ENT Specialist and Chief Operating Officer

Expert Guarantor of Laryngology

Professional specialization in ENT:

Diagnosis and therapy of voice disorders including minimally invasive vocal cord microsurgery and osteopathic manual therapy for the treatment of functional voice and swallowing disorders

Work experience

• since 2017            ENT Specialist and Chief Operating Officer at FortMedica (Modřany)
• 2011-2017           ENT physician and specialist consultant for voice diseases, IJssell Kliniek Capelle aan den IJssel, The Netherlands
• 2011-2017           External consultant for FortMedica
• 2008-2011           ENT Department, Sint Franciscus Gasthuis Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• 2007-2008           ENT Clinic Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• 2006-2007           BIG and MSRC registration for ENT specialisation in the Netherlands
• 1999-2005           private ENT practice of MUDr. Tomáš Fořt, Prague
• 2002-2003           Unicare Medical Center, Prague
• 1989-1993           ENT Dept. Thomayer University Hospital, Prague
• 1994-1998           ENT Clinic of the 1st Faculty of Medicine, Prague
• 2007-2008           ENT clinic and satellite department of Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, the Netherlands
• 2001                      Mayo Clinic, ENT Dept., Rochester, Minnesota, USA
• 1992                      ENT Clinic, Universita degli Studi di Padova, Italy

Short-term internships in ENT departments:

• Tel Aviv (Israel), Paris (France), Iowa City (USA), Rochester (USA), Baarn, Voorburg, den Haag, Veghel, Leiden, Arnhem, Rotterdam (all Netherlands), Prague

Internships, courses, workshops, symposia and congresses (selection from recent years):

• Osteopathic manual therapy of functional voice disorders-clinical update, Lyon, France 2013

• Laryngeal Framework Surgery and Augmentation hands-on course, Hamburg, Germany 2013

• Injection Laryngoplasty hands-on course, Vienna 2010 and Salzburg 2012, Austria, Hamburg, Germany 2011

• Congress of the Czech Phoniatric Society, Prague, 2012

• Complete Voice Technique hands-on workshop, Nottingham, UK 2012

• Austrian Voice Institute Symposium and Workshop, Salzburg, Austria 2012

• Lasersurgery and Voice Care Course, Paris, France 2010, 2012

• Study visits and hands on training in phonosurgery, UKE Hamburg, Germany 2009,2011

• Postgraduate course in manual therapy in phoniatrics, certification exams, Huy, Belgium, 2011-2012

• Voice Care Symposium, LUMC Leiden, The Netherlands 2011

• Phonosurgery Course, Lyon, France 2010

• Course in Phonosurgery, ENT Clinic Hradec Kralove, 2010

• Course in Osteopathic Manual Therapy for Functional Voice Disorders, J.Lieberman, DO, London, UK 2010, 2012; Hannover, Germany 2010; Hamburg, Germany 2011

• Speerpunten Cursus-ORL clinical update, Garderen, The Netherlands 2008, 2010, 2012

• European Laryngology Society Congress – Vienna, Austria 2010; Helsinki, Finland 2012

• Pan European Voice Conference (PEVOC) – Dresden, Germany 2009, Marseille, France 2011

• Laryngopharyngeal Reflux and Restech hands-on course, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2010

• Coblation in ENT hands-on course, Eindhoven, The Netherlands 2010

• Duizeligheidscursus-dg and treatment of vertigo hands-on course, Maastricht, The Netherlands 2010

• Allergie in ENT Symposium, Amersfoort 2008, Rotterdam 2009, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2010

• Stemergonomie Symposium, Oss, The Netherlands 2010

• ILF Phoniatric Internship, Phoniatric Clinic, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Prague, 2009

• European Academy of ENT HNS Congress, Mannheim, Germany 2009

• Endoscopie en fonochirurgie cursus, Groningen, The Netherlands 2009

• Stroboscopy and Voice Care Course, Cesena, Italy 2009

• OSAS-dg and therapie cursus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2009

• Mondpathologie cursus, VU Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2009

• NVvKNO (NL ENT Society) Congress twice a year, Nieuwegein, Groningen, Maastricht, The Netherlands 2007-2017

• Professional Dysphonia Course, British Voice Association, London, UK 2009

• Tinnitus-dg en therapie cursus, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2008

• Rhinofest, Rhinoplasty and FESS Course, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA, 2001

Education

• 1983-1989          First Faculty of Medicine of Charles University, Prague

Membership in professional associations

• member of Czech Medical Chamber
• member of the Czech ENT Society JEP
• Member of NVvKNO (Nederlandse Vereniging voor KNO/Dutch ENT Society)

Languages

Czech, English, German, Dutch