Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. MUDr. Roman Kuruc, 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
Kuruc
I.2 - Name
Roman
I.3 - Degrees
doc. MD, PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1970
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Institute of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Comenius University in Bratislava
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Dean's Office Faculty of Medicine, Špitálska 24, 813 72 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
university teacher - assistant professor
I.8 - E-mail address
kuruc17@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/?do=filterForm-submit&name=roman&surname=kuruc&university=723000000&sort=surname&employment_state=yes&filter=Vyh%C4%BEada%C5%A5
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Forensic medicine
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0002-5058-5356

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
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine
II.b - Year
1996
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
2015
II.c - Study field and programme
pathological anatomy and forensic medicine
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine
II.b - Year
2024
II.c - Study field and programme
pathological anatomy and forensic medicine
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 (1996-1999), assistant professor (1999-2001), doctor (2001-2004), university teacher - assistant professor (2020- ) Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava from 1996 to 2004; from 2020 until now
assistant professor Faculty of Medicine, Slovak Medical University in Bratislava 2010 - till now
doctor od Medicine (2005 - 2008), senior doctor of Medicine (2008 - till now) Health Care Surveillance Authority 2005 - till now

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

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
Forensic medicine General Medicine II. General Medicine
Forensic medicine Dentistry II. Dentistry
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.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.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)
2
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
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
176
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
86
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
21
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
14
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
83
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
77
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
58
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
58
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
14
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
3
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Intraspinal variations of nerve roots. - 1. vyd. - Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2019. - 192 s. [8,37 AH] [print]. Matejčík, Viktor - Haviarová, Zora - Kuruc, Roman [0,84 AH] - Šteňo, Andrej - Šteňo, Juraj

2

Anomalies of peripheral nerves in the spinal canal. - 1st ed. - Bratislava : Faber, 2016. - 136 p. Matejčík, Viktor - Kuruc, Roman (50%).

3

Forensic medicine [electronic document] : Imaging and special examinations in forensic medicine. - 1st ed. - Bratislava : Comenius University in Bratislava, 2022. - 64 p. [online]. Kuruc, Roman [3,38 AH] 

4

Forensic medicine [electronic document] : Laboratory investigative methods in forensic medicine. - 1st ed. - Bratislava : Comenius University in Bratislava, 2022. 64 p. [online]. Kuruc, Roman [3,88 AH]

5

Peripheral nervous system Interrelationships and Variations - 1. vyd. - Cham : Springer Nature, 2024. - 187 s. [print] [online]. Matejčík, Viktor - Haviarová, Zora - Kuruc, Roman [33,333%]

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

Peripheral nervous system Interrelationships and Variations - 1. vyd. - Cham : Springer Nature, 2024. - 187 s. [print] [online]. Matejčík, Viktor - Haviarová, Zora - Kuruc, Roman [33,333%]

2

Intraspinal variations of nerve roots. - 1. vyd. - Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2019. - 192 s. [8,37 AH] [print]. Matejčík, Viktor - Haviarová, Zora - Kuruc, Roman [0,84 AH] - Šteňo, Andrej - Šteňo, Juraj

3

Forensic medicine [electronic document] : Imaging and special examinations in forensic medicine. - 1st ed. - Bratislava : Comenius University in Bratislava, 2022. - 64 p. [online]. Kuruc, Roman [3,38 AH] 

4

Forensic medicine [electronic document] : Laboratory investigative methods in forensic medicine. - 1st ed. - Bratislava : Comenius University in Bratislava, 2022. 64 p. [online]. Kuruc, Roman [3,88 AH]

5

Natural Taxanes : from Plant Composition to Human Pharmacology and Toxicity / Nižnanský, Ľuboš; Osinová, Denisa; Kuruc, Roman (15%) ; Hengerics Szabó, Alexandra Szórádová, Andrea ; Masár, Marián ; Nižnanská, Žofia – DOI 10.3390/ijms232415619. – SCO ; WOS CC ; CCC.

In: International journal of molecular sciences : Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute. – ISSN 1661-6596. – ISSN (online) 1422-0067. – Roč. 23, č. 24 (2022), art. no. 15619, s. [1-42] [online] [print]

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

Construction of an atlas of organ ultrastructure using a scanning electron microscope 

Co-investigator

Name of grant agency: the Cultural and Educational Agency of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Slovak Republic - KEGA 

Duration: 2019 - 2021

Output: P1 - Atlas of the ultrastructure of human organs using a scanning electron microscope [electronic document]

2

The role of catalase in the determination of the postmortem interval

Co-investigator

Name of the grant agency: the Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Slovak Republic and the Slovak Academy of Sciences - VEGA

Solution period: 01.01.2021-31.12.2023

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

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

IX. - Other relevant facts

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

2020 - Prize - Literary Fund Prize, Section for Scientific and Professional Literature and Computer Programs, for scientific and professional literature for the year 2019 in the category of biological and medical sciences for the work Intraspinal Variations of Nerve Root... Year of award: 2020

A comparative study of intravital CT and autopsy findings in fatal traumatic injuries.

2023 - Award of the Slovak Forensic Medical Society for the best publication (scientific professional article) in 2022 in the category Toxicology.

2023 - Slovak Forensic Medical Society Award for the best publication (textbooks for universities) in 2022: Forensic Medicine: Laboratory Investigation Methods in Forensic Medicine

Membership in the editorial board of the journal Folia Societatis Medicinae Legalis Slovacae (since 2011)

Date of last update
2025-04-10