Assoc. Prof. Jan Plzák, M.D., Ph.D.

Mailing adress

Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery
1^st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Faculty Hospital Motol
V Uvalu 84, 150 06 Prague 5
CZECH REPUBLIC

jan.plzak@lf1.cuni.cz

Born

April 30, 1974

Degrees

1992 – 1998 - 1^st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague (M.D.)

2001 - 1^st postgraduate diploma in otorhinolaryngology and head and neck surgery

1998 - 2001 Postgradual study of biomedicine, Field: Biology and pathology of cell, Thesis: Expression of endogenous lectins, especially galectins, in head and neck tumors and during physiological processes (Ph.D.)

2005 - 2^nd postgraduate diploma in otorhinolaryngology and head and neck surgery

2009 - Associate Professor of Otorhinolaryngology

Scholarships

2002 – two month at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Mannheim, Faculty of Clinical Medicine, Karl-Ruprecht University Heidelberg, Germany


April-May 2007 - Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain

Selected publications

Plzák J., Lacina L., Chovanec M., Dvořánková B., Szabo P., Čada Z., Smetana K. Jr.: Epithelial-stromal interaction in squamous cell epithelium originated tumors as a new important player in control of tumor biological properties. Anticancer Research, 30: 455-462, 2010 

Urbanová M., Plzák J., Strnad H., Betka J.: Circulating nucleic acids as a new diagnostic tool. Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters, 15: 242-259, 2010 

Plzák J., Zábrodský M., Kastner J., Klozar J., Betka J.: Unexpected Tonsillar Carcinoma in a Sleep Apnea Patient. Is Routine Histopathology After Tonsillectomy Avoidable? The Open Otorhinolaryngology Journal, 3: 33-35, 2009

Klozar J, Plzák J, Zábrodský M, Betka J.: Effectiveness and side effects of one-stage laser-assisted uvuloplasty in primary rhonchopathy. ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec 69: 316-21, 2007
 

Plzák J., Jeřábková P., Skřivan J., Betka J.: Tumors of nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses - review of new knowledge. Otorinolaryngologie a foniatrie 55: 39-49, 2006 (in Czech)
 

Plzák J., Klozar J., Zábrodský M. ‚Betka J.: The role of sleep study in diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Otorinolaryngologie a foniatrie 54: 187-192, 2005 (in Czech)
 

Plzák J., Smetana K. Jr., Betka J.: Glycobiology of head and neck squamous epithelia and carcinomas. ORL Journal for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology and Its Related Specialities 67: 61-69, 2005
 

Plzák J., Betka J., Smetana K. Jr., Chovanec M., Kaltner H., Andre S., Kodet R., Gabius H.-J.: Galectin-3 - an emerging prognostic indicator in advanced head and neck carcinoma. European Journal of Cancer 40: 2324-2330, 2004
 

Plzák J., Holíková Z., Smetana K. Jr., Riedel F., Betka J.: The role of dendritic cells in the pharynx. European Archives of Otorhinolaryngology 260: 266-272, 2003
 

Plzák J., Klozar J., Betka J.: Obstrukční syndrom spánkové apnoe: diagnóza a léčba. Otorinolaryngologie a foniatrie 51: 216-220, 2002
 

Plzák J., Smetana K. Jr., Hrdličková E., Kodet R., Holíková Z., Liu F.-T., Dvořánková B., Kaltner H., Betka J., Gabius H.-J.: Expression of galectin-3-reactive glycoligands in squamous cell cancer and normal epithelial cells as a marker of differentiation. International Journal of Oncology 19: 59-64, 2001

Plzák J., Smetana K. Jr., Betka J., Kodet R., Kaltner H., Gabius H.-J.: Endogenous lectins (galectins-1 and -3) as probes to detect differentiation-dependent alterations in human squamous cell carcinomas of oropharynx and larynx. International Journal of Molecular Medicine 5: 369-372, 2000

 

Main topics and interest

Head and neck oncology, Sleep medicine, Thyroid and parathyroid gland surgery, Rhinology, Molecular biology, Glycobiology, Histochemistry, Head and neck clinical anatomy