Jan PETRÁŠ, MD, BGen (RET).
851 Charwhit Court
Great Falls, VA, 22066
USA
Security clearance: NATO SECRET
Experience and Qualification Summary:
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Biological Security Expert in the private US Firm, Culmen International, LLC
in Washington DC area, participating on the DOD and other US Government
international security initiatives
Czech Republic Defense Attaché: Senior military advisor to the Ambassador
on Czech / US defense relations. Extensive senior level diplomatic liaison with
the US Department of Defense, US Industry, NATO, Czech Republic and
other Eastern European defense organizations.
Fluent in English, Czech, Russian, Polish, Slovak, proficient in German, basic
Arabic
Surgeon General of the Czech National Military Medical Service
Member of the NATO Counter-Proliferation Committee and Committee of
Medical Chiefs
International Security Expert in Biological Defense,
Published over twenty works on defense and medical topics and lectured
extensively in Europe and the US
QUALIFICATIONS
Experienced Director of a national military medical service (Surgeon General);
acknowledged leader in international medical operations; recognized expert in the
development and deployment of biological defense elements, including establishment of
the biological holding, treatment and research facility in the Czech Republic. Practitioner
in the field of military medicine. Board certified senior surgeon, international lecturer and
published author in the field of general surgery and orthopedic traumatology. Experienced
in international military diplomacy. Experienced in the US Government contracting
process and participation in various US Government international security initiatives in the
Central and Eastern Europe.
PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Led development of the system for the chemical and biological defense of the Czech
Armed Forces. Designed and created the first Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC)
Biosafety Level 4 (BSL4) military holding and treatment facility in Central Europe.
Responsible for the coordination of biological defense and response during the Prague
NATO Summit in 2002.
Created the first International NBC unit within NATO forces in cooperation with the U.S.
Department of Defense. Managed field testing of the special biological detection
equipment with the Czech NBC unit in an overseas deployment. (Kuwait, Iraq).
Directed the reorganization and training of the Army of the Czech Republic military units
dedicated to humanitarian relief, bringing them up to the standard required by national
legislation and international laws and regulation. Managed the medical support capabilities
of the Czech Armed Forces to provide military medical relief in times of national and
international deployment.
Member of the Committee of Medical Chiefs in NATO (COMEDS) – active in the field of
international operations, doctrine and legislature.
Member of the Counterproliferation Committee in NATO, DGP WG in Brussels (Senior
Defence Group on Proliferation): Active in evaluation and assessment of the biological
threat and defense within NATO.
Published more than twenty works and lectured in the Czech Republic and abroad.
Jan PETRÁŠ
EMPLOYMENT CHRONOLOGY
International Security Expert for Biological and Chemical Defense
Culmen Intl. LLC, Alexandria, Virginia USA
From August 2008 to present
Defense Cooperation Attaché to the United States
From July 2007 to July 2008
Czech Defense, Military and Air Attaché to the United States, Washington D.C.
February 2003 to July 2007
Liaison officer with U.S. Government and Department of Defense, diplomat and principal
security advisor to the Czech Ambassador. Daily contact and social interaction with the
international community.
Surgeon General of the Czech Armed Forces
May 2000 to Feb 2003:
Advised the Ministries of Health, Defense, and Interior on both medical and NBC matters.
U.S. Army Medical School, San Antonio, Texas
1999 to 2000
Chief Senior Officer / Deputy Chief of the Development and Control Division
Military Medical Department of the Czech Republic Ministry of Defense.
1998-1999
Various medical positions, including Senior Surgeon, Chief of Medical Services at the
division level, and Chief of the Surgical Department at the Plzen Military Hospital.
1976 to 1998
EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS
NATO Defense College
General and Flag Officer Course, Rome, Italy, - 2002
International Strategic Medical Leadership Course
San Antonio, TX, 2000 and 2001
US Army’s Advance Officer Course, Graduate
American Medical Department Center & School, 2000,
Multiple US and German Army and civilian studies in the field of Orthopedic
Traumatology.
Jan PETRÁŠ
Certified Senior Surgeon
Military Hospital of Plzen, Czech Republic, 1988
Military Medical Research and Postgraduate Studies
Institute of J. E. Purkyne, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 1976
M.D., School of Medicine (summa cum laude)
Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, 1976
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Fluent in English, Czech, Russian, Polish, Slovak, proficient in German, basic Arabic
Jan PETRÁŠ