Dr Michael Vrany, born 1953, graduated from Faculty of Medicine JE Purkyne, Brno, Czechoslovakia, in 1977. He passed his first fellowship in General Surgery in 1981 and second fellowship in General Surgery in 1987. In 1996, he had his surgical fellowship at Washington University, St. Luis, Missouri, the USA, and microsurgical and laparoscopic sutures course, San Francisco, California, the USA. So far, he attended the bulk of other shorter courses and educational activities in the USA and European countries.
He is a chief surgeon in Hospital Jablonec nad Nisou.
Dr Vrany is a cofounder of laparoscopic and bariatric surgery in the Czech Republic, one of the most experienced and qualified professionals. He started gastric band surgeries in 1996, and gastric sleeve resection and gastric bypass surgeries in 1998.
He already successfully performed more than 100 gastric plication procedures from 2009.
He is recognized as a national leading expert in colorectal operations, pancreatic procedures, thyroid surgeries, spleen and liver operations, nephrectomies, prostatectomies, and suprarenal procedures.