Vladimír ČERNÝ

Vladimir Cerny is Professor of Anaesthesiology - Intensive Care at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. He obtained both his medical degree and Ph.D. at Charles University, where he also completed his residency in the Department of Anaesthesiology - Intensive Care. His current positions include Chairman and Professor of Anaesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care at J.E. Purkinje University, Masaryk Hospital, Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic, Professor and Senior Researcher at University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, and Adjunct Professor of Anaesthesiology at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.

Prof. Cerny’s clinical interests include perioperative medicine and critical care and coagulation management. Currently, the main field of his experimental/clinical research is related to microcirculation and glycocalyx. He serves in several professional bodies, both nationally (e.g. Vice-President of the Czech Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care) and internationally (e.g. member of the European Board of Anaesthesiology, ESA Guidelines Committee). Prof. Cerny has published numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals (h-index 18) and several textbooks at a national level. He has also co-authored all European guidelines on major trauma bleeding since 2007. Recently, he also serves as a Chairman of the Scientific Committee for the World Congress of Anaesthesiology to be held in Prague, Czech Republic, 2020.