Dr. Jiri Plasek is an Associate Professor of Cardiology with a main research interest in electrophysiology, risk stratification, platelet function tests, biomarkers, and echocardiography. Most of his professional career has been bound to University Hospital Ostrava and the Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine in Prague. His postdoctoral studies were concluded in 2012 with a thesis on vasovagal syncope and vasoactive peptides. He has authored numerous impacted articles and is a fellow of the European Society of Cardiology.