Assoc. prof. Mária Kuricová, DVM, PhD

Last update: 23. 10. 2023

I. BASIC INFORMATION
I.1 Surname Kuricová
I.2 Name Mária
I.3 Titles Assoc. prof. , DVM, PhD
I.4 Year of birth 1984
I.5 Name of the workplace University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Small Animal Clinic
I.6 Address of the workplace Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice, Slovak Republic
I.7 Position associate professor
I.8 E-mail address maria.kuricova@uvlf.sk
I.9 Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/23882
I.10 Name of the study field in which a person works at the university veterinary medicine
I.11 ORCID iD 3 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8653-8500
3 Optional item.

II. HIGHER EDUCATION AND FURTHER QUALIFICATION GROWTH
II.a Name of the university or institution II.b Year II.c Study field and programme
II.1 First degree of higher education
II.2 Second degree of higher education University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice 2010 general veterinary medicine
II.3 Third degree of higher education University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice 2014 veterinary surgery, orthopedics and radiology
II.4 Associate professor University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice 2022 internal diseases of animals
II.5 Professor
II.6 Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. CURRENT AND PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
III.a Occupation-position III.b Institution III.c Duration
Associate professor University of veterinary medicine and pharmacy in Kosice 2021 up to now
Assistant University of veterinary medicine and pharmacy in Kosice 2014 2021

IV. DEVELOPMENT OF PEDAGOGICAL, PROFESSIONAL, LANGUAGE, DIGITAL AND OTHER SKILLS
IV.a Activity description, course name, other IV.b Name of the institution IV.c Year
30th European College of Veterinary Surgeons (ECVS) online Annual Scientific Meeting, 2021 European College of Veterinary Surgeons 2021
British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA) Virtual Congress, 2021 British Small Animal Veterinary Association 2021
24th online Graz Conference, 2021 Graz Conference 2021
Conference Mefanet, Brno, Czech Republic, 2019, 2021 Mefanet 2021

V. OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE TEACHING CAREER AT THE UNIVERSITY
V.1. Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a Name of the profile course V.1.b Study programme V.1.c Degree V.1.d Field of study
Post-traumatic and post-operative rehabilitation and physiotherapyveterinary nurse full time slovak languagefirstveterinary medicine
Post-traumatic and post-operative rehabilitation and physiotherapyveterinary nurse external slovak languagefirstveterinary medicine
Surgery and orthopaedics of small animalsgeneral veterinary medicine full time english languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Surgery and orthopaedics of small animalsgeneral veterinary medicine full time slovak languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Veterinárna neurológia a neurochirurgiaveterinary surgery, orthopedics and radiology full time slovak languagethirdveterinary medicine
Veterinárna neurológia a neurochirurgiaveterinary surgery, orthopedics and radiology external slovak languagethirdveterinary medicine

V.2. Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year 4
V.2.a Study programme V.2.b Degree V.2.d Field of study
4 According to Art. 6 para. 4 of the Standards for the Study Programme.

V.3. Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.3.a Name of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure V.3.b Study field to which it is assigned

V.4. Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.a Bachelor's (first degree) V.4.b Diploma (second degree) V.4.c Dissertation (third degree)
V.4.1 Number of currently supervised theses 1 5 2
V.4.2 Number of defended theses 7 13 0

V.5. Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a Name of the course V.5.b Study programme V.5.c Degree V.5.d Field of study
Clinical practice - Small animal clinic full time english languagefirstveterinary medicine
Clinical internship at the Small Animal Clinicveterinary nurse full time slovak languagefirstveterinary medicine
Clinical internship at the Small Animal Clinicveterinary nurse external slovak languagefirstveterinary medicine
Klinická stáž na Klinike malých zvieratveterinary nurse external slovak languagefirstveterinary medicine
Rehabilitácia zvieratanimal welfare and protection full time slovak languagesecondveterinary medicine
Rehabilitácia zvieratanimal welfare and protection external slovak languagesecondveterinary medicine
Clinical practice - Small animal clinicfood hygiene full time slovak languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Clinical oncology of animalsfood hygiene full time slovak languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Radiology and imaging diagnosticsgeneral veterinary medicine full time english languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
General surgery and anaestesiologygeneral veterinary medicine full time english languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Clinical practice - Small animal clinicgeneral veterinary medicine full time english languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Radiographic anatomygeneral veterinary medicine full time english languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Clinical oncology of animalsgeneral veterinary medicine full time english languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Clinical syndromes in dog and catgeneral veterinary medicine full time english languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Neurology in small animalsgeneral veterinary medicine full time english languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Radiology and imaging diagnosticsgeneral veterinary medicine full time slovak languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Clinical practice - Small animal clinicgeneral veterinary medicine full time slovak languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Radiographic anatomygeneral veterinary medicine full time slovak languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Clinical oncology of animalsgeneral veterinary medicine full time slovak languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Clinical syndromes in dog and catgeneral veterinary medicine full time slovak languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Neurological review of small animalsgeneral veterinary medicine full time slovak languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine

VI. OVERVIEW OF THE RESEARCH/ARTISTIC/OTHER OUTPUTS
VI.1. Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.a Overall VI.1.b Over the last six years
VI.1.1 Number of the research/artictic/other outputs 142 82
VI.1.2 Number of the research/artictic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases 17 8
VI.1.3 Number of citations corresponding to the research/artictic/other outputs 65 54
VI.1.4 Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases 64 53
VI.1.5 Number of invited lectures at the international, national level 1 1

VI.2. The most significant research/artistic/other outputs 5
1. LEDECKÝ, Valent - KURICOVÁ, Mária - LIPTÁK, Tomáš - ČÍŽKOVÁ, Dáša. The effects of inosine on clinical and histological findings after experimental spinal cord injury in rats. In: Veterinární medicína. 2015. ISSN 0375-8427, Vol. 60, no. 4 (2015), p. 186-193.
(2015: 0.560 - IF, 46 - H-index, 0.921 - IF 5y, 0.368 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q)
2. NAGYOVÁ, Miriam - SLOVINSKÁ, Lucia - BLAŠKO, Juraj - GRULOVÁ, Ivana - KURICOVÁ, Mária - CIGÁNKOVÁ, Viera - HARVANOVÁ, Denisa - ČÍŽKOVÁ, Dáša. A comparative study of PKH67, DiI, and BrdU labeling techniques for tracing rat mesenchymal stem cells : [Porovnávacia štúdia techník značenia PKH67, DiI, a BrdU pre sledovanie mezenchymálnych kmeňových buniek u potkanov] In: In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal. 2014. ISSN 1071-2690, Vol. 50, č. 7(2014), s. 656-63.
(2014: 1.145 - IF, 60 - H-index, 0.193 - IF 5y, 0.549 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q4 - JCR Best Q)
3. KURICOVÁ, Mária - LEDECKÝ, Valent - LIPTÁK, Tomáš - MAĎARI, Aladár - GRULOVÁ, Ivana - SLOVINSKÁ, Lucia - NAGYOVÁ, Miriam - ČÍŽKOVÁ, Dáša. Oral administration of inosine promotes recovery after experimental spinal cord injury in rat : [Orálne podaný inozín urýchlil obnovu funkcií po experimentálnej traume miechy u potkanov] In: Neurological Sciences. 2014. ISSN 1590-1874, Vol. 35, č. 11(2014), s. 1785-1791.
(2014: 1.495 - IF, 69 - H-index, 0.371 - IF 5y, 0.602 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q)
4. LEDECKÝ, Valent - REVAJOVÁ, Viera - PÁLENÍK, Ľubomír - KURICOVÁ, Mária - CAPÍK, Igor - HORŇÁK, Slavomír. The extraosseal intrathoracic radiopaque bone cyst in West Highland White Terrier. In: Acta veterinaria Brno. 2013. ISSN 0001-7213, Vol. 82, č. 3 (2013), s. 249-252.
(2013: 0.448 - IF, 36 - H-index, 0.585 - IF 5y, 0.350 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q)
5. LIPTÁK, Tomáš - CAPÍK, Igor - LEDECKÝ, Valent - NAGY, Oskar - KURICOVÁ, Mária - TÓTHOVÁ, Csilla - MAĎARI, Aladár - FARBÁKOVÁ, Jana - PETROVIČ, Vladimír - HORŇÁK, Slavomír. Cardiorespiratory and hemodynamic effects of medetomidine or xylazine with atropine and diazepam premedication for total intravenous anesthesia induced and maintained with propofol/fentanyl in dogs undergoing surgery. In: Acta Veterinaria Beograd. 2014. ISSN 0567-8315, Vol. 64, č. 4 (2014), s. 466-476.
(2014: 0.375 - IF, 15 - H-index, 0.208 - IF 5y, 0.251 - SJR, Q3 - SJR Best Q, Q4 - JCR Best Q)
5 Maximum of five most significant outputs, if the RATP form is attached to the application.

VI.3. The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years 6
1. VIKARTOVSKÁ, Zuzana - KURICOVÁ, Mária - FARBÁKOVÁ, Jana - LIPTÁK, Tomáš - MUDROŇOVÁ, Dagmar - HUMENÍK, Filip - MAĎARI, Aladár - MALOVESKÁ, Marcela - SYKOVÁ, Eva - ČÍŽKOVÁ, Dáša. Stem cell conditioned medium treatment for canine spinal cord injury: pilot feasibility study. In: International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2020. ISSN 1422-0067, Vol. 21, no. 14 (2020), art. no. 5129, p. [1-21]
(2020: 5.923 - IF, 162 - H-index, 6.132 - IF 5y, 1.455 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q1 - JCR Best Q)
2. HUŇÁKOVÁ, Kristína - HLUCHÝ, Marián - ŠPAKOVÁ, Tímea - MATEJOVÁ, Jana - MUDROŇOVÁ, Dagmar - KURICOVÁ, Mária - ROSOCHA, Ján - LEDECKÝ, Valent. Study of bilateral elbow joint osteoarthritis treatment using conditioned medium from allogeneic adipose tissue-derived MSCs in Labrador retrievers. In: Research in Veterinary Science. 2020. ISSN 0034-5288, Vol. 132, no. (2020), p. 513-520.
(2020: 2.534 - IF, 72 - H-index, 2.382 - IF 5y, 0.719 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q1 - JCR Best Q)
3. HUMENÍK, Filip - ČÍŽKOVÁ, Dáša - ČIKOŠ, Štefan - LUPTÁKOVÁ, Lenka - MAĎARI, Aladár - MUDROŇOVÁ, Dagmar - KURICOVÁ, Mária - FARBÁKOVÁ, Jana - ŠPIRKOVÁ, Alexandra - PETROVOVÁ, Eva - CENTE, Martin - MOJŽIŠOVÁ, Zuzana - ABOULOUARD, Soulaimane - MURGOCI, Adriana - Natalia - FOURNIER, Isabelle - SALZET, Michel. Canine bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells: genomics, proteomics and functional analyses of paracrine factors. In: Molecular and Cellular Proteomics. 2019. ISSN 1535-9476, Vol. 18, no. 9 (2019), p. 1824-1835.
(2019: 4.870 - IF, 181 - H-index, 5.865 - IF 5y, 2.355 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q1 - JCR Best Q)
4. LIPTÁK, Tomáš - LEDECKÝ, Valent - ĎUREJ, Marek - NAGY, Oskar - KURICOVÁ, Mária. General anesthesia effect on acid base and serum calcium and phosphorus levels in relation to anesthetic risk in dogs : [Efekt celkovej anestézie na acidobázu a dérové hladiny kalcia a fosforu v závislosti od anestetického rizika u psov] In: Macedonian Veterinary Review. 2017. ISSN 1409-7621, Vol. 40, č. 2(2017), s. 149-155.
(5 - H-index, 0.195 - SJR, Q3 - SJR Best Q)
5. KURICOVÁ, Mária - LEDECKÝ, Valent - LIPTÁK, Tomáš. Surgical treatment of spinal cord compression in client owned dogs with different grades of neurological dysfunction : [Chirurgická terapia spinálnych kompresií u psov s rôznym stupňom neurologickej dysfunkcie] In: Korean Journal of Veterinary Research. 2016. ISSN 1225-0198, Vol. 56, č. 2(2016), s. 113-116.
(6 - H-index, 0.127 - SJR, Q4 - SJR Best Q)
6 Maximum of five most significant outputs over the last six years, if the RATP form is attached to the application.

VI.4. The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs 7
1. KURICOVÁ, Mária - LEDECKÝ, Valent - LIPTÁK, Tomáš - MAĎARI, Aladár - GRULOVÁ, Ivana - SLOVINSKÁ, Lucia - NAGYOVÁ, Miriam - ČÍŽKOVÁ, Dáša. Oral administration of inosine promotes recovery after experimental spinal cord injury in rat : [Orálne podaný inozín urýchlil obnovu funkcií po experimentálnej traume miechy u potkanov] In: Neurological Sciences. 2014. ISSN 1590-1874, Vol. 35, č. 11(2014), s. 1785-1791.
(2014: 1.495 - IF, 69 - H-index, 0.371 - IF 5y, 0.602 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q)
[1] TEIXEIRA, Fernanda Cardoso - GUTIERRES, Jessie Martins - SOARES, Mayara Sandrielly Pereira - DA SIVEIRA DE MATTOS, Bruna - SPOHR, Luiza - DO COUTO, Carlus Augustu Tavares - BONA, Natalia Pontes - ASSMANN, Charles Elias - MORSCH, Vera Maria - DA CRUZ, Ivana Beatrice Manica - STEFANELLO, Francieli Moro - SPANEVELLO, Roselia Maria. Inosine protects against impairment of memory induced by experimental model of Alzheimer disease: a nucleoside with multitarget brain actions. In PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. ISSN 0033-3158, 2020, vol. 237, no. 3, pp. 811-823.
2. KURICOVÁ, Mária - LEDECKÝ, Valent - LIPTÁK, Tomáš - MAĎARI, Aladár - GRULOVÁ, Ivana - SLOVINSKÁ, Lucia - NAGYOVÁ, Miriam - ČÍŽKOVÁ, Dáša. Oral administration of inosine promotes recovery after experimental spinal cord injury in rat : [Orálne podaný inozín urýchlil obnovu funkcií po experimentálnej traume miechy u potkanov] In: Neurological Sciences. 2014. ISSN 1590-1874, Vol. 35, č. 11(2014), s. 1785-1791.
(2014: 1.495 - IF, 69 - H-index, 0.371 - IF 5y, 0.602 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q)
[1] SOARES DOS SANTOS CARDOSO, Fellipe - BLANCO MARTINEZ, Ana Maria - MARTINS DE ALMEIDA, Fernanda. Inosine: a novel treatment for sciatic nerve injury. In NEURAL REGENERATION RESEARCH. ISSN 1673-5374, 2021, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 127-128.
3. KURICOVÁ, Mária - LEDECKÝ, Valent - LIPTÁK, Tomáš - MAĎARI, Aladár - GRULOVÁ, Ivana - SLOVINSKÁ, Lucia - NAGYOVÁ, Miriam - ČÍŽKOVÁ, Dáša. Oral administration of inosine promotes recovery after experimental spinal cord injury in rat : [Orálne podaný inozín urýchlil obnovu funkcií po experimentálnej traume miechy u potkanov] In: Neurological Sciences. 2014. ISSN 1590-1874, Vol. 35, č. 11(2014), s. 1785-1791.
(2014: 1.495 - IF, 69 - H-index, 0.371 - IF 5y, 0.602 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q)
[1] ZENG, F-S - ZHANG, L. - CUI, B-J - HUANG, L-G - ZHANG, Q. - SUN, M. - LIU, B-L - MENG, F. - LI, Q. - WANG, D-Q - SUN, Q-S. Expression of autophagy in different stages of neurogenic bladder after spinal cord injury in rats. In SPINAL CORD. ISSN 1362-4393, 2017, vol. 55, no. 9, pp. 834-839.
4. VIKARTOVSKÁ, Zuzana - KURICOVÁ, Mária - FARBÁKOVÁ, Jana - LIPTÁK, Tomáš - MUDROŇOVÁ, Dagmar - HUMENÍK, Filip - MAĎARI, Aladár - MALOVESKÁ, Marcela - SYKOVÁ, Eva - ČÍŽKOVÁ, Dáša. Stem cell conditioned medium treatment for canine spinal cord injury: pilot feasibility study. In: International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2020. ISSN 1422-0067, Vol. 21, no. 14 (2020), art. no. 5129, p. [1-21]
(2020: 5.923 - IF, 162 - H-index, 6.132 - IF 5y, 1.455 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q1 - JCR Best Q)
[1] WANG, Yung-Li - ZHENG, Cai-Mei - LEE, Yu-Hsuan - CHENG, Ya-Yun - LIN, Yuh-Feng - CHIU, Hui-Wen. Micro- and Nanosized Substances Cause Different Autophagy-Related Responses. In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, 2021, vol. 22, no. 9, pp.
5. HUŇÁKOVÁ, Kristína - HLUCHÝ, Marián - ŠPAKOVÁ, Tímea - MATEJOVÁ, Jana - MUDROŇOVÁ, Dagmar - KURICOVÁ, Mária - ROSOCHA, Ján - LEDECKÝ, Valent. Study of bilateral elbow joint osteoarthritis treatment using conditioned medium from allogeneic adipose tissue-derived MSCs in Labrador retrievers. In: Research in Veterinary Science. 2020. ISSN 0034-5288, Vol. 132, no. (2020), p. 513-520.
(2020: 2.534 - IF, 72 - H-index, 2.382 - IF 5y, 0.719 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q1 - JCR Best Q)
[1] PINNA, Stefania - LANZI, Francesco - TASSANI, Chiara. The Effect of Cranial Cruciate Ligament Rupture on Range of Motion in Dogs. In VETERINARY SCIENCES, 2021, vol. 8, no. 7, pp.
7 Maximum of five most significant citations, if the RATP form is attached to the application.

VI.5. Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years 8
1. KEGA 001UVLF-4/2019 "Sofistikované laboratórium klinických zručností pre študentov veterinárnej medicíny", Duration: 2019 - 2021
2. VEGA 1/0731/13 "Etiopathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of medial compartment dissease of elbow joints and patella in dogs ", Duration: 2013 - 2015
8 Maximum of five most significant projects, if the RATP form is attached to the application. In addition to the name and brief characteristics of the project, the type of participation is indicated (in Slovak and in English), if possible, a hyperlink to the project and its outputs and citations are stated as well.

VII. OVERVIEW OF ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE RELATED TO HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH/ARTISTIC/OTHER ACTIVITIES 9
VII.a Activity, position VII.b Name of the institution, board VII.c Duration
Teaching of students from partner university Louisiana State University 2019 2019
9 E.g. academic positions, memberships in editorial boards and in scientific and professional societies.

VIII. OVERVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL MOBILITIES AND VISITS ORIENTED ON EDUCATION AND RESEARCH/ARTISTIC/ OTHER ACTIVITIES IN THE GIVEN FIELD OF STUDY
VIII.a Name of the institution VIII.b Address of the institution VIII.c Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
University of Giessen Ludwigstraße 23, 35390 Gießen, Germany 2018 2018 During the internship, I practically dealt with the diagnosis of congenital, traumatic and degenerative diseases of the nervous system using magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography under the guidance of DipECVDI Nele Ondreka
University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover Welfengarten 1, 30167 Hannover, Germany 2016 2016 Visit to the Clinical Skills Center under the auspices of Mark Dilly
North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695, United States 2015 2015 During the internship, I practically diagnosed congenital, traumatic and degenerative diseases of the nervous system using magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography under the guidance of DACVIM Natasha Olby

IX. OTHER RELEVANT FACTS 10
IX.a If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artictic/other activities are mentioned
10 Maximum of 1800 characters, if the RATP form is attached to the application.
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