Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. MUDr. RNDr. Lukáš Varga, 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
Varga
I.2 - Name
Lukáš
I.3 - Degrees
assoc. prof. MD, MSc, PhD
I.4 - Year of birth
1982
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Bratislava
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Antolská 11, 85107 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
associate professor
I.8 - E-mail address
varga.lukas@gmail.com
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/20834?do=filterForm-submit&surname=Varga&university=701000000&faculty=701010000&employment_state=yes&filter=Vyh%C4%BEada%C5%A5
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Otorhinolaryngology
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0001-9141-3596

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University, Faculty of Natural Sciences
II.b - Year
2006
II.c - Study field and programme
Environmental Sciences
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, 2007; Comenius University, Faculty of Medicine
II.b - Year
2009
II.c - Study field and programme
Environmental Sciences / General Medicine
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University, Faculty of Medicine
II.b - Year
2013
II.c - Study field and programme
Otorhinolaryngology
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University, Faculty of Medicine
II.b - Year
2022
II.c - Study field and programme
Otorhinolaryngology
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
associate professor Comenius University, Faculty of Medicine 2022 - until now
researcher Slovak Academy of Sciences, Biomedical Research Center 2011 - until now
physician, ENT specialist University Hospital Bratislava 2009 - until now
assistant professor Comenius University, Faculty of Medicine 2009-2022
assistant Comenius University, Faculty of Natural Sciences 2007-2009

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
Politzer Society certified Human Temporal Bone Dissection Course Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan 2014
Bioinformatics Workshop Welcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK 2011
Observership Ear Institute, Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, University College London, UK 2017
Instructor for international TBL and hearing implant courses MED-EL, Innsbruck, Austria; Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia 2019 - until now

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
Otorhinolaryngology General medicine I.+II. General Medicine
Otorhinolaryngology Dentistry 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
Otorhinolaryngology III. General Medicine
Medical Neuroscience III. General Medicine
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)
3
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
5
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
3
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
158
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
74
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
18
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
13
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
296
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
257
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
266
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
253
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
20
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
10
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Balaz M, Becker AS, Balazova L, Straub L, Müller J, Gashi G, Maushart CI, Sun W, Dong H, Moser C, Horvath C, Efthymiou V, Rachamin Y, Modica S, Zellweger C, Bacanovic S, Stefanicka P, Varga L, Ukropcova B, Profant M, Opitz L, Amri EZ, Akula MK, Bergo M, Ukropec J, Falk C, Zamboni N, Betz MJ, Burger IA, Wolfrum C. Inhibition of Mevalonate Pathway Prevents Adipocyte Browning in Mice and Men by Affecting Protein Prenylation. Cell Metab. 2019;29(4):901-916.

2

Mašindová I, Šoltýsová A, Varga L, Mátyás P, Ficek A, Hučková M, Sůrová M, Šafka-Brožková D, Anwar S, Bene J, Straka S, Janicsek I, Ahmed ZM, Seeman P, Melegh B, Profant M, Klimeš I, Riazuddin S, Kádasi Ľ, Gašperíková D. MARVELD2 (DFNB49) mutations in the hearing impaired Central European Roma population--prevalence, clinical impact and the common origin. PLoS One. 2015;10(4):e0124232.

3

Nayak G, Varga L, Trincot C, Shahzad M, Friedman PL, Klimes I, Greinwald JH Jr, Riazuddin SA, Masindova I, Profant M, Khan SN, Friedman TB, Ahmed ZM, Gasperikova D, Riazuddin S, Riazuddin S. Molecular genetics of MARVELD2 and clinical phenotype in Pakistani and Slovak families segregating DFNB49 hearing loss. Hum Genet. 2015 Apr;134(4):423-37.

4

Varga L, Mašindová I, Hučková M, Kabátová Z, Gašperíková D, Klimeš I, Profant M. Prevalence of DFNB1 mutations among cochlear implant users in Slovakia and its clinical implications. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2014;271(6):1401-7

5

Perdikari A, Leparc GG, Balaz M, Pires ND, Lidell ME, Sun W, Fernandez-Albert F, Müller S, Akchiche N, Dong H, Balazova L, Opitz L, Röder E, Klein H, Stefanicka P, Varga L, Nuutila P, Virtanen KA, Niemi T, Taittonen M, Rudofsky G, Ukropec J, Enerbäck S, Stupka E, Neubauer H, Wolfrum C. BATLAS: Deconvoluting Brown Adipose Tissue. Cell Rep. 2018 Oct 16;25(3):784-797.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.09.044.

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

Pavlenkova Z, Varga L, Borecka S, Karhanek M, Huckova M, Skopkova M, Profant M, Gasperikova D. Comprehensive molecular-genetic analysis of mid-frequency sensorineural hearing loss. Sci Rep. 2021 Nov 18;11(1):22488. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-01876-1.

2

Varga L, Danis D, Drsata J, Masindova I, Skopkova M, Slobodova Z, Chrobok V, Profant M, Gasperikova D. Novel variants in EDNRB gene in Waardenburg syndrome type II and SOX10 gene in PCWH syndrome. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2021 Jan;140:110499. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2020.110499.

3

Safka Brozkova D, Varga L, Uhrova Meszarosova A, Slobodova Z, Skopkova M, Soltysova A, Ficek A, Jencik J, Lastuvkova J, Gasperikova D, Seeman P. Variant c.2158-2A>G in MANBA is an important and frequent cause of hereditary hearing loss and beta-mannosidosis among the Czech and Slovak Roma population- evidence for a new ethnic-specific variant. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2020 Aug 26;15(1):222. doi: 10.1186/s13023-020-01508-3.

4

Kovaničová Z, Kurdiová T, Baláž M, Štefanička P, Varga L, Kulterer OC, Betz MJ, Haug AR, Burger IA, Kiefer FW, Wolfrum C, Ukropcová B, Ukropec J. Cold Exposure Distinctively Modulates Parathyroid and Thyroid Hormones in Cold-Acclimatized and Non-Acclimatized Humans. Endocrinology. 2020 Jul 1;161(7):bqaa051. doi: 10.1210/endocr/bqaa051.

5

Safka Brozkova D, Uhrova Meszarosova A, Lassuthova P, Varga L, Staněk D, Borecká S, Laštůvková J, Čejnová V, Rašková D, Lhota F, Gašperíková D, Seeman P. The Cause of Hereditary Hearing Loss in GJB2 Heterozygotes-A Comprehensive Study of the GJB2/DFNB1 Region. Genes (Basel). 2021 May 1;12(5):684. doi: 10.3390/genes12050684.

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

Varga L et al . Is deafness etiology important for prediction of functional outcomes in pediatric cochlear implantation? Acta Otolaryngol. 2014, cited by: .Abdurehim Y et al. State the output and Predictive Value of GJB2 Mutation Status for Hearing Outcomes of Pediatric Cochlear Implantation. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2017;157(1):16-24

2

Perdikari A et al. BATLAS: Deconvoluting Brown Adipose Tissue. Cell Rep. 2018, cited by: Kutyavin VI, Chawla A. BCL6 regulates brown adipocyte dormancy to maintain thermogenic reserve and fitness. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019;116(34):17071-17080.

3

Varga L et al . Novel EYA4 variant in Slovak family with late onset autosomal dominant hearing loss: a case report. BMC Med Genet. 2019, cited by: Putscher E et al . Principles and Practical Considerations for the Analysis of Disease-Associated Alternative Splicing Events Using the Gateway Cloning-Based Minigene Vectors pDESTsplice and pSpliceExpress. Int J Mol Sci. 2021;22(10):5154.

4

Balaz M et al. Inhibition of Mevalonate Pathway Prevents Adipocyte Browning in Mice and Men by Affecting Protein Prenylation. Cell Metab. 2019, cited by: Sveidahl Johansen O et al. : Lipolysis drives expression of the constitutively active receptor GPR3 to induce adipose thermogenesis. Cell. 2021;184(13):3502-3518.e33.

5

Mašindová I, Šoltýsová A, Varga L et al .: MARVELD2 (DFNB49) mutations in the hearing impaired Central European Roma population--prevalence, clinical impactand the common origin. PLoS One. 2015;10(4):e0124232,cited by: Naz S. Molecular genetic landscape of hereditary hearing loss in Pakistan. Hum Genet. 2021; doi: 10.1007/s00439-021-02320-0

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

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
Academic Senate Member Comenius University, Faculty of Medicine 2015 - until now
Faculty member for Board exam in ENT Comenius University, Faculty of Medicine 2018 - until now
Faculty member for Board exam in Phoniatry Comenius University, Faculty of Medicine 2021 - until now
Honorary Member Danube Society of the Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 2019
member European Academy of Otology & Neuro - Otology (EAONO) 2021 - until now

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

Date of last update
2025-04-09