CURRICULUM VITAE
Marek Cierny MD
Marek Cierny MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Department of Neurology
OFFICE ADDRESS: |
9200 West Wisconsin Avenue |
Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
EDUCATION: |
07/01/2008 - 03/15/2015 MD, Masaryk University, Faculty of Medicine, Brno, Czech republic |
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS: |
05/01/2015 - 05/31/2016 Resident Physician, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Brno, Jihlavska 340/20, Brno, 62500 |
07/01/2016 - 06/30/2020 Resident physician, Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
07/01/2020 - 06/30/2021 Clinical Fellow, Vascular Neurology, Neurological Institute, Cerebrovascular Center, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44195 |
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS: |
07/01/2021 - 02/29/2024 Assistant professor, Neurology Department, Stroke, Neurointervention, and Critical Care, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
03/01/2024 - Present Adjunct Assistant professor, Neurology Department, Stroke, Neurointervention, and Critical Care, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
HOSPITAL AND CLINICAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS: |
03/01/2022 - 02/29/2024 Stroke Program Medical Director (program coordinator Shawna Boehlen), Community Hospital Division, Froedtert&MCW, 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES: |
07/01/2021 - Present Attending Physician, Department of Neurology, Neurohospitalist Division, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53122 |
SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION: |
Board Certified | Issue Date | Expiration |
Neurology | 09/21/2020 | None |
Vascular Neurology | 01/2023 | None |
Certificates | Issued By | Issue Date | Expiration |
Registered Provider in Neurovascular Interpretation (RPNI) | The American Society of Neuroimaging | 01/16/2022 | None |
MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: |
07/01/2015 - Present American Medical Association (member) |
07/01/2016 - Present American Academy of Neurology (member) |
07/01/2017 - Present American Heart Association / American Stroke Association (member) |
09/15/2020 - 06/30/2021 Center for Populations Health Research at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Intitute (member) |
01/2022 - Present American Society for Neuroimaging (Member) |
RESEARCH GRANTS/AWARDS/CONTRACTS/PROJECTS: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
National |
Marek Cierny, Shumei Man, Ken Uchino, Lives Lost Due To Disparities Quantified: Black-White And Rural-Urban Disparities In Cerebrovascular Mortality Among Middle-Aged Adults, Internation Stroke Conference 2022, New Orleans, LA, 02/09/2022 - 02/11/2022 |
Regional |
Marek Cierny, Air pollution as a risk factor for death, cerebrovascular and neurodegenerative morbidity, Medical College of Wisconsin Neurology, Grand Rounds, Milwaukee, WI, 02/07/2020 |
Marek Cierny, Tenecteplase vs Alteplase in acute ischemic stroke: Is it time to switch?, Medical College of Wisconsin Neurology Grand Rounds, Milwaukee, WI, 01/07/2022 |
Marek Cierny, Racial and Geographic Equity in Stroke, Medical College of Wisconsin Neurology Grand Rounds, Milwaukee, WI, 12/08/2023 |
COMMITTEE SERVICE: |
Medical College of Wisconsin |
07/2019 - 06/2020 member, Housestaff Quality & Safety Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals |
10/2021 - Present member, Website committee, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin |
Hospital |
11/2019 - 06/2020 member, Thrombectomy PI Task Force, Comprehensive Stroke Program, Froedtert Hospital |
MCW TEACHING ACTIVITIES: |
Medical Student Education |
12/01/2021 Student Interest Group Neurology: Secondary Stroke Prevention (0.5h lecture) |
02/16/2022 - 05/10/2022 Bench to Bedside: group practice and teaching of neurological exam technique for medical students, 2 hours on each of the two days |
Resident and Fellow Education |
11/21/2022 Coordination and presentation at Vascular Neurology Journal Club: PFO closure trials |
12/02/2022 Academic Half Day (1 Hour): Interpretation of CT angiogram |
03/08/2023 Supervision of Vascular Neurology Journal Club: thrombectomy for large core stroke |
06/27/2023 - 07/28/2023 Stroke Code Simulation: hands-on practice with Neurology and Emergency department residents, two half days (4 hours each) |
MCW STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESIDENTS AND CLINICAL/RESEARCH FELLOWS MENTORED: |
High School Students |
07/01/2023 - 08/04/2023 Zahra Dhoondia, "500 Stars" Summer Program Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Successful completion of summer program |
EXTRAMURAL STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESIDENTS, AND CLINICAL/RESEARCH FELLOWS MENTORED: |
High School Students |
08/04/2023 - 08/22/2023 Audrey Anna Wear, clinical observership, High School student, Succesful completion of observership program |
PROGRAMMATIC DEVELOPMENTS: |
Clinical Programs |
04/2022 - 09/19/2022 Collaborated with populational health and pharmacy on a system-wide transition from alteplase to tenecteplase as a formulary thrombolytic agent at F&MCW |
06/2023 - 09/2023 Together with Drs. Field and Baumann-Kreuziger (hematology), Dr. Lazzaro (Neurology), and Sue Fuhrman (Froedtert Hospital), adjusted stroke process for patients with sickle cell disease |
06/2023 - Present Development of inpatient Transcranial Doppler program at FMLH, in collaboration with Brittney Panfil (Imaging Services, Ultrasound, FMLH) and Dr. Hedayat (Neurosurgery, MCW). Ongoing TCD reading. |
COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES: |
05/04/2022 Stroke symptoms and prevention: a brief interview for Every Day Health at WTMJ radio; available online: https://wtmj.com/features/everyday-health/2022/05/04/every-day-health-marek-cierny-md-strokes/ |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers |
1. Vanguru HR, Čierny M, Blaginykh E, Handshoe LS, Uchino K. Patient's understanding of and satisfaction with acute stroke treatment. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2024 Feb;237:108163. |
2. Cierny M, Feemster J, Hamid M, Battistini HA. Status Cataplecticus Induced by an Abrupt Duloxetine Withdrawal-A Case Report. Clin Neuropharmacol. 2023 Sep-Oct 01;46(5):198-199. |
3. Vishwanath R, Amin M, Cierny M, Tan C, Buletko AB. Pearls & Oy-sters: Mitral Annular Calcification as a Cause of Ischemic Stroke: A Case Report. Neurology. 2023 Aug 15;101(7):e777-e779. PMCID: PMC10437025 |
4. Čierny M, Hooshmand SI, Fee D, Tripathi S, Dsouza NR, La Pean Kirschner A, Zimmermann MT, Brennan R. Novel destabilizing Dynactin variant (DCTN1 p.Tyr78His) in patient with Perry syndrome. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2020 Aug;77:110-113. |
5. Čierny M, Škorňa M, Peška S, Polák P, Voháňka S. Tick-borne meningitis complicated by a cardioembolic intraluminal carotid artery thrombus and stroke Ceska a Slovenska Neurologie a Neurochirurgie. 2019;82(2):227-228. |
6. Howard JF Jr, Utsugisawa K, Benatar M, Murai H, Barohn RJ, Illa I, Jacob S, Vissing J, Burns TM, Kissel JT, Muppidi S, Nowak RJ, O'Brien F, Wang JJ, Mantegazza R, REGAIN Study Group. Safety and efficacy of eculizumab in anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody-positive refractory generalised myasthenia gravis (REGAIN): a phase 3, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre study. Lancet Neurol. 2017 Dec;16(12):976-986. |
7. Li X, Chen M, Barkhaus PE, Nandedkar SD, Cierny M, Moore C, Zhou P. Characterizing repeater F waves using the compound muscle action potential scan and machine learning techniques. Neurophysiol Clin. 2025 Sep;55(5):103076. PMCID: PMC13048848 |
8. Hooshmand SI, Sawalha A, Cierny M. Pediatric Venous Sinus Thrombosis Secondary to Cow's Milk-Induced Iron-Deficiency Anemia. Cureus. 2025 Sep;17(9):e92394. PMCID: PMC12527400 |
