Members of the Government

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Jan Blatný

Minister of Health from October 29, 2020 to April 7, 2021.

Personal Information

Jan Blatný, born in Prostějov on 24 March 1970, married, three children.

Education

• 1988-1994: Medical School, Masaryk University (former J.E. Purkyně University) Brno, Czech Republic
• 1994: MUDr. (MD) Medical School, Masaryk University, Brno
• 1997: Postgraduate degree Paediatrics, Institute of Post-graduate Medical Education, Prague
• 2000: Postgraduate degree Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, Institute of Post-graduate Medical Education, Prague
• 2005: PhD (Peadiatric Haematology) Masaryk University, Brno
• 2018: Associate Professor of Paediatrics, Masaryk University, Brno

Career

• 2020-Present: Medical director of Paediatrics, Children´s University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic;
• 2008-Present: Consultant Haematologist and Lead Clinician, Department of Paediatric Haematology, Centre for Thrombosis and Haemostasis, European Haemophilia Comprehensive Care Center (EUHANET), Children´s University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic;
• 2008-Present: Lecturer in Paediatric Haematology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic;
• 2006-2008: Consultant Haematologist, Department of Pathology, Children´s Universtity Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin, Ireland;
• 2001-2006: Consultant Haematologist and Lead Clinician, Department of Paediatric Haematology, Centre for Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Children´s University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic, Lecturer in Paediatric Haematology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech republic;
• 1997-2000: Registrar, Children´s University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic, Rotation to: 1^st Department of Paediatrics, 2^nd Department of Paediatrics, Department of Clinical Haematology, Department of Paediatric Oncology;
• 1994-1997: House officer and Senior House ofiicer, 2^nd Paediatric Department, J.G. Mendel Children´s University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic.

Languages

Fluent in English, Slovak and Russian.