The Czech Society of Occupational Diseases
The Society of Occupational Diseases (Společnost nemocí z povolání ČLS JEP) is an organizational part of The Czech Medical Association of J.E. Purkyně. It joins together expert physicians focused on problems of probing, assessment, notification, compensation, treatment and prevention of occupational diseases. These physicians mainly work in the centres of occupational diseases, which are health centres authorized by the state authority to the notifications of occupational diseases of workers in catchment areas. But many other members of this society are general practitioners, neurologists, allergists, pulmonologists, dermatologists, ENT specialists and other specialists, who are interested in problems of occupational medicine.
The Society of Occupational Diseases endeavours standardization of diagnosis and treatment progress of occupational diseases and unification of advisory criterions. Society of Occupational Diseases organizes meetings and congresses, where these topics are discussed and also solved precedent examples complicated from diagnosis or assessment point of view. These meetings also serve to presentations of research results and experience expert exchange.
The Society of Occupational Diseases suggests legislative changes, which are to improve process of notification and compensation of occupational diseases as well as preventional health care provided to work force. It proclaims its attitudes to legislative proceedings suggested by competent institutions and takes its place in fulfilling and authorization of these directives.
The Society of Occupational Diseases gives instruction manuals how to advance in diagnostic, advisory and preventional activity. It cooperates with other expert medical associations,which provide health care to workers on working places, control their health abilities to work, visit working places.
The Society of Occupational Diseases was founded in year 2001 in one hand with changes of Czech health care and applying of new ideas in providing of health care to working people. Since then it has organized four internationally presented congresses of occupational diseases and other expert and educational meetings.
It has its deal in editing Occupational Medicine Journal (Pracovní lékařství. In Czech). Once in a month its members or representatives of working places meet on consultation meetings, where they solve actual questions of assessments and prevention of occupational damage of health.
COMMITTEE
President:
MUDr. Petr Brhel, CSc.
Professor of Medicine and Head
Department of Occupational Medicine,
Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University
and St. Anne´s Teaching Hospital,
Pekařská 53,
656 91 Brno, Czech Republic
e-mail: pbrhel(at)med.muni.cz
1st Vice President:
MUDr. Marie Nakládalová, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Head
Department of Occupational Medicine,
Faculty of Medicine, Palacký University
and Teaching Hospital,
I.P. Pavlova 6,
775 20 Olomouc, Czech Republic
e-mail: marie.nakladalova@fnol.cz
Scientific Secretary:
MUDr. Evžen Hrnčíř, CSc., MBA
Associate Professor and Head
Clinic of Occupational and Travel Medicine,
Charles University in Prague, 3rd Faculty of Medicine
and Faculty Hospital Královské Vinohrady,
Šrobárova 50
100 34 Prague 10, Czech Republic
e-mail: hrncir@fnkv.cz
2nd Vice President:
MUDr. Aleš Hejlek
Head, Department of Occupational Medicine,
Hospital České Budějovice, joint-stock company,
B.Němcové 585/54,
370 87 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
e-mail: hejlek@nemcb.cz
Treasurer:
MUDr.Vendulka Machartová, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Head
Department od Occupational Medicine,
Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen
and University Hospital in Pilsen,
Alej Svobody 80,
323 00 Pilsen, Czech Republic
e-mail: machartova@fnplzen.cz
Members
MUDr. Zdeňka Hajduková, Ph.D.
Head, Department of Occupational Medicine,
Teaching Hospital Ostrava,
17.listopadu 1790,
708 52 Ostrava, Czech Republic
e-mail: zdenka.hajdukova@fnspo.cz
MUDr. Marie Bartnická
Head, Hospital Department of Occupational Diseases,
Konská 453,
739 61 Třinec, Czech Republic
e-mail: bartnicka@nempodlesi.cz
Co-opted member
MUDr. Jiří Chaloupka, CSc.
Associate Professor and Head
Department of Occupational Health,
Charles University, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové
and Teaching Hospital Hradec Králové,
Sokolská 581,
500 05 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
e-mail: chaloupka@fnhk.cz
Auditing Committee
MUDr. Eva Korolová, Ph.D.
Department of Occupational Health,
Charles University, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové
and Teaching Hospital Hradec Králové,
Sokolská 581,
500 05 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
MUDr. Hana Bejčková
Department od Occupational Medicine,
Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen
and Teaching Hospital in Pilsen,
Alej Svobody 80
323 00 Pilsen, Czech Republic
MUDr. Monika Kneidlová,CSc.
Associate Professor
Clinic of Occupational and Travel Medicine,
Charles University in Prague, 3rd Faculty of Medicine
and Faculty Hospital Královské Vinohrady,
Šrobárova 50
100 34 Prague 10, Czech Republic