Institute of Forensic Medicine

Address: Studničkova 4, 128 21, Prague 2

Head of Department: MUDr. Pavel Toupalík, Ph.D.
Email: pavel.toupalik(at)vfn.cz
Tel.: 22496 8621

Secretary: Hana Iblová
Email: hana.iblova(at)lf1.cuni.cz
Tel.: 22496 8615
Fax.: 22491 8985

Email: soudni(at)vfn.cz, soudni(at)lf1.cuni.cz

The institute's website on the VFN website: here

Deputy Head of Education: Assoc. Prof. Alexander Pilin, CSc.
Email: alexander.pilin(at)lf1.cuni.cz
Tel.: 22496 8614

Head physician: Leona Karásková, MD
Email: leona.karaskova(at)vfn.cz
Tel.: 22496 8617

Workplace characteristics

The Institute is a comprehensive and consultative workplace in the field of forensic medicine, providing autopsy examinations using special immunohistochemistry methodologies. The Institute of Forensic Medicine covers expert assessment activities for criminal justice authorities in the capital city of Prague and the Central Bohemian Region. In addition to basic pathomorphological diagnostics, the Institute's research focuses on the demonstration of vital reaction to injury, forensic neuropathology, heart and vascular diseases, and the diagnosis of pathomorphological changes in people addicted to narcotics and psychotropic substances. New methods for immunohistochemical examinations are continuously used. The Institute's staff annually perform up to 1,200 autopsies of people who died suddenly and violently.