Prof. Jaroslav Sterba

Professor of Oncology and Pediatrics

Country

Czech Republic

Speciality

Oncology

Subspeciality

Pediatric Oncology

Experience

1987 years

Languages

English, Czech, Polish, Russian

Areas of expertise

Pediatric oncology
Hematology
Supportive care in oncology
Early clinical trials
Pediatric Metronomic Chemotherapy
Precision/personalized therapy

About the expert

Jaroslav Sterba, is a professor of pediatrics and Oncology and the Head of Pediatric Oncology Department in the Children’s University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic since 1998. He is also the Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic.

Jaroslav Sterba, is a professor of pediatrics and Oncology. Prof. Sterba is the Head of Pediatric Oncology Department in the Children’s University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic since 1998. He is also the Vice-Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic.

He was the chairman of the Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL) committee of the International BFM group. BFM is a globally renowned group conducting research on paediatric leukaemias and lymphomas.

Additionally, Prof. Sterba is a member of a number of well-respected international associations and groups, including the Children´s Oncology Group (COG) (international associate member), European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. (EBMT), and the International Society of paediatric oncology (SIOP).

Prof. Sterba is particularly interested in metronomic chemotherapy in children and has published the first European pediatric trial (COMBAT) in 2006 which was since improved. Beside, he organized the first Workshop in Metronomic Chemotherapy and differentiating therapies in children and adolescents in Brno in 2008.

He has published over 100 full length articles in international journals with impact factor, H index 30 with over 4000 citations.

Director/CEO
2020 - Today
University Hospital Brno, Czech republic
Visiting professor
2019 - 2019
Fiona Elsey Cancer Research Institute, Ballarat, Australia
Vice-Dean
2010 - Today
School of Medicine, Masaryk University Brno, Czech
Chairman
2007 - 2011
NHL committee of the International BFM study group
Professor of oncology
2007 - Today
Masaryk´s University, Faculty of Medicine, Brno, Czech republic
Visiting Professor of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
2006 - 2006
Montreal Children´s Hospital, Canada
Head of Pediatric Oncology Department
1998 - Today
University Children’s Hospital Brno, Czech rep.
Visiting Physician
1997 - 1997
Pediatric Oncolgy Dpt., John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, USA
Visiting Physician
1996 - 1996
Pediatric Oncology Dpt. University of California San Francisco, USA
Pediatric oncologist, senior registrar, acting consultant
1995 - 1997
Medical oncology dpt. Kuwait Cancer Control Center, KUWAIT
Visiting physician
1991 - 1991
Dpt. of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Great Ormond Street Hospital , London,UK

Professor of oncology

Masaryk University (Czechia)

2007
Ph.D. in clinical oncology

Masaryk´s University, School of Medicine Brno, Czech Republic

2000
Bachelor Degree of Medicine and Surgery

Masaryk´s University, School of Medicine Brno, Czech Republic

1987

Czech medical society J.E. Purkyně
International Society of Pediatric Oncology - SIOP
European Blood and Marrow Transplant Group
Children´s Oncology Group USA (COG) (International Associate Member)
Pediatric committee of the European Medicine Agency, Amsterdam, Holand.

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jaroslav-Sterba

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