President Petr Pavel handed over professorial decrees to three new professors from our faculty

"The awarding of the professorship is a recognition of the abilities of those who have gone furthest on the path of science and higher education. I believe that each of you will contribute to making Czech universities a place of opportunity where young and talented people can develop their abilities," said Petr Pavel in his opening speech at the ceremony of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic.

The procedure for the appointment of a professor can take place at a university that has an accredited doctoral study programme in which the field of the appointment or at least a substantial part of it is taught. At the same time, it is necessary that the higher education institution or a part of it has a valid accreditation for holding the procedure for the appointment of a professor. Of the new professors who have successfully passed the appointment procedure at Masaryk University, five are working directly at MU. Three other new MU professors were appointed by the President on the basis of a proposal by the Scientific Board of Charles University. Masaryk University thus has eight new professors, three of them from the Faculty of Medicine.

The newly appointed professors from the Faculty of Medicine MU:

• prof. MUDr. Petr KALA, Ph.D., for the field of Internal Medicine. Professor from Internal Cardiology Department FM MU and University Hospital Brno. 
• prof. MUDr. Břetislav LIPOVÝ, Ph.D., for the field of Surgery. Professor from Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery FM MU and University Hospital Brno.
• prof. MUDr. Pavel ŠTOURAČ, Ph.D., for the field of Neurology. Professor from Department of Neurology FM MU and University Hospital Brno.

Congratulations to all professors. The full list is available on the MŠMT website.