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@fnmotol.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
2013 - Professor of Otorhinolaryngology

From 2019 General Secretary of Confederation of European Oto-Rhino-Laryngology and Head and Neck Surgery
From 2020 Chairman of the Czech Society of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

Scholarships

2002 - Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Mannheim, Faculty of Clinical Medicine, Karl-Ruprecht University Heidelberg, Germany
2007 - Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain
2009 - Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
2011 - Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy

Selected publications

Books:
Smilek P., Plzák J., Klozar J.: Karcinomy dutiny ústní a hltanu. Tobiáš, Havlíčkův Brod, 2015, ISBN 978-80-7311-153-3
Čelakovský P., Plzák J., Betka J.: Krční metastázy. Tobiáš, Havlíčkův Brod, 2012, ISBN 978-80-7311-131-1
Plzák J.: ORL pro všeobecné praktické lékaře. Raabe, Praha 2011, ISBN 978-80-86307-90-9

 

 

Articles:

Fokkens WJ, Lund VJ, Hopkins C, Hellings PW, Kern R, Reitsma S, Toppila-Salmi S, Bernal-Sprekelsen M, Mullol J, Alobid I, Terezinha Anselmo-Lima W, Bachert C, Baroody F, von Buchwald C, Cervin A, Cohen N, Constantinidis J, De Gabory L, Desrosiers M, Diamant Z, Douglas RG, Gevaert PH, Hafner A, Harvey RJ, Joos GF, Kalogjera L, Knill A, Kocks JH, Landis BN, Limpens J, Lebeer S, Lourenco O, Meco C, Matricardi PM, O'Mahony L, Philpott CM, Ryan D, Schlosser R, Senior B, Smith TL, Teeling T, Tomazic PV, Wang DY, Wang D, Zhang L, Agius AM, Ahlstrom-Emanuelsson C, Alabri R, Albu S, Alhabash S, Aleksic A, Aloulah M, Al-Qudah M, Alsaleh S, Baban MA, Baudoin T, Balvers T, Battaglia P, Bedoya JD, Beule A, Bofares KM, Braverman I, Brozek-Madry E, Richard B, Callejas C, Carrie S, Caulley L, Chussi D, de Corso E, Coste A, El Hadi U, Elfarouk A, Eloy PH, Farrokhi S, Felisati G, Ferrari MD, Fishchuk R, Grayson W, Goncalves PM, Grdinic B, Grgic V, Hamizan AW, Heinichen JV, Husain S, Ping TI, Ivaska J, Jakimovska F, Jovancevic L, Kakande E, Kamel R, Karpischenko S, Kariyawasam HH, Kawauchi H, Kjeldsen A, Klimek L, Krzeski A, Kopacheva Barsova G, Kim SW, Lal D, Letort JJ, Lopatin A, Mahdjoubi A, Mesbahi A, Netkovski J, Nyenbue Tshipukane D, Obando-Valverde A, Okano M, Onerci M, Ong YK, Orlandi R, Otori N, Ouennoughy K, Ozkan M, Peric A, Plzak J, Prokopakis E, Prepageran N, Psaltis A, Pugin B, Raftopulos M, Rombaux P, Riechelmann H, Sahtout S, Sarafoleanu CC, Searyoh K, Rhee CS, Shi J, Shkoukani M, Shukuryan AK, Sicak M, Smyth D, Sindvongs K, Soklic Kosak T, Stjarne P, Sutikno B, Steinsvag S, Tantilipikorn P, Thanaviratananich S, Tran T, Urbancic J, Valiulius A, Vasquez de Aparicio C, Vicheva D, Virkkula PM, Vicente G, Voegels R, Wagenmann MM, Wardani RS, Welge-Lussen A, Witterick I, Wright E, Zabolotniy D, Zsolt B, Zwetsloot CP. European Position Paper on Rhinosinusitis and Nasal Polyps 2020. Rhinology. 2020 Feb 20;58(Suppl S29):1-464. doi: 10.4193/Rhin20.600. PMID: 32077450.

Plzák J, Bouček J, Bandúrová V, Kolář M, Hradilová M, Szabo P, Lacina L, Chovanec M, Smetana K Jr.: The Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Microenvironment as a Potential Target for Cancer Therapy. Cancers (Basel). 2019 Mar 28;11(4). pii: E440. doi: 10.3390/cancers11040440

 

Plzák J, Kratochvil V, Kešner A, Šurda P, Vlasák A, Zvěřina E. Endoscopic endonasal approach for mass resection of the pterygopalatine fossa. Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2017 Oct;72(9):554-561.

Plzák, J., Zábrodský, M., Lukeš, P. Zenker's diverticulum: Carbon dioxide laser endoscopic surgery.
BioMed Research International, 2014, art. no. 516231

Plzak, J., Macokova, P., Zabrodsky, M., Kastner, J., Lastuvka, P., Astl, J.: Influence of radiofrequency surgery on architecture of the palatine tonsils. BioMed Research International, 2014, art. no. 598257

Plzák J., Astl J., Psychogios G., Zenk J., Laštůvka P., Betka J.: Current treatment strategies for papillary thyroid microcarcinoma. HNO, 61: 300-5, 2013

Plzák J., Kalitová P., Urbanová M., Betka J.: Subcutaneous calcification in the pectoralis major flap: a late complication of radiotherapy. British Journal of Radiology 84: 221–223, 2011

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

Plzák J., Zábrodský M., Kastner J., Klozar J., Betka J.: Uvulopalatofaryngoplastika kombinovaná s radiofrekvenční termoterapií kořene jazyka v léčbě obstrukčního syndromu spánkové apnoe. Otorinolaryngologie a foniatrie, 58: 140-143, 2009

Plzák J., Jeřábková P., Skřivan J., Betka J.: Nádory nosní dutiny a vedlejších nosních dutin – přehled nových poznatků. Otorinolaryngologie a foniatrie 55: 39-49, 2006

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., Smetana K. Jr., Hrdličková E., Kodet R., Holíková Z., Liu F.-T., Dvoránková 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

All articles on PubMed

Main topics and interest

Head and neck oncology, Thyroid and parathyroid gland surgery, Skull base, Rhinology, Sleep medicine, Head and neck clinical anatomy, Cell and molecular biology, Glycobiology