prof. MUDr. Silvia Toporcerová, PhD., EMBA

	Email:	silvia.toporcerova@upjs.sk
	Homepage:	https://www.upjs.sk/LF/zamestnanec/silvia.toporcerova
	Faculty:	LF UPJŠ - Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice Faculty of Medicine
	Department:	G-PK - Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics
	Office:	HK5O00
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	ORCID ID:	0000-0003-3562-7703

Associate Professor Silvia Toporcerová is a recognized figure in the field of reproductive medicine. She works as associate professpr at the Clinic of obstetrics and gynaecology and as medical director in the Centre of reproductive medicine Gyncare. She has been practicing reproductive medicine for more than 20 years. After graduating from university, she joined the II. Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics at the Faculty of Medicine at UPJŠ in Košice, where the first center of assisted reproduction in Slovakia was founded. Here she defended her PhD in 2004 and in 2011 she received a habilitation in Gynecology and obstetrics. In 2003, at the Slovak Medical University in Bratislava, she completed the first-degree board certification in the field of gynecology and obstetrics. She worked as a registrar and later as a fellow at II. Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics of the Faculty of Medicine at UPJŠ and Louis Pasteur University Hospital in Košice, where she headed the Center for Assisted Reproduction until 2013. In 2007 she graduated as a specialist consultant from the Slovak Medical University in Bratislava with a specialized board certification in gynecology and obstetrics, and in 2012 she passed a graduation exam in reproductive medicine at the Institute for Postgraduate Healthcare Education in Prague. Subsequently, she worked as Medical Director and professional supervisor at the Infertility Clinic SPLN in Košice until 2016. She is the author and co-author of a number of professional monographs, university scripts and textbooks as well as professional scientific articles, and also a coautor of two patent

Higher education and further qualification growth

Second degree of higher education:

Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Medicine, 2000, General Medicine

Third degree of higher education:

Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Medicine, 2005, field of study: General Medicine, study program: Gynecology and Obstetrics

Associate professor:

Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Medicine, 2011, field of study: General Medicine, study program: Gynecology and Obstetrics

Professor:

Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Medicine, 2026, 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
Gyneacology and Obstetrics 1 - General Medicine, joined I.+II. degree
Gynecology and Obstetrics 2 - General Medicine, joined I.+II. degree
Gynecology and Obstetrics - Physiotherapy, I. degree
Protection of women's reproductive health - Gynecology and Obstetrics, III. degree
Male sterility - Gynecology and Obstetrics, III. degree
Selected publications
Toporcerová, S., Špaková, I., Šoltys, K., Klepcová, Z., Kľoc, M., Bohošová, J., Trachtová, K., Peterová, L., Mičková, H., Urdzík, P., Mareková, M., Slabý, O., Rabajdová, M.: Small Non-Coding RNAs as New Biomarkers to Evaluate the Quality of the Embryo in the IVF Process. Biomolecules, 2022, 12(11):1687.
ADC: TOPORCER, Tomáš (20%) - GRENDEL, Tomáš (10%) - UHRINOVÁ, Ivana (10%) - FARKAŠOVÁ IANNACCONE, Silvia (10%) - GRENDELOVÁ, Andrea (10%) - SABOL, František (10%) - BELÁK, Jozef (10%) - TOPORCEROVÁ, Silvia: Effect of low molecular weight heparin on autotransplantation efficacy of ovarian tissues in rats. - Projekt: Sprostredkúvajú galektíny ochranný vplyv estrogénov/fytoestrogénov na srdce po infarkte myokardu? - VEGA 1/0660/16. In: Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology. - ISSN 0390-6663. - Roč. 46, č. 4 (2019), s. 542-548. - DOI 10.12891/ceog4544.2019
Toporcer, T., Grendel, T., Špaková, I., Blichárová, A., Verbóová, Ľ., Benetinová, Z., Čižmárová, B., Rabajdová, M., Toporcerová, S.: An In Vivo Model of Estrogen Supplementation Concerning the Expression of Ca2+-Dependent Exchangers and Mortality, Vitality and Survival After Myocardial Infarction in Ovariectomized Rats. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis, 2024, 11(11):352
Toporcerová, S., Badovská, Z., Kriváková, E., Mikulová, V., Mareková, M., Altmäe, S., Rabajdová, M.: Embryo secretome in predicting embryo quality and IVF treatment outcome. Repromed Biomed Online, 2025, 51(1):104825.
Badovská, Z., Dubayová, K., Smolko, L., Toporcerová, S., Lukáčová, I., Šeršeň, D., Mareková, M., Rabajdová, M.: New approaches in the analysis of spent embryo culture media in the IVF process. Arch Gynecol Obstet., 2025 Apr 28 doi: 10.1007/s00404-025-08017-3. Online ahead of print.
Selected projects
VEGA 1/0540/21: Correlates of Combination of Biochemical and Clinical Markers in Diagnostic and Prognostic Indicators of Clinical Outcome in Endometrial Cancer
VEGA 1/0620/19: Use of new molecular biochemical methods in the diagnosis of non-perceptive endometrium in process of in vitro fertilisation - co-investigator
VEGA 1/0873/18: In vitro developmenatl competence biomarkers of human embyos and endometrial receptivity in women with reccurent failure of implantation
KEGA 024SPU-4/2023: Embryotechnology research for the purposes of assisted reproduction
KEGA 012UPJŠ-4/2023: Support for education in the field of reproductive medicine and embryo technology
International mobilities and visits
Institute for Care and Motherhood, Prague, Czech republic, 3 week intership

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