Cyril Höschl
Cyril Höschl | |
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Nationality | Czech |
Occupation | Psychiatrist |
Title | Prof., MD., DSc., FRCPsych. |
Spouse | Jitka Štenclová[1] |
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Cyril Höschl (Czech: [ˈtsɪrɪl ˈɦɛːʃl̩]; born 12 November 1949) is a Czech psychiatrist and university lecturer. After the Velvet Revolution he was the first freely elected Dean of the third Medical Faculty of Charles University (1990-1997) and from 1997-2003 he served as Vice-Dean for Reform Studies and International Relations at the same faculty. He was the director of the Prague Psychiatric Center (from 1990 to 2014) and head of the Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology of the Third Faculty of Medicine of the Charles University in Prague. On 1 January 2015 the Prague Psychiatric Center was transformed into the National Institute of Mental Health in Klecany, The Czech Republic.[2]
From 2007-2008 he served as President of the Association of European Psychiatrists,[3] and then from 2008-2009, President of the Federation of European Academies of Medicine (FEAM). He is a founding member of the Czech Learned Society and from 2004-2011 he was also president of the Czech Medical Academy. He is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts and was a member of the European Brain Council (until Jan 2015). Since 1996 he has been a Member, and since 2003 Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, United Kingdom.
Biography and career
After graduating from the
From 1974, he worked at the Psychiatric Research Institute in Bohnice (later on Prague Psychiatric Centre, which was since 1.1.2015 transformed into National Institute of Mental Health in Klecany, Czech Republic). He began his scientific career under Professor Lubomír Hanzlíček.[6] In 1977 he passed the 1st degree attestation (residency) in Psychiatry and became an assistant professor at the Lékařská fakulta hygienická (Faculty of Hygiene), Charles University (since 1990 renamed to Third Faculty of Medicine). In 1981, he received the 2nd degree attestation. From 1990, he was the director of the Prague Psychiatric Center and head of the Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology of the Third Faculty of Medicine of the Charles University in Prague.[7]
In 1982, he defended his
From 1990 to 1997 he was dean of the Third Faculty of Medicine,[9] and from 1997 to 2003 the vice-dean. In 1993, he was the opponent to Professor Karel Malý for the post of chancellor of Charles University. He also served as a professor at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice (from 2004 to 2011).
From 1994 to 1997 he was a member of the editorial board of the
Honorary memberships
Prof. Höschl is an honorary member of the Slovak Psychiatric Society (2006), Czech Psychiatric Society (2010), Czech Society of Biological Psychiatry (2013), Czech Neuropsychopharmacological Society (CNPS, 2017), and European Psychiatric Association (2017)
Politics
He was never a member of a political party. In 1996, Höschl unsuccessfully ran for election to the
References
- ^ Tachecí, Barbora (30 December 2009). "Klaus vtipy nechápe a Česko je celkem zdravé, říká profesor Höschl". Mladá fronta DNES. iDnes. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
- ISBN 978-88-7778-102-4. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
- ^ "With Other Partners". European Psychiatric Association. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
- ISBN 80-7178-954-2.
- ^ Marešová, Iva. "Cyril Höschl: "Psychiatrie je úžasný obor"" (in Czech). Žižkovské listy. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ^ Mladá fronta DNES(in Czech). iDnes. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
- ^ "prof. MUDr. Cyril Höschl, DrSc. FRCPsych" (in Czech). Psychiatrické centrum Praha. Archived from the original on 17 December 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
- ČTK). 13 November 2009. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
- ^ "Pravda o životě Cyrila Höschla" (in Czech). Czech Television. Retrieved 6 October 2012.