Description
Professional profile
MUDr. Radovan Barilla PhD, completed his studies at the Faculty of Medicine in the field of General Medicine in 1992 at P.J. Šafárik University in Košice. He worked at the Štefana Kukura Hospital in Michalovce since 1992. For more than 10 years, he also worked as the head of the regional Oncology Center in Michalovce and at the same time as the Chief Physician of the World Health Hospital network for the field of Oncology.
In 1995, he obtained a basic certification in the field of Internal Medicine and in 1998 a certification in the specialty field of Clinical (Internal) Oncology. In 2000, in Hamburg, Germany, he successfully completed the European Certificate for administration of antitumor treatment, equivalent to certification in the field of Medical Oncology in Western Europe. Since 2002, he held the position of national representative for the Slovak Republic in the European Oncology Society for the Young Medical Oncolgists category. Since 2004, he has been working as a member of the Working Group for Education of the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO), based in Switzerland, and annually participates in the preparation of tests for the European Certificate in the field of Medical Oncology. He has been a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) since 2002.
He completed short-term professional internships at several important world oncology workplaces connected with teaching (University of Texas-M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, University of Nottingham, Unit of Breast Medical Oncology, Universite Libre, Medical Oncology in Brussels and others). In 2007, at the Faculty of Medicine of the Comenius University in Bratislava, he received a PhD degree in Clinical Oncology in the field of metastatic lung cancer. Since 2011, he has been a member of the Editorial Board of the specialist journal Oncology, which serves as the main source of scientific information for oncologists in Slovakia. During his practice, he published several professional articles in journals (Oncology, Acta Chemotherapeutica, Internal Medicine and others). He regularly actively participates with lectures at national professional events. He was the main clinical investigator of several international Phase III randomized clinical trials. In 2014, he was elected to the Committee of the Slovak Oncology Society. In 2007, he chaired a symposium on advanced kidney cancer for young European oncologists in Lugano, Switzerland. In 2015, he professionally participated at the University of Oxford, UK, in the preparation of European doctors for the Certificate in Medical Oncology. In 2022, he led the section on Lung Cancer, which serves as a preparation for the Certificate in Medical Oncology for European doctors at the ESMO Academy at Trinity College, Dublin. Since 2022, he has been the Scientific Secretary of the Slovak Oncology Society.
He currently works as a consultant for Clinical Oncology at the Košice-Šaca Hospital. He deals with the treatment of solid tumors and malignant lymphomas (especially breast, colon, lung, urogenital, gynecological and other cancers). He is not a specialist and does not provide consultations in the field of radiotherapy (irradiation of malignant tumors).
Work experience
Oncology Center, Štefana Kukuru Hospital Michalovce, World of Health
Hospital Košice Šaca, Agel
Education
1995 – Specialization – Internal medicine
1998 – Specialization – Clinical oncology
2000 – Certificate in Medical Oncology, European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO)
1968 – Pavle Jozef Šafárik High School, Rožňava
1992 – General Medicine “MUDr“, Faculty of Medicine, University of Pavel Jozef Šafárik, Košice
2007– Scientific title “PhD” – Topic: Comparison II. generation and III generation chemotherapy regimens in the treatment of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer
Internship stays
2022 – Biomedicum Helsinki – Center for the Management and Treatment of Obesity, Helsinki, Finland
2006 –Princess Margareth Hospital, Toronto, Canada
2012 – Department of Medical Oncology, Universite Libre, Brussel, Belgium
2014 – Clinical Oncology Dept., University Nottingham, United Kingdom
2017 – University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA
Membership in professional societies and councils
Slovak Medical Society (SLS)
Slovak Medical Chamber (SLK)
Slovak Oncology Society (SOS)–Scientific Secretary
European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO, Member of Examination Committee)
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
Membership in editorial boards of magazines
Member of the editorial board: Oncology
Scientific research activity
Hirsh-Index: 0
International publications: 1
(Pubmed Library, USA; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34300352/)
Number of citations: 3
(Scopus database: https://www.scopus.com/results/citedbyresults.uri?sort=plf-f&cite=2-s2.0-85114074035&src=s&imp=t&sid=ecb63ebcc9139abe168eadb0dcacf0ba&sot=cite&sdt=a&sl=0&origin=resultslist&editSaveSearch=&txGid=422f75159ca36763579e07bbaad246de)
Pedagogical activity
2010-2012 – Faculty of Nursing and Social Work of the University of Trnava
Language
Aktívne: Slovak, English
