Date and place of birth: September, 1966, Chrzanów

Education: Faculty of Medicine, Medical Academy in Kraków, 1985-1991

Professional title: Specialist in Orthopedics and Traumatology

1991-1992: post-graduate internship

1992-1994: first degree of specialization in Orthopedics and Traumatology

1994-1999: second degree of specialization in Orthopedics and Traumatology, received title of specialist in the field of Orthopedics and Traumatology of the musculoskeletal system

2004: Doctoral dissertation and finishing doctorate in medical science: “Comparison of usefulness of clinical examination, ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging and arthroscopy in the assessment of post-traumatic changes in the knee joint”

Foreign languages: English, French, Russian

Professional experience:

1992-current: employed at the Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery at S. Żeromski Hospital in Kraków, beginning of specialization in the field of Orthopedics and trauma surgery

1999-current: Vice-director of  Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery at S. Żeromski Hospital in Kraków

2002-2005: Direct of operating theater at S. Żeromski Hospital in Kraków

September 2013-current: head of Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery at Gabriel Narutowicz Hospital in Kraków

Specialist experience:

-member of Polish-Belgian Orthopedic Society

-member of Polish-German Orthopedic Society

-multiple internships in orthopedic hospitals in Poland and abroad, including:

• • 1995: Centre Hospitalier St. Saturnin, France
  • 1996: University Clinic, Mont Godinne, Belgium
  • 1999: scholarship and internships in Belgium and France in the field of spine surgery
• Completion of AO courses in Davos, Switzerland in the field of: traumatology (basic and                                  advanced), pelvic surgery, spinal surgery
• Courses and training in the field of knee arthroplasty in Belgium, Holland, Austria
• Training in ankle arthroplasty in Switzerland
• Publications in the Polish Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
• From 2007: lecturer of courses on total knee arthroplasty, revision hip arthroplasty, shoulder                              arthroplasty
• From 2010: member of the Smith & Nephew team training doctors from Poland and Europe in knee joint arthroplasty in S. Żeromski Hospital in Kraków
• 2013: Oncology in Orthopedics – course in Rozzoli University hospital in Bologna