Assoc. Prof. Roman Šmucler MD, PhD

Dental Medicine

Medical Education:

Charles University in Prague, First Faculty of Medicine (graduation in 1992)

Employment:

• Teacher, Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General Teaching Hospital in Prague
• Head Physician at the Center of Photonic Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General Teaching Hospital in Prague
• Head of ASKLEPION – Lasercentrum Praha, s.r.o.
• Specialist physician, Institute of Oncology and Rehabilitation, Nová Ves pod Pleší
• Visiting teacher - New York University, New York; School of Dentistry

Academic qualifications:

• Diploma certifying graduation from the school of dental medicine - First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague /1992/
• First Degree Certification in Dentistry /1995/  
• License from the Czech Dental Chamber - 1997
• Trainer's license - Czech Society for the Use of Lasers in Medicine, CzMA, 1997  
• Ph.D. in medical sciences - 2002
• Second Degree Certification in Dentistry, September 2002
• Associate professor in dentistry - 1 February 2010

• Department of Dental Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, 19 years
• Third Department of Surgery, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague - 3 months /1993/
• ASKLEPION – Lasercentrum Praha, s.r.o. - 15 years

• Candela skin care center, Boston, USA, 1996, 4 weeks
• Plastic Surgery and Head and Neck Surgery - Prof. Ascher, Paris, 1998, 1 week  
• AKH - phototherapy, Vienna, 2005, one week
• Uppsala and Stockholm - 2006, one week
• Seoul University - 2011 - two weeks
• New York University- 2011 and 2012, internship, now employed

• Teaching of dental surgery - dentistry, parallel English group, since 1996
  
• Teaching of dental surgery - general medicine, parallel English group, since 1996   
  
• Teaching of dental surgery - part time (0.5 FTE), since 2004
  
• Seminar - laser therapy - Bachelors - medical technology, since 1998
  
• Optional subject “photomedicine” - 2001, 3 years
• Optional subject “Essential implantology” (English or Czech), 3 years
• Seminar - use of the lasers in medicine - Czech Technical University, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, since 1999
  
• Postgraduate teacher - 3 doctoral students - since 2004
  
• Trainer in laser therapy - Czech Society for the Use of Lasers in Medicine, CzMA - postgraduate study, since 1996
  

Membership and functions in professional societies:

• Member of the International Comittee - American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery since 1999
• European Delegate - American Academy of Implant Dentistry since 2002
• American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry since 2008
• Committee member of the European Society for Anaesthesiology in Dentistry, 1996-1998
• Scientific Secretary of the Czech Society for the Use of Lasers in Medicine, CzMA, since 2002, member of the committee since 1996
• Member, European Laser Association, since 1999
• Member, European Medical Laser Association, since 2005
• Member of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, since 1996
• Member of the Society of Maxillofacial Surgery, CzMA
• Member of the Czech Dental Chamber

Research tasks:

• 1997-1999, Development of new modifications of Nd: YAG and CO2 lasers and determination of treatment options in dentistry, IGA MZ 4191-3
• 2000 - Lasers for Maxillofacial Oncology, American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery
• 2000-2002 - Modification of laser hyperthermia for orofacial oncology, IGA MZ5887 -3
• 2005-2007 - The combination of high-performance lasers and photodynamic therapy in the treatment of neoplasms of the head and neck, IGA MZ 8390-3; Prize of the Minister of Health for medical research in 2008
• 2007-2009 - Treatment of post-extraction inflammation of the tooth socket using dental ozone treatment (2007-2009, MZ0/NR), IGA MZ NR9377

Publications:

• Monographs: 5
• Chapters in monographs: 1
• Textbooks, teaching aids and texts: 4
• Original papers in scientific journals: 27, of which as first author: 18
• Abstracts and short communications in journals with impact factor: 11, of which as first author: 9
• Review and summary articles: 16, of which as first author: 14
• Peer-reviewed proceedings and review articles in the Czech language: 14, in the English language: 5
• Peer-reviewed proceedings in the English language: 5
• Popular monographs - Chapters:  3
• Editing of proceedings:  Czech language: 1
• Popular articles in the press up to 31 Dec 2009:  Czech language: 57, English language: 4
• Since 1 Jan 2010, Czech language: 14, English language:
• Lectures:  127, of which 89 at home and: 38 abroad