Draft:Martin Jan Stránský

Martin Jan Stránský (born October 30, 1956 in New York City) is a Czech politician, physician[1] and former professor of neurology at Yale University,[2] editor of the relaunched version of the magazine Přítomnost.

Life He came from a prominent Czechoslovak First Republic family. His great-grandfather, Adolf Stránský, founded Lidové noviny and was the first Minister of Trade during the First Republic. His grandfather Jaroslav Stránský was Minister of Justice and after World War II Minister of Education. His father Jan Stránský founded the Czechoslovak broadcast of Radio Free Europe together with Pavel Tigrid.[source?]

Studies and medical activities In 1978, he received a bachelor's degree in art history from Columbia University in New York City.[2][3] In 1983, he graduated as a physician from Grenada's St. George's University (Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean).[3][4][note 1]

He is a professor in the Department of Neurology at Yale University[5].

He is the co-founder and director of the Polyclinic on the National in Prague[1].

He is the founder and director of the Prague Selective Program,[6] a summer program for medical students worldwide.

Neurological certification according to the requirements of the American Academy of Neurology. Attestation and obtaining specialized competence in neurology in the Czech Republic. Attestation in internal medicine as required by the American Society of Internal Medicine. Certification in general medicine and neurology in the Czech Republic. Fellowship (associate professorship), American College of Physicians. Member of the American Board of Internal Medicine, American Academy of Neurology, member of the Czech Medical Chamber, the Czech Medical Society of J. E. Purkyně and affiliated societies: the Czech Neurological Society, the Czech Society for Neuroscience, the Society of Social Pediatrics, the Society of Child Psychology, the Society of Social Medicine and Health Care Management, the Society of Physicians of Prague.

In 2014, he founded the Office of the Health Ombudsman. Today, he is mostly concerned with the neurological impact of modern technology on the human brain and on the future of humanity; he is preparing a book on this topic, discussing the emerging de-evolution of the Evolution of the Human Species[7].

Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Neurology, Yale School of Medicine. Chief of Neurology, Yale New Haven Medical Center and assigned hospitals. Emeritus status as of January 1, 2022. Founder and Director of the Physician Exchange Program in Neuroscience, Yale University - Charles University. Reviewer for Yale University, NIH/FIC Global Health Scholars Program.

Political activities Martin Jan Stránský was a founding member of the Impuls 99 civic initiative[3].

In 2008, he ran as an independent candidate for the Senate in electoral district No. 27 (covering the districts of Prague 1, Prague 2, Prague 5, Prague 6 and Prague 7) with the support of Věcí veřejných. He won 12% of the vote and did not advance to the second round.[8]

In October 2009, he was the main partner of the doctor Jan Hnízdil in the activities of a group of doctors and politicians close to Václav Havel, who began discussing the possibility of dismissing the President of the Republic, Václav Klaus, for his alleged mental illness at a time when he refused to sign the Lisbon Treaty. Hnízdil took steps to test this possibility as early as May 2009, Stránský is cited as the main co-initiator, psychoanalyst Václav Mikota and psychologist Slavomil Hubálek also sympathised with the plan, while some others were more reticent about it. This correspondence was reported in February 2010 by editor Adam B. Bartoš.[9][10]

In 2010, he ran unsuccessfully for the Chamber of Deputies on the Věci veřejných candidate list in the South Moravian Region,[11] and he was also Shadow Minister of Health of the Czech Republic for the same party.

In 2010, he was elected on the Public Affairs candidate list to the Prague 1 City Council.[3][14] In 2011, the anti-corruption group Revival warned Stránský of violating the Code of Ethics for Prague 1 City Councillors because he failed to submit the mandatory "Notification of Income and Activities" and thus failed to disclose the sources and amount of his income. [15] From 2011 to 2015, he was a member of the Supervisory Board of the Prague Children Foundation, a policy-driven organization of the Municipal District of Prague 1, which aims to support various cultural events for children;[16] in addition, he is engaged in business activities.

In the 2014 municipal elections, he unsuccessfully ran for the Prague 1 Municipal Council on the Jan Kasl Democrats ticket, which did not get elected to the council.[18] In 2018, he ran again for the Prague 1 Municipal Council, this time on the TOP 09 ticket, but was not elected.[19]

He serves as an advisor to prime ministers, ministers and numerous local and international organizations. He has also served as a visiting professor of neurology and clinical diagnostics, St. George's University School of Medicine, Grenada, West Indies;[20] also as a member of the Consultative Council of the Senate Standing Committee for Compatriots Living Abroad, Senate of the Czech Republic. He also served as a supporter and advisor to the presidential campaign team of Peter Paul;[21] senior advisor to the wife of the President, Eva Pavlova.

Presence Magazine Upon his return to Czechoslovakia, he continued the family tradition and in January 1995 began publishing the monthly magazine Nová Přítomnost, a reference to the political weekly Přítomnost, which his grandfather Jaroslav Stránský had started in 1924.[22] In 1996, it was also published in English translation under the name The New Presence.[23]

Želivka Winery In 2014, he founded the Želivka winery in Hněvkovice near Ledec nad Sázavou. The wine here is supposedly grown in a purely "organic" way, i.e. without any chemicals. Fermentation is spontaneous. The current yield of the vineyard is around 700 litres per year[24].

Cultural and other activities and membership - Member of PEN Club, Czech Republic[25] - Member of the International Nominating Committee, Trebbia Foundation, Prague[26]. - Initiator and main organizer of the construction and placement of the monument to Dr. Milada Horáková in Prague's Sněmovna - Street (unveiling 16.11.2015)[27]. - Founder and director of the Stránský Company, the M. J. Stránský Foundation (publications, journalistic teaching and support), the Martin Jan Stránský Civic Association (civil society), the Stránský Foundation (civil rights, Office of the Ombudsman for Health, www.nfstransky.cz). - Member of the Yale Club, Czech Republic. - In 2014 he founded his own vineyard "Želivka" in Hněvkovice near Ledec nad Sázavou with production of wine, grapes and grape leaves. In 2020 the winery won a gold medal (for Solaris 2017), International Wine Cup, Hradec Kralove. - In 2022, under the endorsement of the Municipality of Prague 1, it organized an ecumenical meeting in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. - In 2022, under the endorsement of the Prague 1 Municipality, he organized a conference on "The Age of Mistrust."[28] Patron of the Martinů Strings Prague orchestra. - He gave a TEDx talk on how technology is destroying the human mind from the perspective of neurology[29].

Honorary memberships and more - Recipient of the Masaryk Academy of Arts Award for contribution in the field of culture. - Honorary patron of the Centre for Integration of Foreigners, Prague. - Founding member of the Lions Club, Rokycany.

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