Doc. MUDr.et MUDr. René Foltán, PhD., FEBOMFS

Dr. Rene Foltán acquired his training at Medical Faculty of Charles University in Hradec Kralove, where he gained his degree in Dentistry and then also in General Medicine. After completing his studies he connected his carrier with the 1st Medical Faculty of Charles University in Prague where he became an assistant professor in 1996 at the department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Key part of his training as a maxillofacial surgeon is associated with many clerkships abroad, especially in University Hospital Zurich with Prof. H. Sailer and Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, United Kingdom with Mr. P. A. Johnson and Prof. P. Haers, where he worked as locum registrar and later as honorary senior house offi cer. In 2006 he obtained Fellowship of the European Board of Oro-Maxillofacial Surgery (FEBOMFS). He defended PhD thesis on the topic „Genioglossus advancement in therapy of obstrucive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS)“ in 2007. Dr. Foltan became an Associate Proffessor in 2011. He is particularly interested in orthognathic surgery for the patients with severe skeletal malocclusions and OSAS. He has lectured extensively on many Czech and international scientific congresses and is an author of many scientific papers. He serves as the Chairman of the Clinic of Stomatology , General University Hospital in Prague and 1 st Medical Faculty of Charles University at present, he is the scientific secretary of the Czech Society for Maxillofacial surgery, member and councilor of Czech Republic at the European Association for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery and member of many other scientifi c societies.