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Prof. MUDr. Rudolf Malec was born on 25 February 1924. He is an eminent neurosurgeon from Hradec Králové. He worked in the local university hospital, from 1986 he held the position of clinic director. He took an active role in innovating surgical procedures and implementing new methods in neurotraumatology at the intensive care unit. He also took an interest in art, he illustrated specialised literature, but he also created a unique portrait gallery of famous Hradec figures. His whole life is connected to the east Bohemian city of Hradec Králové. His father owned a leather shop. After graduating from Rašín State Czechoslovak Grammar School he worked at a pharmacy in Nový Bydžov until the end of the war. In 1945 he began studying at the newly founded Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové. He chose to specialise in neurosurgery. In 1952 the first Czechoslovak neurosurgery clinic was opened in Hradec Králové. The clinic’s first director was Prof. MUDr. Rudolf Petr. He worked very closely with Rudolf Malec, who then took over the directorship in 1986. Malec has published close to one hundred-and-fifty medical research articles. In his free time he has always devoted himself to drawing and graphic design. He has illustrated all kinds of publications, but he has also created a unique portrait gallery of Hradec personalities. During his life he has had several large exhibitions - in Nový Bydžov, Hradec Králové, Neratovice, or at the Ministry of Agriculture in Prague.
