Results and Materials:
Healthcare –
Let’s Inspire Each Other – Day 2

Integration Journey of a Slovak Anesthesiologist
in Ireland and the United Kingdom
MUDr. Katarína Lenártová, PhD, FCAI, EDIC

Katarína Lenártová comes from Horné Vestenice. After studying medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, she worked at a hospital in Bojnice. After a year and a half, she decided to take on a new challenge and moved to work in Ireland, from where she later moved to the United Kingdom. Since 2016, she has been working in the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care at Harefield Hospital near London, which specializes in heart and lung surgeries and transplants. Katarína Lenártová is a physician specializing in anesthesiology and intensive care medicine. When deciding on her specialization after graduation, it was important for her to be prepared to react quickly and promptly in acute situations. Anesthesiology was the perfect fit for that.

Currently, among other things, she focuses on heart and lung transplantation. According to her, the journey she guides patients through is incredibly fascinating. Every workday is different and varied, not always cheerful, but this is part of the demanding yet fulfilling nature of her work. Outside of work, Katarína is also a caring mother of two children.

Education and Practice of Psychologists in Slovakia and the UK
MA Lenka Janík Blašková, PhD., CPsychol, FHEA, AFBPsS
Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (AFBPsS)

Lenka works as an assistant professor and lectures in clinical psychology at the Institute of Applied Psychology, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava. She is a trained counseling psychologist, a licensed psychologist, and a distinguished member of the British Psychological Society. She holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge, where she also worked as a university assistant on various research projects, including training cardiologists.
Lenka’s research interests focus on the intersection of mental health, social inclusion, and interpersonal relationships. Currently, she is involved in multiple projects aimed at the mental well-being of helping professions and teachers, as well as developing their skills to support the social and emotional capacities of children and young people. She has long-term collaborations with the Mental Health League and the Irish organization SHEP (Social and Health Education Project).

Psychiatric Care System in the United Kingdom
MUDr. Mgr. Helena Aziri, MRCPsych

Helena is a Consultant Psychiatrist at Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. Before coming to the UK in 2012, she studied medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia, alongside master's studies in French language and literature and marketing communication at the Faculty of Arts, Comenius University. She worked at the Psychiatric Clinic of the University Hospital in Bratislava, where she focused on schizophrenia research.

Currently, she collaborates on a project focused on the treatment of resistant schizophrenia with Professor David Taylor from King’s College London. In her daily practice, she supervises medical students and doctors in training. Helena is the founder of the Association of Slovak Healthcare Professionals in the United Kingdom. She is also a member of the Czech and Slovak Club in the UK.

Community Psychiatry in the UK
MUDr. Edita Searle, MRCPsych

Edita Otáhalová Searle works as a specialist adult psychiatrist in the Early Intervention in Psychosis Team at Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Trust. She studied medicine at the First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague. Edita moved to the United Kingdom in 2011 and worked as an adult psychiatrist at Sussex Partnership until 2019.

After relocating to Gloucestershire, she became a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and plans to resume advanced training. In addition to her clinical work, she is actively involved in research, teaching medical students and junior doctors, and conducting interviews for medical school admissions.

Palliative Care
Katarina Morris, BSc
BSc Nursing, Specialist Nurse in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Professional Nurse Advocate

Katarina studied at the Secondary Medical School in Levoča, after which she worked for three years as a nurse in the Intensive Care Unit in the Czech Republic. She currently works as a Specialist Nurse in the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care in the United Kingdom, where she has lived for 21 years.
Her main responsibilities include supporting families in complex situations and facilitating communication with doctors. She also leads a clinic for patients recovering from critical illness and provides restorative clinical supervision for nurses and other healthcare professionals. Her career and studies primarily focus on psychology, communication, mental health support, and palliative care.

Data in Healthcare:
Low Code/No Code Academic Physician
MUDr. Martin Kršák, MSc, FASAM

Martin Kršák is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado School of Medicine. His primary areas of expertise include orthopedic infections and infectious complications associated with substance use, including non-sterile injections and related behaviors and circumstances (such as commercial sex work, homelessness, and incarceration).

Before joining the faculty at Colorado, he served as an assistant professor in internal medicine, infectious diseases, and addiction medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. During that time, he worked at Lemuel Shattuck Hospital in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts—a public health department hospital serving underprivileged, incarcerated, marginalized, and substance-using populations.

Dr. Kršák’s other professional interests include broader use of telemedicine and long-acting medications, as well as the impact of medical interventions on public health and healthcare economics in various settings, including correctional systems. Martin Kršák grew up in Slovakia (former Czechoslovakia) and earned his MUDr. degree from the Jessenius Faculty of Medicine at Comenius University in Martin, Slovakia. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Caritas (later Steward) Carney Hospital in Dorchester, MA (an affiliate of Tufts University), and his infectious disease fellowship through the Tufts University program (Tufts Medical Center, Lahey Hospital, and Lemuel Shattuck Hospital). At Tufts, he earned an MSc in Clinical and Translational Medical Sciences and is currently pursuing an MBA at the University of Colorado Denver.

Statistics and Data in Medicine:
Key Concepts and Pitfalls
Laura Johanesová

Laura is a bioinformatician and biomedical scientist currently working at the University of Vienna. Her skills in R, Linux, and Python are essential for her research on regeneration. She works as a data scientist at the startup Seerlinq.