Pavla Tichá, M.D., M.A., Ph.D. is affiliated with the Department of Plastic Surgery at University Hospital Královské Vinohrady and the Third Faculty of Medicine at Charles University. Previously, she gained clinical experience at leading German university hospitals – Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus in Dresden and Uniklinik RWTH in Aachen. As a postdoctoral researcher in the Plastic Surgery Division laboratory at Stanford University in California, USA, she focused on studying the mechanisms of remodeling and regeneration of maxillofacial bone tissue. Later, she worked at the Center for Bioengineering & Tissue Regeneration at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where she investigated the molecular mechanisms underlying breast cancer aggressiveness. During her doctoral studies in experimental surgery at the Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, she focused on patient-reported outcomes in women after breast reconstruction following therapeutic mastectomy. The results of her research have been published in renowned international peer-reviewed journals. Her work was recognized with the Minister of Education Award for Outstanding Students and Graduates, as well as the Bolzano Prize from Charles University. She also successfully completed the Clinical Science Scholars program at Harvard Medical School, where she further developed this project.