Head of The Clinical and Research Centre for Inflammatory Bowel Disease - ISCARE in Prague, which specialises in the diagnosis and treatment of patients suffering from Crohn´s disease and ulcerous colitis.
- He is the president of the Czech Gastroenterological Society and editor-in-chief of the journal “Gastroenterologie a hepatologie.”
- He is a member of several international organisations, including the American Gastroenterological Association, the European Crohn’s and Colitis Association and the International Organization for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- He is the author of more than 250 publications in both Czech and foreign medical journals.