MUDr. Daniel Říha, specialist in Vascular Surgery field

Head Doctor of the Center of Vascular and Miniinvasive Surgery

MUDr. D. Říha graduated from the Medical faculty of Komensky’s University in Bratislava. He worked at Surgical Department in Žilina where he gained both 1^st and 2^nd degree attestation from Vascular Surgery.

Surgical erudition he completed during internships in Hamburg and in London. At the Hospital Podlesí where he has been working since 1995, he introduced and developed the field of Vascular Surgery. He became Head Doctor of the Center of Vascular and Miniinvasive Surgery in 2005. As a recognized expert he lectures at seminars and conferences at national and international level.

Education:

Medical faculty of Komensky’s University in Bratislava

Attestations:

• 1981 – 1^st degree attestation from Surgery
• 1987 – 2^nd degree attestation from Surgery
• 1992 – postgradual attestation from Vascular Surgery

Internships, courses, etc.

• Endoscopic Institute Hamburg
• Courses - Bern, Glasgow, London

Professional CV:

• 1977 – 1995  Surgical Department at Hospital in Žílina
• 1995 – present  Surgical Department at Hospital Podlesí in Třinec
• European Surgical Institut - Hamburg 
• Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases - Bratislava

Membership in professional societies:

• Czech Surgical Society
• Czech Cardiovascular Society
• European Society for Vascular Surgery

Publications:

• Lecturing at professional seminars at national and international level
• Co-author of articles in the journal Lékařský rozbor, Perspectives in Surgery
• Co-author of a set of CD ROM Minimally Invasive Surgery 2001

Professional activities:

• Co-organized of Czech-Slovak-Polish symposium in video-surgery and 26th Internation Congress of the European Hernia Society, Prague 2004
• Conference RANDE 2007 Ostrava
• Expert courses for doctors and nurses: ‘Repetition of Complex Treatment of Chronic Wounds’ in 2006, 2007