Dear participants, the State Secretary of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic Mario Miklosi, MD, PhD, will say a few words to the conference participants in the name of the Ministry of Health, as part of the opening ceremony. Mario Miklosi was appointed the State Secretary of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic by the Government of the Slovak Republic on November 20, 2014.
Previously he worked at the Department of Pathology at Medical Faculty of Comenius University in Bratislava. From 1992 to 1995 he worked in the Department of Urology of Derer Hospital with Policlinic in Bratislava. In 1995 and 1996 he completed the study programme at the Department of Urology at Academic Hospital in Maastricht in Netherlands.
Upon his return he worked at the Department of Urology of Derer Hospital with Policlinic in Bratislava until 2009, from 2003 he worked there as a part-time employee. In 2003 and 2004 he held the post of a director of Hospital with Policlinic in Malacky.
In 2004 he worked at the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic as a spokesperson. Year later he held the post of a chairman secretary of Health Care Surveillance Authority. In 2005-2006 and 2011 he held the post of a director of Section of Health at the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic. Since 2007 he has performed his medical practice as a urologist.