Curriculum Vitae

MUDr.  MARTIN  JAN  STRANSKY, MD, FACP 

Address:

Czech Republic: Národní 9, Prague 1, 110 00
Tel: (+420) 222 075 101
USA : 1035 3rd St. Apt 1, New Orleans LA, 70130
E-mail: stransky@mjs.narodni.cz

Date of birth:               October 30, 1956. Dual citizenship: USA and Czech Republic.

Education: 

1986-89  Resident and Chief Resident, Dept. of Neurology, Albany Medical Center, Albany, N.Y.

1986-88  Intern and Resident, Dept. of Medicine, Coney Island Hospital (SUNY), Brooklyn, N.Y.

1985      Neurological elective, Guy´s Hosp. and National Neurological Institute, London.

1983      Doctor of Medicine, St. George´s University School of Medicine, Grenada, W.I.

1978      Bachelor of Arts in Art History, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.

Professional certifications and memberships:               

• Board Certification: Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Board Certification and Certificate of Specialized Training in Neurology, Czech Republic.
• Board Certification:  American Board of Internal Medicine.
• Approbation in Medicine, Czech Republic.
• Fellow, American College of Physicians.
• Active Member: American Academy of Neurology, American College of Physicians, Czech Medical Chamber. Licensed in the United States (CT), Czech Republic (EU) and Grenada W.I., Czech Physicians Organization of Jan E Purkynje:  Neurological Society, Neuroscience Society, Society of Social Pediatrics and Pediatric Psychology, Society of Social Medicine.
• Awarded membership, Sigma Xi, International Scientific Research Honor Society

Current medical activities, USA:                   

• Assistant Clinical Professor, Dept. of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine.
• Director, Yale University-Charles University Neuroscience Exchange Program.
• Reviewer for Yale University, NIH/FIC Global Health Scholars Program

Current medical activities, international:      

• International lecturer on the negative effects of technology on the human brain.
• Founder and Director, Polyclinic at Národní, Prague and Private Neurological Associates, Prague (poliklinikanarodni.cz).
• Visiting Professor in Physical Diagnosis and Neuroscience, St. George´s University School of Medicine (sgu.edu).
• Founder and Director, Prague Selective Program (largest summer study program for medical students of its type in the world) (pragueselective.com).
• Hospital Neurologist, General Hospital, St. George, Grenada WI
• Panel physician, Embassies of the United States, Great Britain, Germany, Czech Republic.

Current cultural and other activities and memberships:

• Founder and publisher, Přítomnost (www.pritomnost.cz) and The New Presence (www.new-presence.com) magazines, Prague.  Founder of Journalism Internship program for same.
• Founder and principal organizer for the project to erect a monument to Milada Horáková on Sněmovní street  (Parliament street, Prague), unveiled on 16.11.2015.
• Founder and CEO: Firma Stránský, Martin Jan Stránský Foundation Fund (for independent

publications and journalism education) The Stránský Foundation (promotes civic rights and

legal protection, www.nfstransky.cz ).

• Member, PEN Club, Czech Republic
• Member, Sigma Xi, International Scientific Research Honor Society

• Member of the International Nominating Committee for the Trebbia Award, Czech Republic.
• Member, Yale Club, Czech Republic
• Founder and active wine grower, “Zelivka” vineyards, Hněvkovice, ČR, winner gold-medal wine (Solaris 2017) International wine Competition, Hradec Králové 2020.

• In 2022, under the auspices of the city of Prague 1, organized a multi-religious ceremony to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust.
• In 2022, under the auspices of the city of Prague 1, organized the conference on “The Age of Distrust.“
• Patron, Martinů strings orchestra, Prague

Current political activities:    

• Past and present Advisor to heads of state, ministers, local and international organizations on medical systems, international healthcare and health economics, and optimal educational teaching methods.
• Member, Advisory Committee, Senate Commission on Czechs Living Abroad,

Senate of the Czech Republic.

• Advisor to president Petr Pavel and his team during the presidential campaign; currently senior personal advisor to First Lady Mrs. Eva Pavlová.

Honorary functions:                         

Recipient of the Masaryk Award for Cultural Excellence; Honorary Patron, Center for the Integration of Foreigners, Prague; Honorary Member, Association of Lidové noviny, Prague

Publications, appearances and societies:

• Analyst and columnist with hundreds of publications and appearances on neurology, politics, culture, society, and the negative impact of technology on society, in Czech and international media, print, radio and television, including TEDx with over 57,000 views and rising: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxJvyWz-LPo.
• Author, The Rise and Fall of the Human Mind (Improvio, 2024), worldwide sales. Also translated into Czech: Vzestup a pád lidské mysli.
• Author of epilogue, Vzkazy domů (Messages home), Dny české státnosti, Labyrint publishers, Prague 2012
• Author The Diary of the Doctor from Mrnice, awarded – Best publication in humor/satire 2019 by the Czech Writer’s Union. Paper Jam publishers.
• Author The Practice of Medicine Today – Ten Key Points,  Svatováclavské studie ČR. 2022
• Author of short story The Golden Dream, Dedicated Fairy Tales project, Cancer Research Foundation, ČR., 2016
• Presenting author, Češi nechtějí demokracii (The Czechs Don’t Want Democracy) and monographs under the same title, Millenium publishing, Chomutov, 2000.
• Charter Member, Lion’s Club, Rokycany, Czech Republic. Member of multiple local, state, and national societies, USA and Czech Republic.

Personal website:   www.narodni.cz