Minister of Health of the Slovak Republic

MUDr. Mgr. Michal Palkovič, PhD. MHA, MPH

WORK EXPERIENCE

15.5.2023 - Present	Minister of Health of the Slovak Republic
14.3.2023	State Secretary of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic
2005 - 2023	Health Care Surveillance Authority - physician in charge of autopsies (since 2005), deputy chief physician (2006 – 2020), chief physician of anatomic pathology wards in Bratislava (since 2020)
2022 - 2023	Deputy chairman of Health Care Surveillance Authority
2012 - 2022	Director of Section of Forensic Medicine and Anatomic Pathology, Health Care Surveillance Authority
2010 - Present	University professor, University of St. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Faculty of Health Sciences
1.6.2006 - Present	Biopsy histopathologist, University Hospital in Bratislava
2002 - 2004	Physician in charge of autopsies, National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases in Bratislava
1999 - Present	University professor, Institute of Pathological Anatomy University Hospital in Bratislava

HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

2023	Author of the proposal and team leader of the e-Autopsy Project 2.0
2018 - 2023	Author and chairman of Steering Committee for Digitalization of Dead Bodies Examination Performance in the Slovak Republic
2021	Manager of the Reform of Dead Bodies Examination Performance (professionalization)
2020	Member of the National Clinical Crisis Team of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic for Anatomic Pathology and Forensic Medicine during the Covid-19 pandemic
2019	Chairman of the Health Care Surveillance Authority Commission for the Selection of EMS Ambulances in the Slovak Republic
2018	Reform of Dead Bodies Examination Performance (in position of organizer)
2012 - 2014	Dealing with cases of illegal export and trade of transplants from dead donors in the Slovak Republic
2008	Author and head of collective of authors in design and creation of e-Autopsy module
2007	EUROSTAT, representing the Slovak Republic in the implementation of death certification principles
2002	Author of the proposal for digitalization of autopsies and its programming implementation

EDUCATION

2018	MPH, University of St. Elizabeth in Bratislava
2015	MHA, Public Health, University of St. Elizabeth in Bratislava
2015	Master of Public Health, University of St. Elizabeth in Bratislava
2010	Attestation of 2nd degree in anatomic pathology
2006	PhD. in the field of anatomic pathology and forensic medicine
2002	Attestation of the 1st degree in anatomic pathology
1992 - 1999	Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University Bratislava