Background
Pirk, Jan was born on April 20, 1948 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Son of Otto and Jitka (Hrabová) Pirk.
Pirk, Jan was born on April 20, 1948 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Son of Otto and Jitka (Hrabová) Pirk.
Graduate, College Prague, 1966; Doctor of Medicine, Charles U., Prague, 1972; Doctor of Science, Academy Sciences, Prague, 1988.
Surgeon Country Hospital, Nymburk, Czech Republic, 1972-1974, Institute Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, 1974-1983, cardiac surgeon, 1984-1990, head of cardiovascular surgery department, since 1991. Professor surgery Charles University Institute Clinical and Experimental Medicine, 2000. Fellow in cardiac surgery Ochsner Hospital, New Orleans, 1983-1984.
Consultant University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, 1990-1991. Counselor EACTS, London,, since 1998.
Member Society Thoracic Surgeons United States of America, New York Academy of Sciences, Czech Society Cardiovascular Surgery (committee), International Society Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons Japan, European Association Cardio-Thoracic Surgery London (councillor).
Married Blanka Navrátilová, June 9, 1970. Children: Jir+289, Tomá+368.