Chairs
Rychlik, Ivan
- Charles University Prague, Czech Republic
Born in 1962, graduated in 1987, Summa cum Laude, Charles University; further graduated in Internal Medicine (1994) and Nephrology (1996), past-ISN Fellow (1998, Heidelberg University, Germany, tutor Prof.E.Ritz). Since 1987 up to now employed in Charles University, Prague, since 2011 Full Professor of Medicine, since 2016 Head of the Department of Medicine, Third Faculty Medicine, Prague.
His current main scientific interests are diabetic nephropathy and epidemiology of CKD. He is a (co-)author of >270 peer-reviewed scientific articles, 12 monographs and 55 chapters. He had >300 presentations in international meetings, he was a (co-) investigator of several scientific Czech and EU grants. His SCI is >5500, H-index 34. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of Case Reports in Nephrology and Dialysis (Karger), Section-Editor of Clinical Kidney Journal (OUP), Kidney Diseases.
He had numerous organizing and educational activities based on the Czech Society of Nephrology (multi past-President, Chair of Registry of dialysis patients), ERA (past Secretary/Treasurer, past Council Member, past Registry Member, ERA Congress President 2025), Ministry of Health (current Head of Nephrology Accreditation Committee).
He was awarded by several Czech and international Awards; he is Honorary Member of the Polish Society of Nephrology.