UCM
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
 prof. MUDr. Branislav Kollár, PhD. MPH.
Email:
 branislav.kollar@ucm.sk
Homepage:
 http://
Fakulta/Univerzita:
FZV UCM - Faculty of Health Sciences
Pracovisko:
KKD - Katedra klinických disciplín

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Kollár
I.2 - Name
Branislav
I.3 - Degrees
Prof., MD, PhD, MPH
I.4 - Year of birth
1973
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Rázusova 14, 921 01 Piešťany
I.7 - Position
External University Teacher - Professor
I.8 - E-mail address
branislav.kollar@ucm.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/3221
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Healthcare Sciences
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0002-7016-6992

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine
II.b - Year
1997
II.c - Study field and programme
General Medicine
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine
II.b - Year
1997
II.c - Study field and programme
General Medicine
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine
II.b - Year
2004
II.c - Study field and programme
Neurology
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine
II.b - Year
2009
II.c - Study field and programme
Neurology
II.5 - Professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine
II.b - Year
2016
II.c - Study field and programme
Neurology
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
External University Teacher - Professor University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Faculty of Health Sciences 2018 - present
University Teacher - Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine, 1st Department of Neurology 2005 - present
Doctor - neurologist University Hospital Bratislava, Old Town Hospital, 1st Department of Neurology 1997 - present

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
Specialisation in Neurology (1st Degree) Slovak Medical University in Bratislava 2000
Specialisation in Neurology (2nd Degree) Slovak Medical University in Bratislava 2005
Specialisation in Healthcare Management and Financing Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine 2016
Specialisation in Public Health Management (Master of Public Health - MPH) University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Faculty of Health Sciences 2020

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Special Methodologies in Neurology 1 Physiotherapy II. Health Sciences
Special Methodologies in Neurology 2 Physiotherapy II. Health Sciences
Information Technologies Physiotherapy III. Health Sciences
Biomedical Statistics Physiotherapy III. Health Sciences
Neurology General Medicine I. + II. General Medicine
Neurology Dentistry I. + II. Dentistry
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
General Medicine - Co-Guarantor of Neurology I. + II. General Medicine
Dentistry - Co-Guarantor of Neurology I. + II. Dentistry
Neurology - Co-Guarantor III. General Medicine
Specialisation Study Programme in Neurology - Co-Guarantor Other General Medicine
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.3.a - Name of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure V.3.b - Study field to which it is assigned
Neurology - Co-Guarantor General Medicine
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
2
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
2
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
2
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
30
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
25
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
5
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
279 (Academic Library of the Faculty of Medicine of the Comenius University)
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
66 (Academic Library of the Faculty of Medicine of the Comenius University)
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
85 (SCOPUS)
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
37 (SCOPUS)
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
854 (Google Scholar)
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
613 (Google Scholar)
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
507 (Web of Science), 586 (SCOPUS)
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
376 (Web of Science), 448 (SCOPUS)
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
10
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
3
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

Čarnická Z, Kollár B [corresponding author], Šiarnik P, Krížová L, Klobučníková K, Turčáni P: Sleep disorders in patients with multiple sclerosis. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 2015; 11(5): 551-555. (IF = 2,710; Q2)

Šiarnik P, Kollár B [corresponding author], Čarnická Z, Šurda P, Klobučníková K, Sýkora M, Turčáni P: Association of sleep disordered breathing with wake-up acute ischemic stroke: A full polysomnographic study. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 2016; 12(4): 549-554. (IF = 3,429; Q2)

Penesová A, Vlček M, Imrich R, Vernerová L, Marko A, Mešková M, Grunnerová L, Turčáni P, Ježová D, Kollár B [corresponding author]: Hyperinsulinemia in newly diagnosed patients with multiple sclerosis. Metabolic Brain Disease. 2015; 30(4): 895-901. (IF = 2,603; Q3)

Žitňanová I, Šiarnik P, Kollár B, Chomová M, Pazderová P, Andrezálová L, Ježovičová M, Koňariková K, Laubertová L, Krivošíková Z, Slezáková L, Turčáni P: Oxidative stress markers and their dynamic changes in patients after acute ischaemic stroke. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2016; 2016, Art. No. 9761697, pp. [1-7]. (IF = 4,593; Q2)

Hardoňová M, Šiarnik P, Siváková M, Suchá B, Penesová A, Rádiková Ž, Havranová A, Imrich R, Vlček M, Žitňanová I, Krastev G, Kiacikova M, Kollár B, Turčáni P: Endothelial function in patients with multiple sclerosis: the role of GLP-1 agonists, lipoprotein subfractions, and redox balance. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2023; 24(13), Art. No. 11162, pp. [1-13]. (IF = 5,6; Q1)

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years

Kollár B, Šiarnik P, Koňariková K, Oravec S, Klobucká S, Klobučníková K, Poddaný M, Rádiková Ž, Janubová M, Turčáni P, Gajdošová L, Žitňanová I: The interplay of dyslipidemia, oxidative stress, and clinical outcomes in acute ischemic stroke patients with and without coronary artery disease. Biomedicines. 2024; 12(2), Art. No. 332, pp. [1-13]. (IF = 4,7; Q1)  

Kollár B, Šiarnik P, Hlucháňová A, Klobučníková K, Mucska I, Turčáni P, Paduchová Z, Katrenčíková B, Janubová M, Koňariková K, Argalášová Ľ, Oravec S, Žitňanová I: The impact of sleep apnea syndrome on the altered lipid metabolism and the redox balance. Lipids in Health and Disease. 2021; 20(1), Art. No. 175, pp. [1-8]. (IF = 4,321; Q2)

Karapin P, Šiarnik P, Suchá B, Jurík M, Tedla M, Poddaný M, Klobučníková K, Šutovský S, Turčáni P, Kollár B: Cognition in patients with sleep-disordered breathing: can obstructive and central apneic pauses play a different role in cognitive impairment? Life. 2022; 12(8), Art. No. 1180, pp. [1-7]. (IF = 3,2; Q2)

Klobucká S, Klobucký R, Kollár B: Effect of robot-assisted gait training on motor functions in adolescent and young adult patients with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy: A randomized controlled trial. NeuroRehabilitation. 2020; 47(4): 495-508. (IF = 2,138; Q2)

Rádiková Ž, Penesová A, Vlček M, Havranová A, Siváková M, Šiarnik P, Žitňanová I, Imrich R, Turčáni P, Kollár B: Lipoprotein profiling in early multiple sclerosis patients: effect of chronic inflammation? Lipids in Health and Disease. 2020; 19(1), Art. No. 9, pp. [1-10]. (IF = 3,876; Q3)

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

Šiarnik P, Kollár B, Čarnická Z, Šurda P, Klobučníková K, Sýkora M, Turčáni P: Association of sleep disordered breathing with wake-up acute ischemic stroke: A full polysomnographic study. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 2016; 12(4): 549-554. CITATION: Brunetti V, Ferilli M, Vollono C, Di Franco A, Della Marca G: Wake-up right-sided hemiparesis and dysarthria in a heavy snorer. Chest. 2018; 153(1): e13-e17.

Penesová A, Vlček M, Imrich R, Vernerová L, Marko A, Mešková M, Grunnerová L, Turčáni P, Ježová D, Kollár B: Hyperinsulinemia in newly diagnosed patients with multiple sclerosis. Metabolic Brain Disease. 2015; 30(4): 895-901. CITATION: Procaccini C, Santopaolo M, Faichia D, Colamatteo A, Formisano L, De Candia P, Galgani M, De Rosa V, Matarese G: Role of metabolism in neurodegenerative disorders. Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental. 2016; 65(9): 1376-1390.

Čarnická Z, Kollár B, Šiarnik P, Krížová L, Klobučníková K, Turčáni P: Sleep disorders in patients with multiple sclerosis. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 2015; 11(5): 551-555. CITATION: Murphy M, Kaur V, Bui HL, Yang T, Erridge S, Holvey C, Coomber R, Rucker JJ, Weatherall MW, Sodergren MH: Clinical outcome analysis of patients with multiple sclerosis - Analysis from the UK Medical Cannabis Registry. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. 2024; 87: Art. No. 105665, pp. [1-10].

Šiarnik P, Jurík M, Veverka J, Klobučníková K, Kollár B, Turčáni P, Sýkora M. Pulse oximetric routine examination of sleep apnea in acute stroke (PRESS). Sleep Medicine. 2020; 73: 208-212. CITATION: Baillieul S, Dekkers M, Brill AK, Schmidt MH, Detante O, Pépin JL, Tamisier R, Bassetti CLA. Sleep apnoea and ischaemic stroke. Current knowledge and future directions. Lancet Neurology. 2022; 21(1): 78-88. 

Žitňanová I, Šiarnik P, Kollár B, Chomová M, Pazderová P, Andrezálová L, Ježovičová M, Koňariková K, Laubertová L, Krivošíková Z, Slezáková L, Turčáni P: Oxidative stress markers and their dynamic changes in patients after acute ischaemic stroke. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2016; 2016, Art. No. 761697, pp. [1-7]. CITATION: Shao AW, Lin DF, Wang LL, Tu S, Lenahan C, Zhang JM: Oxidative stress at the crossroads of aging. Aging and Disease. 2020; 11(6): 1537-1566.

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years

2025-2028 Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic, grant number VEGA 1/0075/25: "Obstructive sleep apnea and cognitive function. Mechanisms accompaying intermittent hypoxia and subsequent reoxygenation." Principal Investigator: Prof. Branislav Kollár, MD, PhD, MPH.

2024-2028 Sloval Research and Development Agency, grant number APVV-23-0028: "Innovative and comprehensive insight into obstructive sleep apnea." Principal Investigator: Prof. Branislav Kollár, MD, PhD, MPH.

2023-2026 Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic, grant number VEGA 1/0022/23: "Potential risk factors for accelerated atherogenesis in patients with obstructive sleep apnea." Principal Investigator: Assoc. Prof. Pavel Šiarnik, MD, PhD, MPH; Deputy Principal Investigator: Prof. Branislav Kollár, MD, PhD, MPH.

2018-2021 Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic, grant number MZ-SR 2018/37-LFUK-11: "The use of GLP-1 analogs in the multiple sclerosis treatment." Principal Investigator: Prof. Peter Turčáni, MD, PhD; Deputy Principal Investigator: Prof. Branislav Kollár, MD, PhD, MPH.

2022-2026 Sloval Research and Development Agency, grant number APVV-21-0261: "Effects of GLP-1 analog on multiple sclerosis." Principal Investigator: Prof. Peter Turčáni, MD, PhD; Investigator: Prof. Branislav Kollár, MD, PhD, MPH.

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
Member of the Scientific Board University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava 2018 - present
Member of the Scientific Board University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Faculty of Health Sciences 2021 - present
Member of the PhD Study Programme Committee in Neurology Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine 2009 - present
Member of the PhD Study Programme Committee in Psychiatry Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine 2010 - present
Member of the PhD Study Programme Committee in Physiotherapy University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Faculty of Health Sciences 2022 - present
Chair of the Editorial Board Slovak Journal of Health Sciences 2018 - present
Member of the Editorial Board EDUSAN 2014 - present
Member of the Professional Scientific Society Slovak Neurological Society 1997 - present
Chair of the Supervisory Board Slovak Society for Clinical Neurophysiology 2012 - 2016
Member of the Supervisory Board Slovak Society for Clinical Neurophysiology 2007 - 2011

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
1st Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, St. Anne´s Faculty Hospital Pekařská 664/53, 656 91 Brno 17.4. – 25.5.2001 Study stay in the "Center for Epilepsy".
Centre for Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology Neuer Wall 19, 203 54 Hamburg 6.10. – 17. 10. 2014 Work and lecture stay as a "visiting professor".
Centre for Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology Neuer Wall 19, 203 54 Hamburg 18.4. – 2.5. 2015 Work and lecture stay as a "visiting professor".
Centre for Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology Neuer Wall 19, 203 54 Hamburg 8.7. – 24.7. 2016 Work and lecture stay as a "visiting professor".
Centre for Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology Neuer Wall 19, 203 54 Hamburg 8.7. – 23.7. 2017 Work and lecture stay as a "visiting professor".

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

• 2023: Bronze Medal from the Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University.

• 2021: Slovak Neurological Society /SNeS/ Award for the Best Publication in 2020 (Šiarnik P, Kollár B, et al. Pulse oximetric routine examination of sleep apnea in acute stroke /PRESS/. In: Sleep Medicine. 2020, 73: pp. 208-212).

• 2019: Commemorative Medal from the Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.

• 2017: Literary Fund Prize for the book Laššánová M, Sysák R, Šiarnik P, Kollár B. Epilepsy and women: specific issues in the pharmacotherapy of epilepsy in women. Bratislava: Edusan, 2016, 236 pages.

• 2017: SNeS Award for the Best Publication in 2016 (Šiarnik P, Kollár B, et al. Association of sleep-disordered breathing with wake-up acute ischemic stroke: A full polysomnographic study. In: Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 2016, 12(4): pp. 549-554).

• 2003: Piťha Prize from the Czech Society for Clinical Neurophysiology and the Slovak Society for Clinical Neurophysiology, and SNeS Award for the Best Publication in 2002 (Brežný I, Buranová D, Varsik P, Kollár B. Clinical electroencephalography and the phenomenology of EEG graphoelements. Bratislava: S+S Typografik, 2002, 320 pages).

Date of last update
2025-02-10