MUDr. Petr Velebil, CSc.

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Education and courses:

1975–1981 – FVL UK (Now First Faculty of Medicine), Charles University, Prague
1983–1988 – Scientific aspiranture, FVL UK (Now First Faculty of Medicine), Charles University, Prague
1984 – 1st degree attestation in Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague
1989–1990 – Fellowship, International Epidemiology Research Program-WHO Collaborating Center Activity in MCH, CDC Atlanta
1989–1990 – Emory University, School of Medicine, Division of Public Health, Atlanta, MPH courses
1991–1993 – Epidemic Intelligence Officer (EIS graduate 1993), CDC Atlanta
1989-1994 – Hardware and software qualification course, PC and Mainframe platforms, CDC Atlanta
1996 – 2nd degree attestation in Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague
2011 – Specialization in Fetomaternal and Perinatal medicine, Prague

Experience:

1981–1984 – Support doctor, obstetrics and gynecology, The Institute for the Care of Mother and Child (ÚPMD)
1984–1989 – Independent doctor – researcher at The Institute for the Care of Mother and Child (ÚPMD), Prague
1989–1990 – International Fellow (CDC/WHO)
1990–1991 – Independent doctor – researcher at The Institute for the Care of Mother and Child (ÚPMD), Prague
1991–1993 – EIS Service - Visiting Scientist (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Reproductive Health, Women's Health and Fertility Branch, Atlanta)
1993–1994 – Medical Officer (CDC/NCCDPHP/DRH/WHFB, Atlanta)
1995–1996 – Consultant, World Bank/WHO, US AID consultant
1995 – Consultant to the Czech Ministry of Health, member of the Perinatology Commission of the Czech Ministry of Health
1995–1999 – Independent doctor, The Institute for the Care of Mother and Child (ÚPMD), Prague
1995– ongoing – CanadianMedical
1999–2008 – Lead doctor of delivery rooms, The Institute for the Care of Mother and Child (ÚPMD), Prague
2001 – Head of the Perinatology Center of The Institute for the Care of Mother and Child (ÚPMD), Prague
2008–2015 – Head of maternity wards at The Institute for the Care of Mother and Child (ÚPMD), Prague

Further experience:

2001–2009 – Member of the WHO Regional Advisory Panel for Reproductive Health in Europe
2002 – Chairman of the Council at the Czech National Register of Mothers
2002 – Deputy Chairman of the Council at the Czech National Register of Newborns
2004 – Deputy Chairman of the Council at the Czech National Register of Abortions
2014 – Lead professional guarantor at the Czech National Register of Reproductive Health
2015–2017 – Chairman, Data Safety and Monitoring Board, WHO in Geneva
2015 – Head of a WHO collaboration center for perinatal medicine in the Czech Republic
2016 – Executive Board Member of the European Board and College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (EBCOG)
2017 – Member of WHO Maternal and Perinatal Health Executive Guideline Development Group 2017-2019
2017 – Member of WHO Expert Group to Support Technical Guidance Development: Mother and New Born Health in Refugee and Migrant Populations
2018 – Czech Republic's representative and representative of the European region for WHO during 2018–2020 as part of a coordination and political committee (UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP))

Other scientific research activities:

Main researcher and co-researcher for the Internal Grant Agency of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic (IGA MZ ČR), researcher as part of a research plan of The Institute for the Care of Mother and Child (ÚPMD)

Membership in professional societies:

From 2001 – Scientific Secretary of the Czech Gynecological and Obstetrical Society (ČGPS)
From 2006 – Deputy Chairman of the Committee of Perinatal Medicine Section of the Czech Gynecological and Obstetrical Society (ČGPS)
Member of the Scientific Committee of the EUROPERISTAT II project
Honorary member of the Slovak Gynecological and Obstetrical Society (2017)

Doctors from specialization Gynecology