{"id":161301,"date":"2026-07-23T07:41:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T06:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.upjs.sk\/lekarska-fakulta\/?post_type=cpt_vyucbovezakladne&#038;p=161301"},"modified":"2026-07-23T08:57:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T07:57:55","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"cpt_vyucbovezakladne","link":"https:\/\/www.upjs.sk\/lekarska-fakulta\/en\/educational-base\/nuclear-medicine\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_0, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_0[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_0\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_0 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_0[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_0\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_0 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_0[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_0\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_0 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_0\">Nuclear medicine began to develop as a clinical specialty in the United States in the early 1940s and, after the Second World War, also in Europe. Czechoslovakia was one of the first European countries to embrace this modern trend. Radioisotope departments were established in Prague in the late 1940s and in Bratislava in 1952.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_1, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_1\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_1 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_1\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_1 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_1\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_1 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_1\"><strong>1954<\/strong> \u2013 A Radioisotope Applications Unit was established at the Department of Radiology of the Faculty Hospital in Ko\u0161ice. Despite the difficult post-war conditions, this occurred only two years after the establishment of the first unit of this kind in Bratislava.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_2, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_2\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_2 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_2\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_2 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_2\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_2 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_2\"><strong>1961<\/strong> \u2013 The unit was transformed into the Central Isotope Department, which at that time was the only facility of its kind in the East Slovak Region. Its first physician was Ivona Pokorn\u00e1, MD, PhD.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_3, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_3[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_3\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_3 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_3[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_3\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_3 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_3[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_3\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_3 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_3\"><strong>1968<\/strong> \u2013 An independent Department of Nuclear Medicine was established, with Ivona Pokorn\u00e1, MD, PhD, appointed as its head physician. During her tenure, despite challenging conditions, the department was gradually equipped with high-quality instrumentation, including a gamma scanner and a gamma camera.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_4, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_4[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_4\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_4 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_4[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_4\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_4 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_4[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_4\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_4 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_4\"><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013 Associate Professor Jozef Zim\u00e1\u010dek, MD, PhD, became Head of the Department of Nuclear Medicine. At that time, the department was located in cramped basement premises in Pavilion XV of the Faculty Hospital and Policlinic on Rastislavova Street.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_5, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_5[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_5\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_5 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_5[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_5\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_5 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_5[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_5\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_5 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_5\"><strong>1989<\/strong> \u2013 By this year, plans had been prepared and construction had begun on an oncology pavilion at the new hospital complex on Trieda SNP. The Department of Nuclear Medicine, including a proposed inpatient unit, was also intended to be relocated there. However, these plans were soon abandoned because of other healthcare priorities and a lack of financial resources.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_6, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_6[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_6\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_6 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_6[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_6\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_6 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_6[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_6\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_6 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_6\"><strong>1992 <\/strong>\u2013 The department became a teaching base for the Faculty of Medicine of Pavol Jozef \u0160af\u00e1rik University. Following the merger of the departments of diagnostic radiology and nuclear medicine, the Department of Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Radiology was established. Associate Professor Jozef Zim\u00e1\u010dek, MD, PhD, was appointed its Head; he was awarded the title of Professor in 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_7, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_7[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_7\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_7 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_7[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_7\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_7 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_7[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_7\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_7 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_7\"><strong>1994 <\/strong>\u2013 A new SOPHA Bodytrac whole-body tomographic gamma camera for single-photon emission computed tomography, or SPECT, was installed, enabling further improvements in diagnostic procedures. However, the spatial arrangement of the department did not meet modern radiation protection and hygiene requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_8, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_8[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_8\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_8 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_8[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_8\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_8 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_8[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_8\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_8 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_8\"><strong>1998 <\/strong>\u2013 The department was reorganised as the Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine. Associate Professor Tatiana Jurgov\u00e1, MD, PhD, became Head of the Department. Nuclear medicine was taught by Professor Jozef Zim\u00e1\u010dek, MD, PhD, until 2007, and by Associate Professor J\u00e1n Lepej, MD, PhD, with an interruption from 1999. Members of the department authored and co-authored dozens of scientific publications, textbooks and monographs published both in Slovakia and abroad. The department regularly organised regional professional seminars and, in 1982 and 1995, hosted the Nuclear Medicine Days, the leading meeting of Czechoslovak nuclear medicine specialists.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_9, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_9[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_9\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_9 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_9[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_9\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_9 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_9[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_9\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_9 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_9\"><strong>2003\u20132004<\/strong> \u2013 As part of the transformation of the Slovak healthcare system, the Department of Nuclear Medicine was separated from Louis Pasteur Faculty Hospital by a decision of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic and became part of the newly established East Slovak Institute of Oncology. In February 2004, Associate Professor J\u00e1n Lepej, MD, PhD, submitted a proposal to Minister of Health Rudolf Zajac, MD, for the establishment of a new independent institution and was entrusted with its professional and organisational preparation.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_10, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_10[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_10\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_10 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_10[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_10\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_10 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_10[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_10\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_10 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_10\"><strong>September 1, 2004<\/strong> \u2013 By decision of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic, the Institute of Nuclear and Molecular Medicine was established as a highly specialised institution responsible for developing diagnostics using the most advanced medical imaging methods and nuclear medicine laboratory procedures, as well as for treating diseases using unsealed radioactive sources. Igor Marin, MD, was appointed Director. Associate Professor J\u00e1n Lepej, MD, PhD, became Deputy Director and professional guarantor of the institution. He also continued to provide nuclear medicine teaching within the Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_11, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_11[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_11\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_11 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_11[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_11\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_11 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_11[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_11\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_11 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_11\"><strong>July 1, 2006<\/strong> \u2013 By decision of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic, the nuclear medicine department in Bansk\u00e1 Bystrica was incorporated into the Institute of Nuclear and Molecular Medicine in Ko\u0161ice.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_12, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_12[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_12\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_12 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_12[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_12\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_12 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_12[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_12\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_12 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_12\"><strong>2006\u20132011<\/strong> \u2013 The premises underwent partial reconstruction, a third gamma camera was installed, and gradual changes were introduced in the organisation of work, the structure of services and the number of nuclear medicine examinations performed. The Institute participated in several research and grant-funded projects. Its lecture and publication activities increased considerably, including participation in international scientific events. Preparations for and construction of a new building also began during this period.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_13, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_13[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_13\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_13 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_13[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_13\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_13 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_13[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_13\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_13 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_13\"><strong>March 22, 2011<\/strong> \u2013 The new building of the Institute of Nuclear and Molecular Medicine in Ko\u0161ice was officially opened. In May 2011, the inpatient department for the treatment of patients with iodine-131 commenced operation, and a new SPECT\/CT system was installed at the beginning of 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_14, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_14[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_14\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_14 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_14[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_14\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_14 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_14[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_14\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_14 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_14\"><strong>2012 <\/strong>\u2013 Milan Ma\u010far, MD, MPH, was appointed Director by the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic. Older, depreciated detection equipment was gradually replaced, and the diagnostic section was expanded to include an endocrinology outpatient clinic and an ultrasonography clinic.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_15, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_15[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_15\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_15 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_15[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_15\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_15 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_15[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_15\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_15 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_15\"><strong>2013 <\/strong>\u2013 Thirteen years after the installation of the first PET scanner in Bratislava, positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography, or PET\/CT, also became available in Ko\u0161ice. The installation of a state-of-the-art PET\/CT scanner significantly improved access to oncological diagnostics in the region of eastern Slovakia.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_16, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_16[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_16\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_16 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_16[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_16\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_16 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_16[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_16\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_16 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_16\"><strong>December 16,  2014<\/strong> \u2013 Milan Ma\u010far, MD, MPH, left the Institute to take up the position of Director of the University Hospital in Ko\u0161ice. He was succeeded by Ing. \u0160tefan Mikolaj, who had previously served as Head of Economics at the Institute of Nuclear and Molecular Medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_17, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_17[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_17\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_17 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_17[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_17\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_17 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_17[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_17\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_17 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_17\"><strong>2015 <\/strong>\u2013 Following a change in the organisational structure, Igor Marin, MD, became the new Deputy Director for Medical Care. The satellite department in Bansk\u00e1 Bystrica underwent structural renovation. From the academic year 2015\/2016, nuclear medicine became an independent academic subject.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_18, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_18[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_18\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_18 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_18[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_18\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_18 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_18[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_18\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_18 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_18\"><strong>2016 <\/strong>\u2013 An independent Department of Nuclear Medicine was established jointly by the Faculty of Medicine of Pavol Jozef \u0160af\u00e1rik University and the Institute of Nuclear and Molecular Medicine. Its objective was to create opportunities for the professional development of specialists and to improve cooperation between the Institute\u2019s teaching base and the other departments of the Faculty of Medicine. Associate Professor J\u00e1n Lepej, MD, PhD, was appointed Head of the Department.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_19, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_19[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_19\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_19 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_19[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_19\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_19 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_19[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_19\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_19 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_19\"><strong>2017 <\/strong>\u2013 Ing. Franti\u0161ek Le\u0161und\u00e1k, was appointed Director by the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic. The installation of medical equipment at the Bansk\u00e1 Bystrica department was completed.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_20, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_20[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_20\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_20 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_20[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_20\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_20 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_20[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_20\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_20 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_20\">Research<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_21, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_21[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_21\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_21 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_21[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_21\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_21 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_21[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_21\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_21 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_21\">The Department of Nuclear Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef \u0160af\u00e1rik University in Ko\u0161ice, and the Institute of Nuclear and Molecular Medicine operates within its teaching base, the Institute of Nuclear and Molecular Medicine (INMM). The Institute meets all relevant EU criteria applicable to this type of facility and is equipped to a high European standard with modern imaging technology. It holds ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certifications and has successfully undergone regular audits for several years.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_22, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_22[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_22\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_22 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_22[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_22\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_22 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_22[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_22\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_22 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_22\">Together with its department in Bansk\u00e1 Bystrica, the Institute performs more than 10,000 examinations annually. It offers the broadest range of nuclear medicine examinations of all nuclear medicine centres in Slovakia. The teaching base provides excellent facilities and equipment for presentations and education. In 2014, the Institute hosted participants of the European School of Nuclear Medicine (ESNM), receiving very positive feedback.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_23, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_23[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_23\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_23 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_23[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_23\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_23 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_23[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_23\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_23 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_23\">Awards and other significant achievements in the past year<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_24, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_24[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_24\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_24 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_24[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_24\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_24 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_24[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_24\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_24 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading161301_a18ff9-be_24\">In 2016, the Institute of Nuclear and Molecular Medicine was ranked first in the category of \u201cBest-Rated Other Healthcare Facilities\u201d in the 2015 patient satisfaction survey conducted by D\u00f4vera Health Insurance Company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"parent":65779,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"tax_aktuality":[],"class_list":["post-161301","cpt_vyucbovezakladne","type-cpt_vyucbovezakladne","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"acf_link_na_externy_obsah":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>History - Lek\u00e1rska fakulta | UPJ\u0160<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.upjs.sk\/lekarska-fakulta\/en\/educational-base\/nuclear-medicine\/history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"History - Lek\u00e1rska fakulta | UPJ\u0160\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nuclear medicine began to develop as a clinical specialty in the United States in the early 1940s and, after the Second World War, also in Europe. 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