Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. MUDr. Rastislav Sysák, PhD., MBA
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
Sysák
I.2 - Name
Rastislav
I.3 - Degrees
doc. MUDr., PhD., MBA
I.4 - Year of birth
1973
I.5 - Name of the workplace
1st Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics Faculty of Medicine CU and University Hospital in Bratislava
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Dekanát LF UK, Špitálska ulica 24, 813 72 Bratislava, Slovak republic
I.7 - Position
university teacher - associate professor
I.8 - E-mail address
sysak1@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/3415
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
gynaecology and obstetrics
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0003-3540-5158

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 Bratislava
II.b - Year
1997
II.c - Study field and programme
General Medicine
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of medicine Comenius University Bratislava
II.b - Year
2010
II.c - Study field and programme
Gynaecology and Obstetrics
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of medicine Comenius University Bratislava
II.b - Year
2023
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
University teacher - assistent (2004 - 2022), associate professor (2022 - ) Faculty of Medicine Comenius University Bratislava 2004 - present
consultant - gynaecologist University Hospital in Bratislava 2004 - present
gynaecologist Hospital in Zvolen 1997-2004

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
certification in gynaecology and obstetrics Slovak Medical University 2007
certification in perinatology and feto-maternal medicine Institute for Postgraduate Medical Education in Prague 2012
certification in Pediatric Gynaecology Slovak Medical University 2004
Master of Business Administration Cardiff Academy 2024

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 1 + 2 + 3 in slovak and english language General medicine II. General medicine
Dentistry Gynaecology and Obstetrics in slovak and english language II. Dentisty
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 II. General medicine and Dentistry
pediatric and adolescent gynecology postgradual education pediatric and adolescent gynecology
materno-fetal medicine postgradual education materno-fetal medicine
gynaecology and obstetrics postgradual education General medicine and Dentistry
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
gynecology and obstetrics gynecology and obstetrics
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
4
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
2
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
13
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
Clinical embryology and reproductive medicine General medicine II. General medicine

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
136
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
33
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
11
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
3
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
80
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
15
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
72
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
11
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
18
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
14
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Sysák Rastislav, Brennerová Katarína, Krlin Romana, Štencl Peter, Rusňák Igor, Vargová Mária: Effect of ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency on pregnancy and puerperium [elektronický dokument]. In: Diagnostics, roč. 12, č. 2 (2022), s. [1-9], art. no. 415 [online]. - ISSN (online) 2075-4418 URL: https://mdpi-res.com/d_attachment/diagnostics/diagnostics-12-00415/article_deploy/diagnostics-12-00415.pdf

(IF 3,7, Q2)

2

Sysák Rastislav, Bluska Peter, Štencl Peter, Klein Martin, Varga Ivan: Agenesis of female internal reproductive organs, the Mayer- Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome : 10-years of experience with its management in a single centre. In: Bratislava medical journal. Roč. 122, č. 12 (2021), s. 839-845. - ISSN (print) 0006-9248 URL: http://www.elis.sk/download_file.php? product_id=7482&session_id=nja4i1tb1uqa7c6jsvfcvd63a4 (IF 1,27, Q3)

3

Konečná Barbora, Sysák Rastislav, Kacerovský Marián, Celec Peter, Vlková Barbora: Deoxyribonuclease activity in plasma of pregnant women and experimental animals. In: The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine. - Roč. 31, č. 13 (2018), s. 1807-1809. - ISSN (print) 1476-7058 (IF 1,56, Q3)

4

Minárik Gabriel, Repiská Gabriela, Hýblová Michaela, Nagyová Emília, Šoltys Katarína, Budiš Jaroslav, Ďuriš František, Sysák Rastislav, Geryková Bujalková Mária, Vlková Barbora, Biro Orsolya, Nagy Balint, Szemes Tomáš: Utilization of benchtop next generation sequencing platforms ion torrent PGM and MiSeq in noninvasive prenatal testing for chromosome 21 trisomy and testing of impact of in silico and physical size selection on its analytical performance. In: PLoS One, Vol. 10, No. 12 (2015), Art. No. e0144811, s. 1-12 [online]. - ISSN (online) 1932-6203 (IF 3,05, Q1)

URL: http://www.plosone.org/article/fetchObject.action? uri=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0144811&representation=PDF

5

Varga I, Lapides L, Brucknerová I, Gálfiová P, Visnyaiová K, Csöbönyeiová M, Klein M, Žiaran S, Sysák R, Záhumenský J. Our First Experience Implementing "Clinical Embryology and Reproductive Medicine" as a Curriculum Course of the Study Program General Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine in Bratislava, Slovakia. Physiological Research. 2022. (Q3, IF = 2,100)

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366619158_Our_First_Experience_Implementing_Clinical_Embryology_and_Reproductive_Medicine_as_a_Curriculum_Course_of_the_Study_Program_General_Medicine_at_the_Faculty_of_Medicine_in_Bratislava_Slovakia

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

Sysák Rastislav, Brennerová Katarína, Krlin Romana, Štencl Peter, Rusňák Igor, Vargová Mária: Effect of ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency on pregnancy and puerperium [elektronický dokument]. In: Diagnostics, roč. 12, č. 2 (2022), s. [1-9], art. no. 415 [online]. - ISSN (online) 2075-4418 URL: https://mdpi-res.com/d_attachment/diagnostics/diagnostics-12- 00415/article_deploy/diagnostics-12-00415.pdf 2

(IF 3,7, Q2)

2

Sysák Rastislav, Bluska Peter, Štencl Peter, Klein Martin, Varga Ivan: Agenesis of female internal reproductive organs, the Mayer- Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome : 10-years of experience with its management in a single centre. In: Bratislava medical journal. Roč. 122, č. 12 (2021), s. 839-845. - ISSN (print) 0006-9248 URL: http://www.elis.sk/download_file.php? product_id=7482&session_id=nja4i1tb1uqa7c6jsvfcvd63a4 (IF 1,27, Q3)

3

Konečná Barbora, Sysák Rastislav, Kacerovský Marián, Celec Peter, Vlková Barbora: Deoxyribonuclease activity in plasma of pregnant women and experimental animals. In: The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine. - Roč. 31, č. 13 (2018), s. 1807-1809. - ISSN (print) 1476-7058 (IF 1,56, Q3)

4

Varga I, Lapides L, Brucknerová I, Gálfiová P, Visnyaiová K, Csöbönyeiová M, Klein M, Žiaran S, Sysák R, Záhumenský J. Our First Experience Implementing "Clinical Embryology and Reproductive Medicine" as a Curriculum Course of the Study Program General Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine in Bratislava, Slovakia. Physiological Research. 2022. (Q3, IF = 2,100)

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366619158_Our_First_Experience_Implementing_Clinical_Embryology_and_Reproductive_Medicine_as_a_Curriculum_Course_of_the_Study_Program_General_Medicine_at_the_Faculty_of_Medicine_in_Bratislava_Slovakia

5

Sysák R, Krištúfková A., Krlin R., Škovran M, Viršíková L, Dobročan P. Športový výkon a menštruačný cyklus u adolescentiek = Sports Performance and the Menstrual Cycle in Adolescent Girls. In: Gynekológia pre prax. 2025; 23 (3): 145-147,ISSN (print) 1336-3425

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

Greksová Katarína, Parrák Vojtech, Chovancová Darina, Štencl Peter, Oravec J, Maršik Ladislav, Sysák Rastislav, Fuchs Dietmar, Pešková Zlatica, Borovský Miroslav: Procalcitonin, neopterin and C-reactive protein in diagnostics of intrauterine infection and preterm delivery. In: Bratislava medical journal - Roč. 110, č. 10 (2009), s. 623-626. - ISSN (print) 0006-9248, URL: http://bmj.fmed.uniba.sk/2009/11010-08.pdf

Cited in: Areia, A.L., Areia, M., Mota-Pinto, A.: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, vol. 303, no. 4, 2021, s. 917-924 - SCI

2

Minárik Gabriel, Repiská Gabriela, Hýblová Michaela, Nagyová Emília, Šoltys Katarína, Budiš Jaroslav, Ďuriš František, Sysák Rastislav, Geryková Bujalková Mária, Vlková Barbora, Biro Orsolya, Nagy Balint, Szemes Tomáš: Utilization of benchtop next generation sequencing platforms ion torrent PGM and MiSeq in noninvasive prenatal testing for chromosome 21 trisomy and testing of impact of in silico and physical size selection on its analytical performance. In: PLoS One, Vol. 10, No. 12 (2015), Art. No. e0144811, s. 1-12 [online]. - ISSN (online) 1932-6203

Cited in: A., Sedlackova, T., Predajna, L., ... Kopacek, J., Pastorekova, S.Systematic analysis of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines using four orthogonal approaches demonstrates no excessive DNA impurities, Npj Vaccines, 2025, 10(1), 259.

3

Sysák Rastislav, Brennerová Katarína, Krlin Romana, Štencl Peter, Rusňák Igor, Vargová Mária: Effect of ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency on pregnancy and puerperium [elektronický dokument]. In: Diagnostics, roč. 12, č. 2 (2022), s. [1-9], art. no. 415 [online]. - ISSN (online) 2075-4418

Cited in: Breilyn, M.S., Simpson, K., Elsbecker, S.A., ... Bryan, K., Berry, S.A. Maternal health outcomes in ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency: A comparative analysis of pregancies in symptomatic and asymptomatic heterozygotes. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 2025, 144(4), 109083.

4

Sysak R, Bluska P, Stencl P, Klein M, Varga I. Agenesis of female internal reproductive organs, the Mayer- Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome. Bratisl Lek Listy. 2021;122(12):839-845. doi: 10.4149/BLL_2021_136. PMID: 34904845.

Cited in: R.U. Gaikaiwari, C. Prinsloo, S.R. Grover, I. Wright, N. Drever, Experiences of Pelvic and Generalized Persistent Pain Syndromes in MRKH: A Scoping Review, Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Volume 37, Issue 5, 2024, Pages 477-494, ISSN 1083-3188

5

Varga I, Lapides L, Brucknerová I, Gálfiová P, Visnyaiová K, Csöbönyeiová M, Klein M, Žiaran S, Sysák R, Záhumenský J. Our First Experience Implementing "Clinical Embryology and Reproductive Medicine" as a Curriculum Course of the Study Program General Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine in Bratislava, Slovakia. Physiological Research. 2022. (Q3, IF = 2,100)

Citované v: Shirasawa H, Terada Y.Embryologist staffing in assisted reproductive technology laboratories: An international comparative rewiew. Reproductive Medicine and Biology, 2025,24(1), e12628

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

019UK-4/2022 - KEGA. Vytvorenie nových študijných materiálov k praktickej výučbe detskej chirurgie – Videoatlas detskochirurgických postupov 

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
Member of the Examination Board for the Specialization Exam in Maternal-Fetal Medicine Faculty of medicine Comenius University Bratislava 2026 - present
Member of the Examination Board for the Specialization Exam in Pediatric gynaecology Faculty of medicine Comenius University Bratislava 2017 - present
Member of the Examination Board for the Specialization Exam in Gynaecology and Obstetrics Slovak Medical University 2025 - present

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
  • Prize for scientific and professional literature for the year 2016 in the category of biological and medical sciences of the Literary Fund for the book Epilepsia a žena.
  • Expert consultant of the UDZS in the field of gynaecology and obstetrics.
Date of last update
2026-02-24