Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
prof. MUDr. Egon Kurča, PhD., FESO
Document type:
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:
Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:
Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Kurča
I.2 - Name
Egon
I.3 - Degrees
prof., MUDr., PhD., FESO
I.4 - Year of birth
1964
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Clinic of Neurology, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Kollárova 2, 03659, Martin
I.7 - Position
head of clinic, professor of neurology
I.8 - E-mail address
Egon.Kurca@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/3627
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
general medicine, dentistry, nursing care
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0002-1025-6830

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Martin
II.b - Year
1988
II.c - Study field and programme
General Medicine - MD.
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Martin
II.b - Year
1998
II.c - Study field and programme
PhD. In Neurology
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Martin
II.b - Year
2000
II.c - Study field and programme
neurology
II.5 - Professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Medicine, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech republic
II.b - Year
2009
II.c - Study field and programme
neurology
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
physician University Hospital Martin 1988 - to date
associate professor Jessenius Faculty of Medicine Martin 2000 - 2009
head of clinic Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Martin 2002 - to date
professor Jessenius Faculty of Medicine Martin 2009 - to date

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
First Degree Graduation in Neurology Institute of Postgraduate Education Bratislava 1992
Second Degree Graduation in Neurology Institute of Postgraduate Education Bratislava 1995
Teaching Activity "Clinical Neurophysiology" National Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queens Square, London, UK 1993
Špecializačná atestácia JLF Martin zdravotnícky manažment a financovanie 2014

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
neurology neurology II. general medicine
neurology neurology II. dentistry
neurology in nursing care neurology in nursing care I.+II. nursing care
neurology 1 neurology III. general medicine
neurology 2 neurology III. general medicine
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
neurology II. general medicine
neurology II. dentistry
neurology in nursing care I.+II. nursing care
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.3.a - Name of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure V.3.b - Study field to which it is assigned
neurology General medicine
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
0
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
2
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
0
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
19
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
11
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
605
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
184
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
111
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
48
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
1206
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
440
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
908
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
510
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
115
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
32
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Kurča, Egon - Sivák, Štefan - Kučera, Pavol: Impaired cognitive functions in mild traumatic brain injury patients with normal and pathologic magnetic resonance imaging

In: Neuroradiology. - Vol. 48, No. 9 (2006), s. 661-669. - ISSN 0028-3940

IF (JCR) 2006=1,625

Ohlasy (96):

2

Sivák, Štefan - Bittšanský, Michal - Kurča, Egon - Turčanová Koprušáková, Monika - Grofik, Milan - Nosáľ, Vladimír - Poláček, Hubert - Dobrota, Dušan: Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in patients with early stages of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis = Magnetic resonance spectroscopy early stages of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

In: Neuroradiology. - Roč. 52, č. 12 (2010), s. 1079-1085. - ISSN 0028-3940

IF (JCR) 2010=2,870

Ohlasy (34):

3

Šaňák, Daniel - Nosáľ, Vladimír - Horák, David - Bártková, Andrea - Zeleňák, Kamil - Herzig, Roman - Bučil, Jiří - Školoudík, David - Buřval, Stanislav - Cisáriková, Viera - Vlachová, Ivanka - Köcher, Martin - Zapletalová, Jana - Kurča, Egon - Kaňovský, Petr: Impact of diffusion-weighted MRI-measured initial cerebral infarction volume on clinical outcome in acute stroke patients with middle cerebral artery occlusion treated by thrombolysis

In: Neuroradiology. - Roč. 48, č. 9 (2006), s. 632-639. - ISSN 0028-3940

IF (JCR) 2006=1,625

Ohlasy (92):

4

Drobný, Michal - Kurča, Egon: Possible extrapyramidal system degradation in Parkinson's disease

In: Brain Research Bulletin. - Roč. 53, č. 4 (2000), s. 425-430. - ISSN 0361-9230

IF (JCR) 2000=1,758

Ohlasy (15):

5

Čierny, Daniel - Hanyšová, Sandra - Michalík, Jozef - Kantorová, Ema - Kurča, Egon - Škereňová, Mária - Lehotský, Ján: Genetic variants ininterleukin 7 receptor alpha chain (IL-7Ra) are associated with multiple sclerosis risk and disability progression in Central European Slovak population

In: Journal of Neuroimmunology. - Roč. 282 (2015), s. 80-84. - ISSN 0165-5728

IF (JCR) 2015=2,536

Ohlasy (20):

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1

Freire-Alvarez, Eric - Kurča, Egon - Lopez Manzanares, L. - Pekkonen, - Spanaki, C. - Vanni, P. - Liu, Yang - Sanchez-Solino, Olga - Barbato, Luigi M.: Levodopa-Carbidopa Intestinal Gel Reduces Dyskinesia in Parkinson s Disease in a Randomized Trial [elektronický dokument]

In: Movement Disorders [elektronický dokument]. - Roč. 36, č. 11 (2021), s. 2615-2623 [print]. - ISSN (print) 0885-3185

URL: https://movementdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mds.28703

IF (JCR) 2020=10,338

wos-jcr -- Q1 [Clinical neurology] -- 2020

2

Cibulka, Michal - Brodňanová, Mária - Grendár, Marián - Grofik, Milan - Kurča, Egon - Pilchová, Ivana - Osina, Oto - Tatarková, Zuzana - Dobrota, Dušan - Kolísek, Martin: SNPs rs11240569, rs708727, and rs823156 in SLC41A1 Do Not Discriminate Between Slovak Patients with Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease and Healthy Controls:Statistics and Machine-Learning Evidence [elektronický dokument]

In: International journal of molecular sciences [elektronický dokument]. - Roč. 20, č. 19 (2019), s. [1-18], art. no. 4688 [online]. - ISSN (online) 1422-0067

URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/20/19/4688

IF (JCR) 2019=4,556

wos-jcr -- Q1 [Biochemistry & molecular biology] -- 2019 Ohlasy (1)

3

Veselý, Branislav - Koriťáková, Eva - Bohnen, Nicolaas I. - Viszlayová, Daša - Királová, Silvia - Valkovič, Peter - Kurča, Egon - Rektor, Ivan: The contribution of cerebrovascular risk factors, metabolic and inflammatory changes to cognitive decline in Parkinson's disease: preliminary observations

In: Journal of Neural Transmission. - Roč. 126, č. 10 (2019), s. 1303-1312. - ISSN (print) 0300-9564

URL: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs00702-019-02043-7.pdf

IF (JCR) 2019=3.505

wos-jcr -- Q2 [Clinical neurology] -- 2019 Ohlasy (3)

4

Škorvánek, Matej - Rizig, Mie - Athanasiou-Fragkouli, Alkyoni - Necpál, Ján - Straka, Igor - Tamás, Gertrúd - Kurča, Egon - Mosejová, Alexandra - Haň, Vladimír - Lorincová, Tatiana - Ostrožovičová, Miriam - Liesenerová, Simona - Levická, Petra - Fajčikova, Lucia - Minár, Michal - Valkovič, Peter - Mákos, Orsolya - Kelemén, Andrea - Grofik, Milan - Cibulka, Michal - Jama, Fatumah - Houlden, Henry: LRRK2 mutations in Parkinson s disease patients from Central Europe: A casecontrol study

In: Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. - Roč. 83 (2021), s. 110-112. - ISSN (print) 1353-8020

URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33561776/

IF (JCR) 2020=4,891

wos-jcr -- Q1 [Clinical neurology] -- 2020

5

Straka, Igor - Minár, Michal - Škorvánek, Matej - Grofik, Milan - Danterová, Katarína - Benetin, Ján - Kurča, Egon - Gažová, Andrea - Boleková,Veronika - Wyman-Chick, Kathryn A. - Kyselovič, Ján - Valkovič, Peter: Adherence to pharmacotherapy in patients with Parkinson s disease taking three and more daily doses of medication [elektronickýdokument]

In: Frontiers in neurology [elektronický dokument]. - Roč. 10, č. JUL (2019), s. [1-8], art. no. 799 [online]. - ISSN (online) 1664-2295

URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2019.00799/abstract

IF (JCR) 2019=2,889

wos-jcr -- Q2 [Clinical neurology] -- 2019 Ohlasy (13)

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1

Kurča, Egon - Sivák, Štefan - Kučera, Pavol: Impaired cognitive functions in mild traumatic brain injury patients with normal and pathologic magnetic resonance imaging In: Neuroradiology. - Vol. 48, No. 9 (2006), s. 661-669. - ISSN 0028-3940 IF (JCR) 2006=1,625; Kvartil Q: scimago-sjr -- Q1 [Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging] -- 2006; Ohlasy/Citations (96) Cited in: [o1] 2007 Metting, Z. - Rödiger, L. A. - De Keyser, J. - van der Naalt, J.: Structural and functional ... In: Lancet Neurology, vol. 6, no. 8, 2007, s. 699-710

2

Kurča, Egon - Sivák, Štefan - Kučera, Pavol: Impaired cognitive functions in mild traumatic brain injury patients with normal and pathologic magnetic resonance imaging In: Neuroradiology. - Vol. 48, No. 9 (2006), s. 661-669. - ISSN 0028-3940 IF (JCR) 2006=1,625; Kvartil Q: scimago-sjr -- Q1 [Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging] -- 2006; Ohlasy/Citations (96) Cited in: [o1] 2019 Ashina, H. - Porreca, F. - Anderson, T. - Amin, F. M. - Ashina, M. - Schytz, H. W. - Dodick, D. W.: Nature Reviews Neurology, roč. 15, č. 10, 2019, s. 607-617

3

Šaňák, Daniel - Nosáľ, Vladimír - Horák, David - Bártková, Andrea - Zeleňák, Kamil - Herzig, Roman - Bučil, Jiří - Školoudík, David - Buřval, Stanislav - Cisáriková, Viera - Vlachová, Ivanka - Köcher, Martin - Zapletalová, Jana - Kurča, Egon - Kaňovský, Petr: Impact of diffusion-weighted MRI-measured initial cerebral infarction volume on clinical outcome in acute stroke patients with middle cerebral artery occlusion treated by thrombolysis In: Neuroradiology. - Roč. 48, č. 9 (2006), s. 632-639. - ISSN 0028-3940, IF (JCR) 2006=1,625; Ohlasy (92) Cited in: [o1] 2017 Rebello, L. C. - Bouslama, M. - Haussen, D. C. - Dehkharghani, S. - Grossberg, J. A. - Belagaje, S. - Frankel, M. R. - Nogueira, R. G.: JAMA Neurology, roč. 74, č. 1, 2017, s. 34-40

4

Sivák, Štefan - Bittšanský, Michal - Kurča, Egon - Turčanová Koprušáková, Monika - Grofik, Milan - Nosáľ, Vladimír - Poláček, Hubert - Dobrota, Dušan: Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in patients with early stages of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis = Magnetic resonance spectroscopy early stages of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis In: Neuroradiology. - Roč. 52, č. 12 (2010), s. 1079-1085. - ISSN 0028-3940, IF (JCR) 2010=2,870; Kvartil Q: scimago-sjr -- Q1 [Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging; Neurology] -- 2010; Ohlasy/Citations (34) Cited in: [o1] 2013 Foerster, B. R. - Welsh, R. C. - Feldman, E. L.: Nature Reviews Neurology, roč. 9, č. 9, 2013, s. 513-524

5

Sivák, Štefan - Bittšanský, Michal - Kurča, Egon - Turčanová Koprušáková, Monika - Grofik, Milan - Nosáľ, Vladimír - Poláček, Hubert - Dobrota, Dušan: Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in patients with early stages of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis = Magnetic resonance spectroscopy early stages of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis In: Neuroradiology. - Roč. 52, č. 12 (2010), s. 1079-1085. - ISSN 0028-3940, IF (JCR) 2010=2,870; Kvartil Q: scimago-sjr -- Q1 [Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging; Neurology] -- 2010; Ohlasy/Citations (34) Cited in: [o1] 2014 Van Laere, K. - Vanhee, A. - Verschueren, J. - Coster, L. D. - Driesen, A. - Dupont, P. - Robberecht, W. - Damme, P. V.: JAMA Neurology, roč. 71, č. 5, 2014, s. 553-561

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

Universitaetsklinikum Hamburg-EppendorfJLF UK- partner


doc. MUDr. Kamil Zeleňák, PhD.


„Efficacy and safety of thrombectomy in stroke with extended lesion and extended time window: a randomized, controlled trial (TENSION).“


No. 754640


years: 2018-2023


117 125 €

2

doc. MUDr. Kamil Zeleňák, PhD.


313011W875 „TENSION - komplementárny projekt.“


years: 1.1.2020-30.06.2023


210 054,60 €

3

doc. RNDr. Martin Kolísek, PhD.


APVV-19-0222 „Stanovenie mitochondriálneho fitness v diagnostike a predikcii Parkinsonovej choroby.“


220 000 €


Years: 1.7.2020-30.6.2024

4

Ing. Petra Hnilicová, PhD.


APVV-20-0010 „Multiparametrické vyšetrenia Miyoshiho myopatie pomocou modalít magnetickej rezonancie.“


5 000 €


years: 1.4.2021-31.12.2022

5

RNDr. Oliver Štrbák, PhD.


2018/11-UKMT-7 „Mapovanie biogénnych oxidov železa ako biomarkerov neurodegeneratívnych chorôb pomocou pokročilých metód magnetickej rezonancie.“


years: 2018-2020

57 900 €

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
Postgraduate Education in Neurology Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Martin 2006 - to date
Teaching Courses in Neurology (EMG, EEG, EP, Ultrasound) Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Martin 2010 - to date
member scientific board neurology Faculty of Medicine in Košice to date
member scientific board neurology Faculty of Medicine in Brno (Czech republic) to date
member scientific board neurology Faculty of Medicine in Olomouc (Czech republic) to date
member of Editorial Board Journal of Personalised Medicine (ISSN 2075-4426) since 2023
FESO (fellow of European Stroke Organisation) European Stroke Organisation since 2013

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
EAN (European Academy of Neurology) member and former delegate of Slovak republic

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update
2025-02-28