Dr. Marik has received a dozen awards and honors from various national, as well international societies including several for his efforts in the perfection of surgical treatment of pathological changes of the female genital system:
- Elected for Study and Service as Class President– Third and Fourth Year Medical School, Charles University, Czechoslovakia
- Medical Degree with Honors (Summa cum laude), Charles University, Czechoslovakia
- Scientific Presentation: “Effects of Pressure Variation on Endometrium in Vacuum Curettage” Certificate, District VI ACOG Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, 1968.
- Scientific Exhibit: “Developments in Infertility Surgery”, Certificate of Merit, Pacific Coast Fertility Society, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1974.
- Scientific Exhibit: “Advances in Infertility Surgery”, Certificate of Merit, American Medical Association, Chicago, 1974.
- Scientific Exhibit: “Developments in Infertility Surgery”, Certificate of Merit, American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Boston, Massachusetts, 1975.
- Scientific Presentation: “Artificial Insemination with Frozen Human Semen” Certificate, Pacific Coast Fertility Society, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1976.
- Honorary Member of Sociedade, Brasilia de Reproducao Humana, Sao Paulo, Brazil, January 1977.
- Member of Asociacion Mexicana para el Estudio del la Fertilidad y la Reproduccion Humana, Mexico City, Mexico, March 1982.
- Dr. Santrum Dhall Commemorative Guest Lecturer. “Endometriosis”, World Congress on Human Reproduction, Bombay, India, November 1983.
- Guest of Honor of the City of Guatemala at the XII Congreso Latinoamericano de Ginecologia y Obstetrica and the XVI Congreso Centroamericano, October 1987.
Dr. Marik, a board certified obstetrics & fertility surgeon, advanced gynecological laparoscopy and microsurgery techniques. He was appointed Chief of Gynecology and Chair of the Department of Surgery at various medical centers. He was an invited lecturer in over 16 countries and published and presented hundreds of papers regarding a variety of assisted reproductive technology medical developments and techniques. He taught countless fellows laparoscopy and microsurgery, for which he repeatedly received the prestigious Award for Excellence in Teaching Infertility Surgery at Harbor General Hospital, UCLA School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (1978-1981). He treated thousands of patients including royalty, foreign dignitaries, politicians and celebrities. He was known worldwide.
Czech-born, Dr. Marik was always proud of his homeland. For his achievements in medicine, Dr. Marik was awarded the Czech Hlava Award. In 2018, the government of the Czech Republic and Minister of Foreign Affairs awarded him the Gratias Agit Award recognizing his promotion of the Czech Republic abroad and commitment to the benefit of society in the sciences.
