Jitka Vokurkova, M.D., Ph.D. 

Education

• 1980: Faculty of Medicine, UJEP in Brno

• 2000: post-gradual study in Surgery

Experience

• 1980: Department of Paediatrics, Hospital in Moravská Třebová

• 1983 - 1984: Department of Burn Injuries, Trauma Hospital of Brno

• 1985 - 1986: Department of Surgery, City Hospital in Brno

• 1996 - today: Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University in Brno

• 1984 - 2003: Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery Clinic, St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno

• 2004 - today: chief physician deputy for education at the Centre for Burn Injuries and Reconstruction Surgery, University Hospital Brno

• 1994 - today: private practice in aesthetic plastic surgery

Post-gradual Study and Traineeships Abroad

• 1989: Micro surgery training, Jena, Germany

• 1992: 6 weeks at the Department of Plastic Surgery AKH, Vienna

• 1994: International training in aesthetic plastic surgery, Paris, France

• 1996: Endoscopy training, Dallas, USA

• 1996: 5 weeks at The International Craniofacial Institute, Dallas, USA

• 1997: Training in new advancements in aesthetic plastic surgery, Paris, France

• 2000: 1 week at the Department of Plastic Surgery, Singapore University

• 2007: 2 weeks at the Plastic Surgery Clinic, Prefectural University Kyoto, Japan

Active Participation at the Conferences

• 1999: International Congress of the IPRAS, San Francisco, USA – craniofacial surgery training

• 2003: International Congress of the IPRAS, Sydney, Australia

• 2004: Congress and aesthetic surgery training, Berlin, Germany

• 2005: International Congress of the IPRAS, Vienna, Austria

• 2007: European Congress of the ESLAS, Athens, Greece

• 2007: European Congress of Craniofacial Surgery, Bilbao, Spain

• 2007: World Congress of the IPRAS, Berlin, Germany – auricle reconstruction training

• Active participation at many other symposiums, congresses and meetings in the Czech Republic and in Austria.

Research

• 2001 - 2003: GRANT IGA č. NE 6602-3 / 2001: „Stanovení diagnostických a léčebných postupů ORL lékaře a plastického chirurga při řešení onemocnění pacientů s kraniofaciálními deformitami“

• 2006 - 2008 GRANT IGA MZ ČR: „Vytvoření algoritmu pro chirurgickou léčbu obrovských vrozených pigmentových névů“, NR/8833-3/2006

Organisations Membership

• Society for Lasers in Medicine ČLS JEP

• Hand Surgery Society ČLS JEP

• Plastic Surgery Society ČLS JEP

• Aesthetic Surgery Society ČLS JEP - research secretary since 2005

Qualification

• 1986: Medical Licensing Examination of level 1 in General surgery

• 1991: Medical Licensing Examination in Plastic Surgery