M.U.Dr. MARTIN JAN STRANSKY, M.D., F.A.C.P.

Address: USA: 1-B Heritage Circle, Southbury CT, Tel (203) 592-7470 : Národní 11, Prague 1, 110 00 Tel/fax: (+420) 222 075 101/ 224 215 059 E-mail: [email protected]

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, .

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 (CT), Czech Republic (EU) and Grenada W.I.

Current medical activities, USA:

 Assistant Clinical Professor, Dept. of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine. Attending Physician, Yale New Haven Medical Center and affiliated hospitals.  Attending Physician, Cornell-Scott Hill Health Centers, CT  Director, Yale University-Charles University Neuroscience Exchange Program.

Current medical activities, international:

 Founder and Director, Office of the Ombudsman of Health, Czech Republic (www.ombudsmanprozdravi.cz)  Panel physician, Embassies of the United States and Great Britain, Czech Republic.  Vice-Chairman, Supervisory Board, International Clinical Research Center, Czech Republic (www.fnusa-icrc.org/en). Chairman, Task Force for restructuring ICRC.  Director of Alumni Development, Visiting Professor in Physical Diagnosis and Neuroscience, St. George´s University School of Medicine (www.sgu.edu – see Alumni relations). Hospital Neurologist, General Hospital, St. George, Grenada WI  Founder and Director, Prague Selective Program (largest summer study program for medical students of its type in the world) (www.pragueselective.com).  Lecturer and visiting professor in Neurology, Charles University School of Medicine, Prague.¨  Founder and Director, Polyclinic at Národní, Prague and Private Neurological Associates, Prague (www.poliklinikanarodni.cz).  Medical Guarantor, Nadace Spokojené děti, Prague (largest Czech Foundation to support children – www.spokojenedeti.cz). and Nadace krása pomoci (Foundation of 2006 Taťána Kuchařová for senior citizens- www.krasapomoci.cz).  Team doctor, FC Hněvkovice.

Current cultural and other activities:

 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, Board of Directors, Czech North American Chamber of Commerce and Culture, serving 1.5 million Czechs in North America.  Member of the International Nominating Committee for the Trebbia Award, Czech Republic.  Member of the Board, TJ Sokol, Hněvkovice.

Current political activities:

 Past and present Advisor to heads of state, ministers, local and international organizations on medical systems, international healthcare and economics and educational teaching methods.  Chairman, Advisory Committee, Senate Commission on Czechs Living Abroad, Senate of the Czech Republic.

Past medical activities and honorary functions:

Honorary Member Board of Directors, Children’s Brain Foundation, Prague; Member of Supervisory Boards, Nemocnice Na Františku and Nemocnice pod Petřinem hospitals, Prague; MC for White Coat Ceremony, University of Northumbria, UK.; External academic lecturer, University of Tasmania, ; Member, Supervisory Board, Prague Children´ s Foundation; Founder, American Czech and Slovak Neuroscience Association.

Past cultural activities and honorary functions:

Member of Fulbright Scholarship Award Committee, Prague; recipient of the Masaryk Award for Cultural Excellence, 1996; Founder of the Prague Press Club; Honorary Patron, Center for the Integration of Foreigners, Prague; Delegate or the Czech Republic, Migration Conference, European Parliament, Brussels; Founding member, Forum for European Journals, Budapest; Honorary Member, Association of Lidové noviny, Prague; Founder, N11 Music Club and N11 Records, Prague; Co-author of CD SPYDER-Topspin (Hannover) 2001. Founder G8 TRANSGLOBAL and author/publisher of CD by same name (2006, SONY BMG); Coordinator for “New York Stage” project, Colours of Ostrava Festival; Member, Board of Directors, Program Committee, Forum 2000,moderator in 1999, 2000, 2001 conferences; Chief moderator, Student’s Forum 2000, 2001 conferences, Prague; Founding Member of General Secretariat, Committee for a Free Belorussia, Prague, 2003; Founder, Prague Press Club; Chairman, Organ Restoration Committee, Church of St. Thomas, Prague.

Past political activities:

Elected as an independent candidate to the Prague 1 City Council, 2010 for 4 year term; In 2014 re- election bid, received most write-in votes than any candidate but DJK party failed to pass 5% threshold; Shadow Minister of Health, Czech Republic as independent candidate for Věci Veřejné - negotiated, drafted and signed the Government healthcare program with other coalition partners; campaigned for Czech Senate as independent candidate in 2010, 2008; Charter signatory and first Director, Impulse 99 citizen’s initiative, Prague.

Publications, appearances and societies:

 Analyst and columnist with over several hundred articles and analyses on neurology, politics, culture and society, in Czech and international media – see www.narodni.cz for complete list and downloads.  Regular appearances in various TV, print and radio.  Author of epilogue, Vzkazy domů (Messages home), Dny české státnosti, Labyrint publishers, Prague 2012  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