Vlastimil Válek
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health
Vlastimil Válek was born in 1960 in Brno. He spent his childhood in Poštorná and Břeclav, where he graduated from the local grammar school. He then studied at the Faculty of Medicine of Masaryk University, with an attestation in the field of radiodiagnostics. In 1985 he worked as a doctor at the University Hospital Brno–Bohunice, where he is currently leading the Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine. His focus is on the diagnosis and treatment of tumours, himself a pioneer of certain methods. He publishes in important Czech and international medical journals and regularly lectures at prestigious congresses and universities abroad. He was elected chairman of the Czech Radiological Society of the Czech Medical Society of J. E. Purkyně for the period 2014 to 2017. Since 1993 he has also worked at the Faculty of Medicine of Masaryk University, where he carries out research and teaches future doctors. He holds the position of professor of radiology. At the same time, he is a member of several national and international professional organisations.
In 2010 he was elected a representative of Brno-Líšeň District as a nonpartisan for TOP 09. Subsequently in 2013 he joined TOP 09 and after the elections in 2014 he successfully defended his district representative seat. In the regional elections in 2012 he was elected a representative for the South Moravian Region. In the 2017 elections he was the leader of TOP 09 in the South Moravian Region and was elected a member of parliament. In November 2019 he was elected vice-chairman of TOP 09 and in January of 2021 also chairman of the TOP 09 parliamentary group. In the elections to the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic in 2021 he defended his seat.
Vlastimil Válek is married and has four children. He lives in Brno, specifically Brno–Líšeň District. His hobbies include dulcimer music, choir singing, literature and Czech art.
Personal Details
prof. MUDr. Vlastimil Válek, CSc., MBA, EBIR, born 17 May 1960
Education
1979: Břeclav Grammar School
1985: Faculty of Medicine of Masaryk University in Brno
1988: Qualifying attestation from radiodiagnostics I class
1992: Qualifying attestation from radiodiagnostics II class
2006: Qualifying attestation from angiography and interventional radiology
1993: Candidate of Sciences
1999: Postdoctoral degree in field of radiodiagnostics, Faculty of Medicine of Masaryk University in Brno
2003: Professor of proceedings in the field of radiodiagnostics, Faculty of Medicine of Masaryk University in Brno
2006: MBA
2010: CERTIFIED EXPERTISE – The European Board of Interventional Radiology
Career and Public Service
1985–1986: Radiodiagnostic Department of Masaryk Institute of Oncology Brno + 1 year in-person military service
1986–1988: Radiodiagnostic Clinic of the St. Anne's University Hospital (independent working doctor, internal graduate student)
1988–1992: External teacher of radiology at the Secondary Medical School and Higher Vocational School Merhautova Brno and school representative in the professional committee
1989–1993: II. Radiodiagnostic Clinic of the St. Anne's University Hospital (independent working Doctor, intern for gastroenteroradiology)
since 1993: Masaryk University, Faculty of Medicine (professor)
since 1993: Head of the Department of Radiological Assistants at the National Center for Nursing and Non-Medical Health Professions Brno
since 1993: Masaryk University, Faculty of Medicine (professor)
since 2001: Head of the Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine University Hospital Brno
since 2004: Teaching guarantor for the field of radiological physics at the Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, guarantor for Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at the Brno University of Technology and others
2005–2019: Head of the Department of Medical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine at Masaryk University
since 2005: Head of the Department of Medical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine at Masaryk University
since 2012: Deputy Director for SVLS at University Hospital Brno
since 2020: Deputy Director for IT at University Hospital Brno
