Description
Professional profile
Professor Dankovčík is an experienced expert doctor in the medical field of Gynecology and Obstetrics, prenatal and expert gynecological ultrasonographic diagnostics, fetomaternal medicine and minimally invasive surgical laparoscopic treatment.
After completing his studies in general medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Pavel Jozef Šafárik, he joined in 1992 as an assistant at the II. Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic of the Faculty of Medicine UPJŠ and UN L. Pasteur in Košice, later as an assistant professor, since 2010 as a docent and since 2017 as a university professor in the field of Gynecology and Obstetrics. From 2004 until now, he has been working in the position of deputy head of the Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic.
Professor Dankovčík is a recognized expert in the field of ultrasound prenatal diagnosis of congenital developmental defects of the fetus. He is a pioneer in prenatal diagnosis in the first trimester and was the first in Slovakia to receive a certificate for diagnosis at the Fetal Medicine Foundation in London in 2001. Since 2008, he has been organizing multi-day intensive courses in gynecological-obstetrical sonography together with the Vienna International School of Ultrasound. He is the author of over 200 professional publications and 170 lectures in the field of prenatal sonography and fetomaternal medicine. In addition to professional clinical practice and teaching practice, he works in the private prenatal diagnosis center SonoClinic s.r.o. He is the scientific secretary of the Slovak Society for Ultrasound in Medicine, a member of the Slovak Gynecological Society SLS committee and a consultant of the ÚDZS in the field of Gynecology and Obstetrics.
Work experience
Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic, UPJŠ University Hospital and L. Pasteur University Hospital, Košice
Centrum prenatal diagnostics s.r.o., Košice
SonoClinic s.r.o, Košice
Education
1995 – Specialization – Gynecology and Obstetrics, 1st degree
2000 – Specialization – Gynecology and Obstetrics, II. degree
2006 – Specialization – Ultrasound in gynecology and obstetrics
2007 – Specialization – Maternal and fetal medicine
2018 – Specialization – Healthcare Management and Financing
1986 – Gymnázium Gymnázium Kováčska, Košice
1992 – General Medicine “MUDr“, Faculty of Medicine, University of Pavel Jozef Šafárik, Košice
2004 – Scientific title “PhD” – Topic: Integrating new markers into antenatal screening of chromosomal abnormalities
2010 – Scientific and pedagogical title “Docent” in the field of Gynecology and Obstetrics
2017 – Scientific and pedagogical title “Professor” in the field of Gynecology and Obstetrics
2018 – Management degree “MPH” in the field of Public Health
Internship stays
2013 – Department of Fetal Ultrasound Diagnostics of the Heart, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
2008 – ÚPMD, Prague, Podolí, Czech Republic
2007 – ÚPMD, Praha, Podolí
2006 – ÚPMD, Praha, Podolí
2005 – ÚPMD, Praha, Podolí
2005 – Gynecology and Obstetrics Department, Vyškov Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
2004 – Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, FN Motol, Prague, Czech Republic
1995 – Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Clinique de Saint Charles, La Roche sur Yon, France
Membership in professional societies and councils
Slovak Medical Society (SLS)
Slovak Medical Chamber (SLK)
Slovak Gynecological and Obstetrical Society (SGPS) – committee member
Slovak Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (SSUM) – scientific secretary
International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG)
Membership in editorial boards of magazines
No
Scientific research activity
Hirsh-Index: 5
International publications: 21
(Pubmed Library, USA; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=dankovcik+r)
Number of citations: 108
(Scopus database: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=23037817400)
Pedagogical activity
1992 – ongoing
Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic, Faculty of Medicine UPJŠ and L. Pasteur University Hospital, Košice (assistant, assistant professor, docent, professor)
Language
Active: Slovak, English, Russian
Passive: French
