Assoc. Prof. Dr. Martina Bradová, Charles University/Bioptic laboratory, ltd, Pilsen, Czechia, Czech Republic
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Martina Bradová, MD, PhD 🩺, is an accomplished pathologist specializing in head and neck pathology. She earned her PhD in 2020 from Charles University, focusing on immunohistochemical and molecular genetic methods. Currently an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Czech Republic, she has received notable awards, including the Vincent Hyams Award in 2020 and the 2024 Lambl Award for her groundbreaking work on salivary gland secretory carcinoma. Dr. Bradová is an active editor for Head and Neck Pathology 📰 and has an educational background enriched by an international stay in Germany 🇩🇪.
Publication Profile
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Education 🎓
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Martina Bradová, MD, PhD, has an extensive educational background in pathology. She earned the title of Associate Professor in Pathological Anatomy in 2024, after successfully passing the exam on February 15, 2024. In 2022, she achieved attestation in pathology at the First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University. Dr. Bradová completed her doctoral studies in pathology (PhD) at Charles University in 2020, with her exam on October 16, 2020. She received her medical degree from the Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University, in 2017, following her school-leaving exam at Grammar School Blovice in 2011.
Employment 💼
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Martina Bradová has had a distinguished career in academia and pathology. Since April 2019, she has been affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Czech Republic, contributing to the field of medical education and research. She has served as an Assistant Professor in the Šikl’s Department of Pathological Anatomy at Charles University’s Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen since October 2017. Additionally, Dr. Bradová has worked at Bioptic Laboratory Ltd. in Pilsen since August 2017, where she applies her expertise in pathology to clinical diagnostics, further enhancing her role in the medical community.
Scientific Titles and Awards 🏆
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Martina Bradová has earned significant recognition for her work in pathology. In 2020, she completed her Ph.D. in Pathology with a thesis on “Immunohistochemical and Molecular Genetic Methods in Head and Neck Pathology.” Her groundbreaking research earned her the prestigious Vincent Hyams Award for the study “What Hides Behind S100 Protein/SOX10 Positive Oncocytomas of the Salivary Glands?” Additionally, Dr. Bradová received the Lambl Award in 2024 for her impactful publication “Salivary Gland Secretory Carcinoma: Clinicopathologic and Genetic Characteristics of 215 Cases and Proposal for a Grading System.”
Research Focus 🧬
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Martina Bradová’s research focuses on head and neck pathology, particularly in tumor pathology and molecular genetics. Her work includes in-depth studies of sinonasal tumors, salivary gland carcinomas, and rare neoplasms such as oncocytomas and mammary analog secretory carcinoma. She investigates gene fusions, molecular profiling, and immunohistochemistry to better understand tumor classification and diagnostic challenges. Dr. Bradová’s research contributes significantly to pathological characterization and genetic mutations in cancer types like rhabdomyosarcomas, branchiomas, and solitary fibrous tumors, offering new insights into cancer diagnostics and treatment. 🔬🧬
Publication Top Notes 
- Sinonasal adenosquamous carcinomas arising in seromucinous hamartoma or respiratory epithelial adenomatoid hamartoma with atypical features: Report of five detailed clinicopathological and molecular characterisation of rare entity (2024) 📚
- Nasal and sinonasal tumors formed by atypical adenomatous lesions arising in respiratory epithelial adenomatoid hamartoma/seromucinous hamartoma (2024) 🧠
- Spindle cell rhabdomyosarcomas: With TFCP2 rearrangements, and novel EWSR1::ZBTB41 and PLOD2::RBM6 gene fusions. A study of five cases and review of the literature (2024) 🧬
- Branchioma: immunohistochemical and molecular genetic study of 23 cases highlighting frequent loss of retinoblastoma 1 immunoexpression (2024) 🔬
- Branchioma with a nested/organoid morphology: molecular profiling of a distinctive potentially misleading variant and reappraisal of potential relationship to CD34-positive/Rb1-deficient tumors of the neck (2023) 🔍
- Salivary Gland Secretory Carcinoma (2023) 🦷
- Top 10 Basaloid Neoplasms of the Sinonasal Tract (2023) 🧑⚕️
- MAML2-Rearranged Tumors of the Breast: A Diagnostic Dilemma (2021) 📑
- What is hiding behind S100 protein and SOX10 positive oncocytomas? Oncocytic pleomorphic adenoma and myoepithelioma with novel gene fusions in a subset of cases (2020)⚗️
- Solitary fibrous tumors of the head and neck region revisited: a single-institution study of 20 cases and review of the literature (2020) 🏥