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The Department of Surgery I of the University Hospital in Olomouc provides basic planned and acute surgical healthcare for patients from Olomouc and Olomouc Region. The Department of Surgery I provides surgical care mainly in the field of general surgery and specialized surgical fields, such as gastrointestinal, chest and lung surgery, colorectal surgery, minimally invasive surgery, neonatal and pediatric surgery. The department is also a significant part of the Center of Oncology of Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry and University Hospital in Olomouc, which provides services not only for Olomouc Region, but also for regions from whole Moravia and some regions of Bohemia.

The Department of Surgery I is also a center of medical education of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry of Palacký University Olomouc. It is accredited for postgraduate education and for basic and advanced specialisation degrees in the field of surgery (general surgery, lung surgery, pediatric surgery).

The tutor for incoming students is doc. MUDr. Čestmír Neoral, CSc., Head of the Department of Surgery I.

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The Department of Surgery II is focused on vascular and transplant surgery and provides standard and specialised healthcare in its area of interest.

Vascular surgery has been performed in University Hospital Olomouc since the late 1950's. Currently continuous comprehensive ambulatory, surgical and advisory healthcare services are provided there. The comprehensive approach to vascular diseases has become standard, all medical procedures of interventional radiology are available, too. The department also traditionally performs surgeries of thyroid and parathyroid glands.

The facility is educational base for Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, secondary health education and postgraduate education for basic and advanced specialisation in surgery for applicants from other departments.

The department performs a full range of vascular surgeries including interventional radiology, endovascular surgeries, allograft removals, kidney transplantations, surgeries of autonomic nerves, thoracoscopy, endocrine surgeries, surgeries of thyroid and parathyroid glands.

The tutor for incoming students is doc. MUDr. Petr Bachleda, CSc., Head of the Department of Surgery II.

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Department of Internal Medicine I

Department of Internal Medicine I provides intensive and acute healthcare for patients suffering from cardiovascular diseases and ensures standardized procedure of transfer to other facilities. The department provides above-standard and specialised diagnostics and treatment in cardiology (coronary angiography, percutaneous coronary angioplasty, percutaneous catheter closure of atrial septum, pacemaker and defibrillator implantation, electrophysiological examination and radiofrequency ablation of tachyarrhythmia). The intensive care unit is fully equipped to diagnose and treat acute cardiovascular disorders (monitoring vital functions, fibrinolytic treatment, temporary cardiostimulation, artificial ventilation, balloon counterpulsation and short-term cardiopulmonary resuscitation up to 24 hours). The vascular laboratory is equipped with the Echoflow device for doppler examination of blood vessels.

The main objectives of the department are also education and clinical research in cardiology and endocrinology.

The tutor for incoming students is prof. MUDr. Jan Lukl , CSc., Head of the Department of Internal Medicine I.

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Department of Internal Medicine II

The Department of Internal Medicine II focuses its resources mainly on gastroenterology, hepatology and diabetology, although it provides also healthcare for patients with other internal disorders. The intensive care unit is mainly concerned with acute gastroenterology and metabolic imbalance, especially treating patients with acute upper or lower gastrointestinal bleeding, acute biliary disease, liver failure, pancreatitis etc. Since its establishment, the department members have published a respectable number of 764 articles including 119 articles in foreign journals.

The tutor for incoming students is doc. MUDr. Vlastimil Procházka, Ph.D., Head of the Department of Internal Medicine II.

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prof. MUDr. Vladimír Mihál, CSc. Head of the Department of Pediatries

The Department of Pediatrics of the University Hospital in Olomouc provides comprehensive healthcare for children patients, from infants to adolescents. Range and scope of pediatric healthcare meets the criteria of the highest quality thanks to the broad base of modern diagnostic-therapeutic departments of the University Hospital as well as the highly specialized team of doctors and nurses.

The Department is also an important center of undergraduate and postgraduate medical education. The scientific activities of the Department of Pediatrics are concentrated at the Laboratory of Experimental Medicine, and are mainly focused on predictive oncology and development of new anticancer agents. The Department of Pediatrics is also one of the accredited center for the diagnosis and treatment of cystic fibrosis in the Czech Republic and has the status of the center for diagnosis and treatment of children's hematopoietic diseases.

The tutor for incoming students is prof. MUDr. Vladimír Mihál, CSc., Head of the Department of Pediatrics, who is one of our leading experts in the field of pediatrics and pediatric oncology. Complete curriculum vitae can be found here (in Czech only).

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Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitation

The Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitation consists of three wards: anesthesiology, resuscitation and outpatient ward for preoperative examinations and pain management.

The anesthesiology ward provides anesthesia for a total of 37 departments, including diagnostic procedures. The most common type of general anesthesia is balanced anesthesia, in some cases TIVA. The most commonly used types of regional anesthesia are spinal and epidural anesthesia. The outpatient ward performs preoperative anesthesiology consultation in patients with higher ASA scores, is in charge of pain treatment, or performs small invasive procedures. The most frequent diagnoses of the resuscitation ward are multiple trauma, care after thoracoabdominal surgery, care after massive volume replacement, chronic bronchitis, pulmonary affection in hematooncological patients, pancreatitis with respiratory or circulation insufficiency. The department is equipped with modern ventilators and monitoring systems. The department can also perform transthoracic heart stimulation, invasive pressure measurement, intracranial pressure measurement, elimination methods.

The tutor for incoming students is MUDr. Jan Neiser, Head of the Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitation.

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Department of Respiratory Medicine

Activities of the Department of Respiratory Medicine of the University Hospital Olomouc are based on comprehensive diagnostics and treatment of respiratory diseases, as well as on the prevention, prophylaxis and screening. The most severe pulmonary diseases are pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, tuberculosis and lung carcinoma. Increasing incidence of bronchial asthma, pulmonary fibrosis, sleep-related respiratory disorders and many others has also been noted.

The department performs research of interstitial lung processes, lung cancer, infectious pulmonary inflammations and bronchitis. Also multicenter clinical trials are systematically conducted to evaluate new cytostatic agents, antibiotics and bronchodilators. New methods of interventional bronchology are also developed. The department currently shows significant publishing activity, including publications in major foreign medical journals.

The department provides undergraduate education of pneumology and phthisiology for students of Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. It also ensures postgraduate education in pneumology and bronchology for doctors and nurses.

The tutor for incoming students is prof. MUDr. Vítězslav Kolek, DrSc., Head of the Department of Respiratory Medicine. He is a member of many international organisations, including ACCP, ERS, WASOG, ISID a EABIP.

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Department of Neurology

The Department of Neurology provides healthcare for patients with diseases of the nervous system. It is focused on cerebrovascular diseases (The Stroke Patient Care Center) and especially on neurodegenerative diseases. The latter are managed in the specialised Diagnostics and Treatment of Demyelinating Diseases Center, which cares for patients with multiple sclerosis, the Diagnostics and Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases Center and the Epilepsy Centre. The department also includes five specialised laboratories, which contribute to comprehensive diagnostics of all kinds of neurological diseases: Cerebrospinal Fluid Laboratory, Electrophysiology Laboratory - EMG lab and EP lab, Neurosonology Laboratory, EEG Laboratory - EEG and video-EEG monitoring and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Laboratory.

The Department is also devoted to scientific publishing in connection with postgraduate education. The area of interest of the Department of Neurology includes e.g. functional magnetic resonance imaging in research on changes in motor system activation resulting from botulinum toxin treatment of post-stroke arm spasticity. The department provides education for students of general medicine and dentistry, including English-speaking students.

The tutor for incoming students is prof. MUDr. Petr Kaňovský, CSc., Head of the Department of Neurology.

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Department of Ophthalmology

The Department of Ophthalmology of the University Hospital Olomouc is one of the top-rated facilities in the Czech Republic, not only because of the range of provided services, range of performed surgery procedures, but also because of the equipment (autorefractometer, non-contact tonometer, automated perimeter, fundus camera and Eye cap system, 2nd generation OCT, ophthalmic ultrasound, biometer, argon and Nd-YAG laser, surgery microscopes, surgery devices MILLENNIUM and LEGACY, special equipment of orthoptic exercise-rooms, equipment for examination of children including preferred vision, etc.). The diagnostics and treatment of all eye diseases in children and adults is performed in the newly reconstructed ophthalmic ward. The range of surgery procedures of the department includes surgeries of cataract and glaucoma, vitreous body and retina, cornea transplantation, strabismus correction, eye plastic surgeries, intraocular lenses implantations. Furthermore, the department performs screening of children eye diseases including screening in preterm babies, application of contact lenses, correction of vision defects in visually impaired persons. The department provides ophthalmic traumatology and vitreoretinal continuous services for the whole Olomouc Region.

The tutor for incoming students is doc. MUDr. Jiří Řehák, CSc., Head of the Department of Ophthalmology.

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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology consists of obstetrics and gynaecology wards. The obstetrics ward provides continuous healthcare for women with pathological pregnancies or with imminent threat of premature delivery. The department also has a well-equipped perinatal center, which guarantees the highest quality healthcare for newborns and women after delivery. The gynaecology ward serves women not only from Olomouc but also from surrounding regions. Difficult cases from smaller hospitals are treated here, too. The department educates students of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry and other faculties of Palacky University Olomouc and it is a center of postgraduate education.

An important part of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology is also the Assisted Reproduction Center, which continues the tradition of the Research Laboratory of Human Reproduction, where the second successful pregnancy in the Czech Republic induced by the techniques of assisted reproduction was accomplished in 1984. The first baby born thanks to IVF+ET method was delivered in the facility in 1993.

The tutor for incoming students is doc. MUDr. Radovan Pilka, Ph.D., Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

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Department of Medical Genetics and Fetal Medicine

The Department of Medical Genetics and Fetal Medicine belongs to one of the first in the Czech Republic. From the very beginning, it has had to rely on good co-operation with ambulatory gynecologists. Since 1977, the Department of Genetics and Fetal Medicine has been providing genetic consultations in variety of indications. In prenatal diagnostics following procedures are performed: biochemical screening of mother's blood serum (double or triple test, or more recently 1st trimester combined test), ultrasonography of fetus, in special cases fetus MR and CT, amniocentesis, chorionic villus sampling, cordocentesis and fetoscopy. Assembled samples are subsequently cytogenetically analyzed with G-banding technique, FISH or QFPCR. The department also performs DNA analyses, especially in patients with tuberous sclerosis (exclusively in Czech Republic), patients with Turner syndrome, infertile patients with microdeletions in area of AZF or as a mean of paternity determination.

The tutor for incoming students is prof. MUDr. Jiří Šantavý, Csc., Head of the Department of Medical Genetics and Fetal Medicine.

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Department of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry

The Department of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry is a modern facility of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry of Palacky University Olomouc with well-established tradition of research of chemical and biological features of natural compounds. The subject of research are colchicine-derived agents - alkaloids extracted from autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale); Marian Thistle (Silybum marianum) is a source of silymarin, which is used as a liver-protecting agent. The practical outputs of the research on the effects of substances contained in the herbal extracts are food supplements. Very successful is use of sanguinarine and chelerythrine as a mean of oral hygiene and feed additives. Other fields of research include: exploration of cytotoxic and cytoprotective characteristics of substances, oxidative stress, metabolism and interaction of heterogenous agents, research on signal pathways in normal and cancer cells and cooperation in clinical studies. The department also provides education of the first and second year students of General Medicine and Dentistry in following subjects: Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry.

The tutor for incoming students is prof. RNDr. Jitka Ulrichová, CSc., Head of the Department Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry.

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Department of Microbiology

Medical microbiology studies etiological agents of bacterial, fungal, viral and parasitic infections in humans. The Department of Microbiology is divided into two separately controlled, though closely connected and cooperating parts. The prevention and treatment part belongs to University Hospital Olomouc and performs mainly direct and indirect diagnostics of pathogenic micro-organisms. The second part of the department is run by the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, and is thus primarily pedagogically and scientifically oriented. Very close connection of scientific and clinical activities positively affects the process of education. The prevention and treatment part guarantees close connection of theoretical education with laboratory and clinical experience. The Department of Microbiology provides education for students of the following undergraduate programs: General Medicine (both in Czech and in English), Dentistry, Nursing, Midwifery, Optometry, Physiotherapy, and postgraduate study of Medical Microbiology.

The tutor for incoming students is prof. MUDr. Milan Kolář, Ph.D., Deputy head of the Department of Microbiology.

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Department of Anatomy

Department of Anatomy is mainly focused on research of neurodegenerative Huntington´s disease (HD), as well as on disturbances of behavioural human models connected with HD field and detection of steroid hormone receptors in adult brain tissues and subsequently in embryonic tissues. The expression of androgen and oestrogen receptors, as nuclear receptors of steroid hormones, is linked e.g. with reproduction control and sexual behaviour, which are affected on HD. Newly formed laboratories cooperate with European Huntington´s Disease Network. This organisation associate and form research database from more than 16 European countries. Next research direction is connected with the anatomical significance of collateral circulation in pelvic haemorrhage, which in gynaecology and obstetrics may lead to a serious condition due to acute loss of large amount of blood, which usually lead to haemorrhagic shock with associated consequences including coagulation malfunction, impaired microcirculation and more seriously, multi-organ failure.

The tutor for incoming students is doc. MUDr. Stanislav Laichman, CSc., Head of the Department of Anatomy.

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Department of Biology

Molecular methods in microbiology and routine laboratory work.¨

The aim of the project is to make student familiar with basic applications of various methods &#8211; inoculation of microorganism on agar plates, cultivation in liquid media, isolation of DNA, DNA amplification methods, HRM (high resolution melting), gel electrophoresis in routine microbiology laboratory and research. Fast and reliable characterization of the microorganisms plays an important role in adequate and effective antimicrobial therapy. The molecular methods can minimize the time of identification by conventional methods. The polymerase chain reaction is basic molecular method, when isolated DNA is added to a mixture of several solutions in order to amplify DNA. Optimization and testing of reaction?s conditions is necessary. The post PCR analysis includes performance of the gel electrophoresis and/or high-resolution melting analysis.

Molecular bases of hematological disorders

Our lab focuses on molecular bases of hematolotgical disorders, both acquired leukemia and hereditary anemia and polycythemia. We use basic as well as advenced techniques of molecular and cellular biology (PCR, Southern blot, subcloning, in vitro hematopoetic colony assays, embryonic stem cell engineering). The applicant will join the regular lab meetings. The role of the student is mainly lab work. The outcome might be a co-authorship on a poster presentation. The student will become familiar with some of the techniques mentioned above and with molecular pathophysiology of some of the diseases studied in the lab. More information: PubMed, papers by Divoky V (Affiliations: Baylor College, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, UAB Birmingham, MCG Augusta, CCRI Wien, Palacky Univesity Olomouc)

The tutor for incoming students is Assoc. Prof. Vladimir Divoky, Ph.D.Assoc.

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Department of Histology and Embryology

The role of steroid receptors related to multidrug resistance (MDR) during embryogenesis.

To find correlations between expression of PPARs ( peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor) and MDR (multidrugresistant proteins) in the embryonic tissues and embryonic cell lines &#8211; to bloc expression of MDR proteins embryonic cells. Method: immunohistochemistry . The goal of this study is to deduce if there is a linkage in signal pathways between PPARs and MDR. If so, it will be possible to inhibic expression of MDR proteins by synthetic PPAR ligands in embryonall cell lines with hope that it will be applicable to cancer tissues and helpful for circumvent multidrug resistence. We will perform immunohistochemical detection of PPARs and MDR proteins to specify tissues or organs in which these proteins occur with regard to stages of prenatal development (spatiotemporal correlations). It will be a pilot study before performing FISH (to compare the occurence of both MDR proteins and PPARs and their encoding genes).

The tutor for incoming students is Mgr. Anna Konieczna

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Evaluation of newer activity markers in SLE ?Antinucleosome antibodies
Aim: evaluation of antinucleosome antibodies in the group of SLE patients, their significance, relation to other activity markers. Methods: Assessment of data, measurement by ELISA, scoring of disease activity. Role of student: Harvest of data. 4-6 hours a day. Outcome: poster or paper

The tutor for incoming students is Pavel Horak, MD, PhD

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Department of Oncology

Predictive value of in vitro MTT-assay for clinical response in patients with ovarian cancer

Aim: To investigate the importance of in vitro chemoresistance testing by MTT-assay to the clinical outcome of anticancer chemotherapy in patients with ovarian cancer. Methods: Collection and analysis of clinical and laboratory data.

The tutor for incoming students is ass. Karel Cwiertka, MD

Laboratory of Molecular Pathology and Institute of Pathology

We work on finding specific way of gene silencing and on strategies to selectively turn off specific genes The aim of the study is to determine methylation status of promoter and exon 1 of the AR gene and/or ZNF185 gene in prostate cancer.. As potential reason of gene silencing detected in DNA isolated from prostate cancer cells and/or prostate cancer human tissues. Methods: Methods of cell cultures, DNA isolation from cells or tissues, bisulfite modification of DNA, PCR, gel electrophoresis analysis, Western blotting, immunoprecipitation and immunohistochemical detection. This could contribute to development of more effective therapy of prostate carcinomas.

The tutor for incoming students is Kateřina Trtková, PhD.

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Laboratory of Experimental Medicine

Proteomic profiling of new anticancer drugs on cancer cell lines.

The tutor for incoming students is

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