prof. MUDr. Viliam Donič, CSc.

	Email:	viliam.donic@upjs.sk
	Homepage:	https://www.upjs.sk/LF/zamestnanec/viliam.donic
	Faculty:	LF UPJŠ - Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice Faculty of Medicine
	Department:	UFZ - Department of Medical Physiology
	Office:	MB9O26
	Phone:	+421 55 234 3334
	ORCID ID:	0000-0002-9185-7864

Prof. Viliam Donic, MD, PhD. is a professor of normal and pathological physiology at the Department of Medical Physiology UPJŠ in Košice. Also, he serves as guarantor of the postdoctoral DPhil/PhD study program committee for Normal and Pathological Physiology at Pavol Jozef Safarik University. He also works as a lecturer and member of the examination committee of the certification study program Somnology. He also works as a lecturer and a member of the examination commission in the certification study program for the certified work activity Somnologia. He was the supervisor of 4 successfully defended postdoctoral PhD theses in the study program normal and pathological physiology. As part of his research activities, he specializes in sleep medicine, ventilatory treatment of sleep apnea and new methods of treatment of sleep-disordered breathing. He participates in several basic and applied research projects. He is the author/co-author of textbooks and more than 400 original scientific and professional works published in national and international journals, which have been cited more than 450 times. Prof. Donic, specializes in internal medicine. He completed internships, courses and research stays abroad.

Higher education and further qualification growth

Second degree of higher education:

Faculty of Medicine at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, 1987, General medicine

Third degree of higher education:

Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, 1993, Normal and pathological physiology

Associate professor:

Faculty of Medicine at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, 2001, Normal and pathological physiology

Professor:

Faculty of Medicine at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, 2005, Normal and pathological physiology

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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: Normal and pathological physiology - garant, study field: General Medicine, III. degree
Profile courses
Physiology 2 - General Medicine, joint I.+II. degree
Human physiology 2 - Dental Medicine, joint I.+II. degree
Selected chapters from the physiology of human organ systems - Normal and Pathological Physiology, 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: Normal and pathological physiology - garant, study field to which it is assigned: General Medicine
Selected publications
Čandik P, Rybár D, Depta F, Sabol F, Kolesár A, Galková K, Török P, Doničová V, Imrecze Š, Nosáľ M, Donič V. Relationship between dynamic expiratory time constant tau(edyn) and parameters of breathing cycle in pressure support ventilation mode. Physiol Res. 2018 Dec 18;67(6):875-879. doi: 10.33549/physiolres.933750. Epub 2018 Sep 11. PMID: 30204464.
Candík P, Depta F, Imrecze S, Sabol F, Kolesar A, Jankajova M, Paulíny M, Benova J, Galková K, Donic V, Török P. Minute ventilation stabilization during all pressure-control / support mechanical ventilation modes. Physiol Res. 2020 Apr 30;69(2):275-282. doi: 10.33549/physiolres.934122. Epub 2020 Mar 23. PMID: 32199006.
Peregrim I, Grešová S, Štimmelová J, Bačová I, Fulton BL, Tokárová D, Gáborová M, Brandeburová A, Doničová V Jr, Rusnáková S, Tomori Z, Donič V. Strong coincidence between slow wave sleep and low AHI is explainable by the high instability of slow wave sleep to obstructive apnea exposure. Physiol Res. 2019 Oct 25;68(5):857-865. doi: 10.33549/physiolres.934025. Epub 2019 Aug 19. PMID: 31424253.
Use of Programmed Multilevel Ventilation as a Superior Method for Lung Recruitment in Heart Surgery Peter Candik1, Adrian Kolesar2*, Martin Nosal1, Matúš Paulíny3, Frantisek Sabol2, Viera Donicova4, Viliam Donic5 and Pavol Torok1. Candik et al. Int J Crit Care Emerg Med 2019, 5:067
Selected projects
IPMVDCov: Design and implementation of advanced methods of lungs ventilation treatment and diagnosis of viral pneumonia, including Covid-19 with the possibility of their rapid adoption, ITMS2014+: 313011ASX1 supported by the Operational Programme Integrated Infrastructure, funded by the ERDF.
KEGA 023UK-4/2021: „Implementation of the latest scientific knowledge about the health risks of electromagnetic fields in modern medical education.“ National project. Position: co-investigator. Project leader: PhDr. Michal Trnka, PhD., LF UK, Bratislava. Status: funded/ongoing, 2021-2023.
International mobilities and visits
Physiology dep. Borwel building. Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire USA, Lebanon (NH) USA, 1.3.1993 - 15.7.1993, Joint research project to compare aspiration reflex and spontaneous gasping in experiments on cats, research scientist job
Johns Hopkins University, Asthma and Alergy center, Baltimore MD USA, repeated study stays with prof. Alana R Schwartza Sleep Disordered Center, Baltimore (MD) USA, A study stay abroad at the SLeep Disordered Center within the CEEPM and CEMIO projects. Repeated study stays with prof. Ruedi.
Organisational activities
Head of Department of Medical Physiology - UPJŠ LF, 2004 - ongoing
Vice Dean for Science and Research - UPJŠ LF, 2011 - 2019
Member of the Board of Habilitation and Inauguration Proceedings (ROHIK) - UPJŠ LF

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