MUDR. KAREL ČUTKA

MUDr. Karel Čutka

Head of Center for Medical Genetics Ltd.

Born in 1950 in Tábor. He graduated the local grammar school, then studied at the Faculty of General Medicine of Charles University in Prague, with graduation in 1974, like his father and son. He has attestation in the field of medical genetics and gynecology and obstetrics. In 1974, he started working at the Gynaecology Department of the Hospital in České Budějovice; from 1983, has was the Head of Department of Medical Genetics of the Hospital in České Budějovice. In 1997, he founded the private Centre for Medical Genetics Ltd., in České Budějovice, focused on prenatal diagnosis, clinical genetics, medical genetics laboratory. This laboratory has been accredited according to ČSN ISO 15189:2007 in 2007. In 2014, the operation of the laboratory was harmonized to the new standard and accredited according to ČSN ISO 15189:2013 by the Czech Institute for Accreditation.

In today’s centre, he trained several doctors in clinical genetics and a number of university graduates in the field of laboratory methods in medical genetics.