Dr Branislav Czako

Professional statement

Dr Branislav Czako is a Consultant Haematologist who practices at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust and Spire Bushey Hospital. He has extensive experience in all aspects of haematology, with special interests in haematological malignancies and anaemias.

His haematology clinic at Spire Bushey Diagnostic Centre at Centennial Park covers the investigation and management of anaemias, haematological malignancies (lymphomas, leukaemia, multiple myeloma, myelodysplastic syndromes), myeloproliferative disorders, thrombophilia, bleeding disorders and haemochromatosis, amongst others.

Dr Czako qualified as a doctor in 1995 at Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia. After completing his postgraduate training at University Hospital in Bratislava, he successfully obtained a degree in internal medicine at the Slovak Postgraduate University in 2000. Dr Czako then went on to receive haematology training in the Department of Haematology and Transfusiology, University Hospital Bratislava. In 2006, he successfully obtained a specialisation degree in haematology and transfusiology. Between 2006 and 2008, he worked as Consultant Haematologist in the Department of Clinical Haematology and Transfusiology, and the Stem Cell Transplant Centre.

In August 2008, Dr Czako moved to the United Kingdom and in February 2009 he was appointed to the substantive Consultant Haematology post at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, where he continues to work. During his career in the UK, he has undertaken various additional NHS roles such as Lead for the Haematology Multidisciplinary Team and Trust Lead for Chemotherapy Service, roles in which he continues to serve. He was formerly Clinical Lead for Haematology and currently holds the position of Educational and Clinical Supervisor.