in the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics. In 2000, he obtained his second medical postgraduate certification in the field of Gynaecology and Obstetrics at SZU in Bratislava. In 2004, he defended his dissertation thesis in the study programme of Gynaecology and Obstetrics on topic : „ Integration of New Markers into Antenatal Screening of Chromosomal Abnormalities.“ In 2006, he got a medical postgraduate certification in the field of Ultrasound in Gynaecology and Obstetrics and in 2007 in the field of Maternal-Fetal Medicine In 2010, his habilitation in the field of Gynaecology and Obstetrics was on Prenatal Ultrasonographic Diagnostics of Chromosomal Abnormalities in the Second Trimester of Gravidity. In 2011, he received a postgraduate MPH certification as public health service manager. In 2017, he was appointed professor in the field of Gynaecology and Obstetrics in the Faculty of Medicine at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice. He took part in a number of study trips, professional courses not only in his home country but also abroad/ Vyškov, Praha UPMD, Katowice, Krakow, Barcelona, Vienna, Berlin, Praha-Motol, La Roche surYon- France./ He focused his interest and scientific research activities on: endoscopy, prenatal diagnostics and high –risk pregnancy. In the framework of his pedagogical activities he supervised 20 master theses and lead the training of 2 doctoral students. He is the author or co-author of 201 scientific and professional works which were published both in domestic and foreign scientific journals, textbooks and monographies. He has more than 110 citations out of which there are 69 with registered citation indexes WoS or Scopus. He gave more than 125 lectures at domestic and international events. Since 2007 he has been running a three-day long professional course on ultrasound prenatal diagnostics for over 50 participants from all over Slovakia.This event is organised annually in cooperation with Vienna International School of 3D/4D Ultrasound, the so- called VISUS. He is the member of numerous professional societies and scientific sections /SGPS, SSUM, ISUOG/ He is divorced and he has got a son and a daughter. His favourite free time activities are cycling, paddleboarding, fishing, skialpinism and downhill skiing.

Higher education and further qualification growth

Second degree of higher education:

Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Medicine, 1992, General Medicine

Third degree of higher education:

Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Medicine, 2004, field of study: General Medicine, study program: Gynecology and Obstetrics

Associate professor:

Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Medicine, 2010, field of study: General Medicine, study program: Gynecology and Obstetrics

Professor:

Pavol Jozef Šafárik Univerzity in Košice, Faculty of Medicine, 2017, field of study: General Medicine, study program: Gynecology and Obstetrics

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Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
Study programme: Gynecology and Obstetrics, study field: General Medicine, III. degree
Profile courses
Gynecology and Obstetrics 1 - General Medicine, joined I.+II. degree
Gynecology and Obstetrics 2 - General Medicine, joined I.+II. degree
Diabetes mellitus - Gynecology and Obstetric, III. degree
Mother and newborn care - Gynecology and Obstetrics, III. degree
Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
Name of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure: Gynecology and Obstertics, study field to which it is assigned: General Medicine
Selected publications
ADC: Kučera, E., Hejda, V., Dankovčík, R., Valha, P., Dudáš, M., Feyereisl, J.: Malignant changes in adenomyosis in patients with endometrioid adenocarcinoma. In: European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology. - ISSN 0392-2936. - Vol. 32, no. 2 (2011), s. 182-184.
ADC: Dankovčík, R., Muránska, S.,Kučera, E., Jirásek, J.E., Feyereisl, J., Šudák, M., Dudáš, M.: Prenatal Tree-Dimensional Sonographic Findings Associated with Annular Pancreas. In: Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy. - ISSN 1015-3837. - Vol. 27, no. 1 (2010) s. 57-60.
ADC: Dankovcik, R., Urdzik, P.,Lazar, I.,Gresova, A., Radonak, J., Jirasek, J.E., Kucera E, Feyereisl, J., Dudas, M.: Conservative management in three cases of prenatally recognized splenic cyst using 2D,3D,multi-slice and Doppler ultrasonography. Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy, Vol. 26, Issue 3, Dec.2009, pp.177-180.
ADC: Stupáková, V. Varinská, L., Miroššay, A., Šarišský, M., Mojžiš, J., Dankovčík, R., Urdzík, P., Ostró, A., Mirossay, L.: Photodynamic effect of hypericin in primary cultures of human umbilical endothelial cells and glioma cell lines. Phytotherapy research, 2009, 23 (6), pp. 827-832.
ADC: Dankovčík, R., Vyhnálková, V., Muránska, S., Kučera, E., Korpová, M., Plichtová, A., Miklošová, M., Ferianec, V., Jirásek, J.E., Dudáš, M.: Encephalocystocele– uncomon diagnosis in prenatal medicine. In: Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy. - ISSN 1015-3837. - Vol. 32, no. 4 (2012) s. 295-298.
Selected projects
VEGA 1/0525/10: Disorders of folate metabolism in the pathogenesis of multiple malformations - co-investigator
VEGA 2/0418/09: Epidemiological study of the prevalence of chlamydial, mycoplasma and papillomavirus urogenital infections in the population - co-investigator
VEGA 1/0050/08: Epidemiological and clinical aspects of the incidence and course of viral hepatitis B in pregnant women in eastern Slovakia and the influence of pregnancy on chronic HBV infection - co-investigator
VEGA 1/4227/07: Influence of MAO-A and MAO-B inhibitors on the course of the reproductive process in the rat - co-investigator
VEGA 1/2302/05: Study of chlamydial and mycoplasmal urogenital infections in women - co-investigator
International mobilities and visits
JagelonUniversity, Krakow, Poland, 2013, Intership in prenatal diagnostic of develepmental heart diseases
Centro de fetal Medicina, Barcelona, Spain, 2013, Intership in prenatal detection of intrauterine fetal hypoxia
Institute for the Care of Mother and Child, Prague, Czech republic, 2008, Intership in surgical treatment in Urogynecology
Institute for the Care of Mother and Child, Prague, Czech republic, 2007, Intership in invasive prenatal diagnostic tools
Institute for the Care of Mother and Child, Prague, Czech republic, 2005, Intership in Laparoscopic surgical treatment
University Hospital in Motol, Prague, Czech republic, 2004, Intership in Prenatal diagnostic of developmental heart disease
Clinique de Saint Charles, La Roche sur Yon, Francúzko, 1995, professional internship focused on gynecological surgery

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