I am physician intensivist working towards accreditation in respiratory, general internal, and intensive care medicine.
Interests are respiratory failure, heart-lung interactions, echocardiography, pleural disease, and zentensivism.
Experience
Intensive Care Medicine & Respiratory Medicine
Health Education England (North West)
Merseyside, UK
August 2022 – Present
Internal Medicine Training Stage 1
Health Education England (North West)
2019 – 2022
St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
University Hospital Brno
Qualifications
Doctor of Medicine
Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
2011 – 2017
MRCP(UK)
Membership of Royal Colleges of Physicians
- Speciality Certificate in Respiratory Medicine
ECFMG Certificate
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
- USMLE Step 1, Step 2 CK, Step 2 CS, Step 3
Focused Ultrasound in Intensive Care (FUSIC)
Intensive Care Society
- FUSIC Lung Trainer
- FUSIC Heart
Leadership
STC Trainee Representative – ICM Mersey
September 2024 – Present
Associate Royal College of Physicians Tutor
St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
October 2021 – July 2022
Work Group for Simulation in Medical Education
Department of Simulation Medicine
Faculty of Medicine at Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
2017 – 2022
MUDr Talks, Sceptical Medic, NHS Leadership Academy Award in Healthcare Leadership Foundations (Edward Jenner Programme), IFMSA Local Project Coordinator
Teaching
Core Skills Teacher
School of Medicine, University of Liverpool
September 2022 – February 2023
Honorary Associate Clinical Teacher
School of Medicine, University of Liverpool
September 2021 – October 2022
Methodologist
Department of Simulation Medicine
Faculty of Medicine at Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
2017 – 2022
RCP Educator Accreditation
Royal College of Physicians
Peer Teacher, Feedback Orientated Observed Teaching (The FOOT Scheme)
Co-Founder of Propedeutika v praxi
Publications & Presentations
Pazdernik, M., Vataha, T. and Wilsdorf, V., (2022). Medication [online]. PragueICU. Available from: https://www.pragueicu.com/education/medication
Vataha, T. (2021). Evidence based medicine skills of junior doctors after an online journal club: a prospective cohort study [Poster]. RCP Regional poster competition 2021 – Mersey, 5 October, Merseyside.
Vataha, T. (2021). The Cardiovascular Examination. [Presentation]. UIMS Essential Examinations Series, 17 June, Czech Republic.
Vataha, T. (2021). Being a Sceptical Medic: Improving Critical Appraisal Skills Through an Online Based Journal Club. [Poster]. EBMA 2020: The Virtual Conference, 9 March, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Vataha, T. (2018). [SBL and PBL protocols]. [Oral presentation]. SIMU Expert Team Meeting, 13 September, University Campus Bohunice.
Libra et al. (2019). Propedeutika v praxi. [Poster]. MEFANET 2019 conference, 27-28 November, Mendel Museum of Masaryk University.
Research
RASPER trial
Clinical research team
February 2024 – August 2024
Honorary Clinical Fellow
COVID-19 Vaccine Study COV002
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
May 2020 – October 2020
- Winner 2022: The COVID-19 Research and Innovation Award
Pandemic Response of LSTM Plus
North West Coast Research and Innovation Awards 2022 - Finalist 2022: Research Collaboration of the Year
LSTM PLUS Primary Care, Liverpool, St Helens, Wirral and Chester Hospitals, NIHR LCRN Industry – United to Support Respiratory Infection Research
North West Coast Research and Innovation Awards 2022
Volunteer
Medic at Refugee Camp Helliniko, Athens, Greece
Caritas Czech Republic & Masaryk University
July 2016
IFMSA World Diabetes Day, Teddy Bear Hospital