Description
Professional profile
Docent Andrej Šteňo is a renowned neurosurgeon. He completed his education at the Faculty of Medicine of the Comenius University in Bratislava and at the Slovak Medical University in Bratislava. He developed his erudition in the field through many study stays at prestigious workplaces abroad, including the neurosurgery department of the University Hospital in Vienna, the neurosurgery department of the Albany Medical Center in the USA, the neurosurgery department of the University Hospital Erlangen in Germany, the neurosurgery department of the Helsinki University Hospital in Finland and the pediatric department surgery, orthopedics and traumatology of the Brno University Hospital in the Czech Republic.
Docent Andrej Šteňo currently works as the head of the Neurosurgery Clinic of the Faculty of Medicine of the Comenius University and the University Hospital in Bratislava. Before that, he worked at the Department of Pediatric Surgery of the Faculty of Medicine, UK and NÚDCH. The docent is a member of the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies, the BTB Commission of the Oncological Institute of St. Alžbety, the Slovak Medical Society, the Slovak Neurosurgical Society and the Slovak Medical Chamber.
Docent Šteňo also received many scientific awards from the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sports of the Slovak Republic as the leader of the scientific and technical team. For his work, he was awarded the prize of the Czech and Slovak Neurosurgical Society for the best Czech and Slovak neurosurgical publication of the year.
Docent Šteňo is the author of numerous scientific publications and actively participates in prestigious medical conferences at domestic and international professional events. He is a member of the editorial boards of professional journals (World Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Review, Czech and Slovak Neurology and Neurosurgery) and commissions for awarding research grants in the Slovak Republic.
Work experience
Neurosurgery Clinic of the Faculty of Medicine of the Comenius University and the University Hospital in Bratislava (priority of the clinic)
Department of Pediatric Surgery of the Faculty of Medicine, UK and NÚDCH in Bratislava (secondary doctor)
Education
2004 – Specialization – Surgery I. degree
2009 – Specialization – European Neurosurgical Examination – Part I.
2010 – Specialization – Neurosurgery
1995 – L. Sáru High School, Bratislava
2001 – General Medicine “MUDr“, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava
2012 – Scientific title “PhD” – Topic: Optimal methods of management of primary, residual and recurrent and functional adenomas of the pituitary gland
2014 – Scientific and pedagogical title “Docent” in the field of Surgery
2015 – Management degree “MPH” in the field of public health
Internship stays
2003 – Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Faculty Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
2005 – Department of Neurosurgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
2007 – Neurochirurgische Klinik, Universitaetsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
2007 – Neurosciences Institute, Division of Neurosurgery, Albany Medical Center, Albany, New York
2016 – Universitätsklinik für Neurochirurgie, Medizinische Universität Wien, Allgemeines Krankenhaus der Stadt Wien, Vienna, Austria
Membership in professional societies and councils
Slovak Neurosurgical Society (SNCHS)
Slovak Medical Society (SLS)
Slovak Medical Chamber (SLK)
European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS)
Membership in editorial boards of magazines
World Neurosurgery
Neurosurgical Review
Czech and Slovak neurology and neurosurgery
Expert reviewer for foreign scientific journals:
World Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Review, Frontiers in Oncology
Scientific research activity
Hirsh-Index: 9
International publications: 22
(Pubmed Library, USA; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=steno+a)
Citation response: 248
(Scopus database https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=16640564900)
Pedagogical activity
2005 – continues, Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Bratislava (assistant, professor, docent)
Number of educated doctoral students: 2 (tutor for 3 in the current study)
Language
Active: Slovak, English
