Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. MUDr. Alexandra Krištúfková, PhD.
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
Krištúfková
I.2 - Name
Alexandra
I.3 - Degrees
doc. MUDr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1984
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine, 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Antolská 11, 851 07 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
university teacher - assoc. professor
I.8 - E-mail address
kristufkova1@uniba.sk, a.kristufkova@gmail.com
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/5774
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
gynaecology and obstetrics
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0002-1216-0824

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.b - Year
2009
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine
II.b - Year
2009
II.c - Study field and programme
general medicine
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine
II.b - Year
2013
II.c - Study field and programme
gynaecology and obstetrics
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine
II.b - Year
2019
II.c - Study field and programme
gynaecology and obstetrics
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
assistant, assoc. professor Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine 2019 - 2025
assistant, PhD. Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine 2013 - 2019
PhD. student Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine 2009 - 2013
assoc. professor, head of the department Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine 2025 - till now

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
Training the trainers course (TTT course) The European Board and College in Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2014
Simulation as a Teaching tool – Instructor Course Centre for Medical Simulation, New York 2016

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
Gynaecology and obstetrics general medicine I. + II. general medicine
Gynaecology and obstetrics dentistry / dental medicine I. + II. dentistry / dental 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
Gynaecology and obstetrics III. gynaecology and obstetrics
Simulation in obstetrics and gynaecology I. + II. general medicine
Gynaecological sexology - within optional subject Sexology I. + II. general medicine
Simulation in obstetrics and gynaecology (subspecialty training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology) specialisation / training in gynaecology and obstetrics gynaecology and obstetrics
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.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
6
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
5
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
19
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
1
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
Gynaecological sexology - within optional subject Sexology General medicine I. + II. general medicine
Simulation in obstetrics and gynaecology general medicine I. + II. general medicine
Simulation in obstetrics and gynaecology (subspecialty training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology) gynaecology and obstetrics specialisation/training in gynaecology and obstetrics gynaecology and obstetrics

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
226
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
105
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
36
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
23
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
551
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
504
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
551
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
504
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
10
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
10
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Kristufkova A, Pinto Da Costa M, Mintziori G, Vásquez JL, Aabakke AJM, Fode M.:S exual Health During Postgraduate Training-European Survey Across Medical Specialties.Sex Med. 2018 Sep;6(3):255-262. doi: 10.1016/j.esxm.2018.04.001. Epub 2018 Apr 26.PMID: 29706561

2

Schaap T, Bloemenkamp K, Deneux-Tharaux C, Knight M, Langhoff-Roos J, Sullivan E, van den Akker T; INOSS: Defining definitions: a Delphi study to develop a core outcome set for conditions of severe maternal morbidity..BJOG. 2019 Feb;126(3):394-401. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.14833. Epub 2017 Aug 24.PMID: 28755459

3

Fitzpatrick KE, van den Akker T, Bloemenkamp KWM, Deneux-Tharaux C, Kristufkova A, Li Z, Schaap TP, Sullivan EA, Tuffnell D, Knight M: Risk factors, management, and outcomes of amniotic fluid embolism: A multicountry, population-based cohort and nested case-control study..PLoS Med. 2019 Nov 12;16(11):e1002962. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002962. eCollection 2019 Nov.PMID: 31714909

4

WHO Global Maternal Sepsis Study (GLOSS) Research Group: Frequency and management of maternal infection in health facilities in 52 countries (GLOSS): a 1-week inception cohort study.. Lancet Glob Health. 2020 May;8(5):e661-e671. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30109-1. PMID: 32353314

5

Kallianidis AF, Maraschini A, Danis J, Colmorn LB, Deneux-Tharaux C, Donati S, Gissler M, Jakobsson M, Knight M, Kristufkova A, Lindqvist PG, Vandenberghe G, Van Den Akker T; INOSS (the International Network of Obstetric Survey Systems): Epidemiological analysis of peripartum hysterectomy across nine European countries. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2020 Oct;99(10):1364-1373. doi: 10.1111/aogs.13892. Epub 2020 May 21. PMID: 32358968

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

Diguisto C, Saucedo M, Kallianidis A, Bloemenkamp K, Bødker B, Buoncristiano M, Donati S, Gissler M, Johansen M, Knight M, Korbel M, Kristufkova A, Nyflot LT, Deneux-Tharaux C: Maternal mortality in eight European countries with enhanced surveillance systems: descriptive population based study..BMJ. 2022 Nov 16;379:e070621. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2022-070621.PMID: 36384872

2

Kristufkova A, Basheer N, Koprdova K, Lieskovsky M, Fresser M, Zilka N: Micronutrient dynamics and deficiency risk across pregnancy and postpartum in a Slovak cohort. . PLoS One. 2025 Sep 4;20(9):e0331125. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0331125. eCollection 2025. PMID: 40906792

3

Goldbergerová A, Kováč L, Marčišová C, Borovský M, Kotríková D, Izáková Ľ,Mikas J, Námešná J, Krištúfková Z, Krištúfková A: Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Pregnancy and Maternal Outcomes: A Slovak National Study, Reprod. Med. 2024, 5(4), 319-334; https://doi.org/10.3390/reprodmed5040028

4

Polakovičová S, Varga I, Filová B, Sallicandro L, Voller J, Fioretti B, Krištúfková A.: Quiet residents of the vaginal epithelium: immunohistochemical study on the distribution and role of human vaginal Merkel cells. BMC Womens Health. 2026 Feb 12. doi: 10.1186/s12905-026-04331-3. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41680777

5

Kallianidis AF, Velebil P, Alexander S, Kristufkova A, Savona-Ventura C, Mahmood T, Mukhopadhyay S; European Board, College of Obstetrics, Gynaecology EBCOG:European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology position statement on maternal mortality surveillance in Europe..Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2024 Aug;299:345-349. doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2024.05.022. Epub 2024 May 21.PMID: 38797618

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

Fitzpatrick KE, van den Akker T, Bloemenkamp KWM, Deneux-Tharaux C, Krištúfková A, Li Z, Schaap TP, Sullivan EA, Tuffnell D, Knight M: Risk factors, management, and outcomes of amniotic fluid embolism: A multicountry, population-based cohort and nested case-control study, PLOS medicine, Vol 16, Nr. 11 (2019), p. 1-24, CITATION: Combs, C.A., Montgomery, D.M., Toner, L.E., Dildy, G.A.: Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Special Statement: Checklist for initial management of amniotic fluid embolism, 2021, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology , 2021, 224 (4), B29-B32 (IF=5,226)

2

Kallianidis AF, Velebil P, Alexander S, Kristufkova A, Savona-Ventura C, Mahmood T, Mukhopadhyay S; European Board, College of Obstetrics, Gynaecology EBCOG:European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology position statement on maternal mortality surveillance in Europe..Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2024 Aug;299:345-349. doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2024.05.022. Epub 2024 May 21.PMID: 38797618, CITATION: Wei Y, Luo H, Liu X, Sun G, Liu J, Wei X, Cao C, Zheng Y: Global, regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, 2025 Dec 30;25(1):1359. doi: 10.1186/s12884-025-08456-5.

3

Kallianidis A, Maraschini A, Daniš J, Colmorn LB, Deneux-Tharaux C, Donati S, Gissler M, Jakobsson M, Knight M, Krištúfková A, Lindqvist PG, Vandenberghe G, van den Akker T: Epidemiological analysis of peripartum hysterectomy across nine Europeancountries, Acta obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, Vol. 99, Nr. 10 (2020), p. 1364-1373, CITATION: Ornaghi, S., Maraschini, A., Donati, S. et al: Characteristics and outcomes of pregnant women with placenta accreta spectrum in Italy: A prospective population-based cohort study, 2021, PLoS ONE , 16( 6),e0252654

4

Diguisto C, Saucedo M, Kallianidis A, Bloemenkamp K, Bødker B, Buoncristiano M, Donati S, Gissler M, Johansen M, Knight M, Korbel M, Kristufkova A, Nyflot LT, Deneux-Tharaux C: Maternal mortality in eight European countries with enhanced surveillance systems: descriptive population based study..BMJ. 2022 Nov 16;379:e070621. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2022-070621.PMID: 36384872, CITATION: Sorrenti S, Prasad S, Elbarbary N, Fidha F, Magee LA, von Dadelszen P, Silverio AS, Allotey J, Thangaratinam S, Khalil A: Interventions to Address Disparities in Perinatal Outcomes by Ethnicity: A Systematic Review, BJOG, 2025 Dec;132(13):2009-2023. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.70013. Epub 2025 Sep 23.

5

Kristufkova A, Borovsky M, Korbel M, Knight M.: Amniotic fluid embolism-investigation of fatal cases inSlovakia in the years 2005-2010 compared with fatal cases in the United Kingdom. Biomed Pap 2014Sep;158(3), p. 397-403, CITATION: Benson MD: Amniotic fluid embolism mortality rate, Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research , 2017, 43 (11), p: 1714 - 1718

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

ESET Foundation, year 2021, project: COVID-19 Pregnancy and Maternal outcome (COVID-19 PreMatOut), part of the international project CONSIGN

2

Grant VEGA, years 2019-2022, title: Connections between endocrine and psychical characteristic of women in reproductive age, Nr. 2/0022/19 2019-2022

3

Grant VEGA, years 2015-2018, title: Clinical significance of the relation between aldosteron and depression and concerned regulatory mechanisms, Nr. 2/0057/15 2015-2018

4

Nadácia Tatra banky, rok 2018, Gynekológia a pôrodníctvo - výučba trochu inak, č.2018vs091 / Tatra banka foundation, year 2018, Gynaecology and obstetrics - a little different education/training, Nr. 2018vs091

5

WHO – Global Maternal Sepsis Study (GLOSS) national coordinator for Slovakia year of realisation 2017

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
European accredation comission fo obstetrics and gynaecology - visitor on behalf of ENTOG (The European Network of trainees in Obstetrica and Gynaecology) The European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (EBCOG visiting and accreditation system) 2013 - 2017
European accredation comission fo obstetrics and gynaecology - visitor on behalf of EBCOG (The European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology) The European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (EBCOG visiting and accreditation system) 2017 - until now
Member of the editorial board Slovak obstetrics and gynaecology journal 2020 - doteraz
EBCOG Executive member - eastern region The European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2022 - 2025
2025 EBCOG Congress - scientific committee The European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2023-2025
2027 EBCOG Congress - organising committee The European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2026 till now

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)
National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, The United Kingdom Nuffield Department if Population Health, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, OX3 7LF Oxford 9/2012 - 12/2012 Erasmus grant
Institute for mother and child care Podolské nábřeží 157, 147 00 Praha 4 - Podolí 1.4.2016 - 15.4.2016 Bilateral contract between the departments

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

2013 – 2017 : The European Network of trainees of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (ENTOG)

2013 – 2015 Executive Member / 2015 – 2017 Secretary General)

2018 - untill now: The European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology - council member (on behalf of Slovakia)

2018 - untill now: Slovak Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology - executive member, from 2022 secretary general of the society

2012 - untill now: The Internatiol Network of Obstetrics Surveillance Systems (INOSS) - collaboration

2017 - 2023: Member of the scientific working group of Ministry of Health for the creation of National guidelines in the field of obstetris and gynaecology

2014 - Participation at the creation of National regulation of Ministry of Health for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of peripartum haemorrhage, Bulletin of Ministry of Health SR 2014, volume 62, Nr. 35-36, published on 23rd of October 2014

Date of last update
2026-03-03