Education and training:

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION	DEGREE	YEAR(s)	FIELD OF STUDY
Medical University of Silesia, Poland	MD	1996	Medicine
Medical University of Silesia, Poland	PhD	1998	Internal Medicine
ECFMG, USA Center for Postgraduate Training Center for Postgraduate Training Medical University of Silesia, Poland President of Poland	USMLE Specialist Specialist Associate professor Professor	1997 2003 2006 2009 2013	Medicine Internal medicine Cardiology Cardiology Cardiology

Current positions

Chief Third Chair and Division of Cardiology and Structral Heart Diseases, Medical University of Silesia

(team leader, interventional cardiologist, chief of research) [2014-present]

American Heart of Poland SA (interventional cardiologist, scientific consultant) [2006-present]
Kardio Brynow Sp. z o.o. (ambulatory care, clinical research) [2015-present]
Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York (consultant) [2019-present]

Clinical experience:

Coronary interventions, IVUS/ NIRS, FFR, OCT (proctor); Acute stroke interventions; Structural interventions: MitraClip, TriClip, TAVI ( Sapien, Evolut, Portico/Navitor, Myval,Accurate), LAA occlusion ( Watchman, Amulet), PFO/ASD closure; Renal denervation, Cell delivery with NOGA and C – cath systems

Scholarships and awards:

2004, 2005, 2007: Polish Ministry of Health Scientific Award

2005, 2006, 2008: Award of the Polish Cardiac Society

2007: Thomas J. Linnemeier Spirit of Interventional Cardiology Young Investigators Award (Cardiovascular Research Foundation, TCT)

2015: Andreas Gruntzig Award, Warsaw Course on Cardiovascular Interventions 2015: NFIC achievement award, New Frontiers in Interventional Cardiology

Professional memberships:

2019-present: co-chair Database & Registriess EAPCI

2017 – 2019: president Association for Cardiovascular Interventions Polish Cardiac Society 2014 – 2018 member: Committee on Education and Training EAPCI

2019 – present: Board member, Polish Cardiac Society

2019-present: member Polish Academy of Sciences

Research Support

Grants of the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education:

2004-2008: Gene therapy for coronary heart disease

2006-2009: Use of bioengineered coronary stents covered with anti-CD34 antibodies in ACS 2006-2011: Use of bone marrow stem cells overexpressing heme oxygenase in porcine model of myocardial infarction

2015-2017 Innovative ocluder for percutaneous closure of paravalvular leaks

European Commission funding

2006-2009: European Vascular Genomics Network,

2009-2015: “Innovative use of stem cells in medicine” Innovative Economy Operational Programme POIG 01.02-00-109/09)

2012-2016	7th Framework Programme, BAMI Trial
2014-2018	Horizon 2020 “SCIENCE, Allogeneic MSC in IHD”
2016-2019	Horizon 2020 “Gene therapy of refractory angina”
2015-2018	STRATEGMED “New device for paravalvular leak closure”

Clinical trials

45 trials, 25 as principal investigator, 3 trials as steering committee membber

Experience since 2022

Fields of research

Device innovations for transcatheter treatment of cardiovascular disease
Mitral valve disease
TAVI (ViV inteventions, TAVI complications)
Long term outcomes of LAAC
Registries on long term outcome of DES H-index 39 IF approx. 1710 Citations 7000

Location: USA

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