Education and Experience 1999 – 2005    Jagiellonian University, Collegium Medicum - Faculty of Medicine, Krakow, Poland (one semester at Charite University, Berlin, Germany) 31.08.2005     university degree ( MD degree ) 10.2005 – 11.2006  internship in Department of the Interior and Administration  Hospital, Krakow, Poland 2008 - 2019  job and training in cardiac surgery in Department of Cardiovascular  Surgery & Transplantology , Institute of Cardiology,     Jagiellonian  University;  John Paul II  Hospital, Krakow, Poland 21.05.2015  PhD degree of Medical Sciences. Theme: “ Evaluation of the effectiveness ( in vitro ) of the selected cAMP phosphodiesterase inhibitors in radial artery predilatation of patients who underwent coronary bypass surgery” 18.03.2016  title of a specialist in cardiosurgery     Science achievements 01.04.2005 – 31.07.2005  Erasmus/Socrates Scholarship - one semester at Charite University   , Faculty of Medicine, Berlin, Germany2002 – 2006  membership of Students’ Cardiosurgical Scientific Circle, Department      of Cardiovascular  Surgery &Transplantology , Institute of Cardiology     , Jagiellonian University;  John Paul II Hospital, Krakow. 2003 - 2005  membership of Students’ Cardilogical Scientific Circle, Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University;  John Paul II Hospital, Krakow26.04.2004, Krakow  member of organizing committee of  1-st International Cardiology and     Cardiosurgery Conference“ New Approach to Heart Disease Treatment”  2005 – 2018  Participation in cardiothoracic and cardiac congresses in Poland and other European countries First author and co-author of over twenty publications ( most of them available on-line in PubMed ) 22.05.2010  First Award for the thesis entitled: “ Corotrope or Papaverine – in pharmacological predilatation of radial artery ( in vitro ) in patients who underwent coronary artery bypass surgery” delivered during a session     of the V Congress of the Polish Society of the Cardio – Thoracic Surgeons in Poznan, Poland.             Additional trainings and courses 1. Medical College  23.08.2004 – 03. 09.2004    training in general surgery and heart surgery, University Hospital Innsbruck,  Austria  15.07 – 30. 07.2004 training in gynecology , University Hospital , Ljubljana, Slovenia  30.07.2003 – 25.08.2003     training in emergency, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey  BLS course – Emergency School at Department of Emergency , CM UJ, Krakow     2. Postgraduate:     ●   2010 ALS course – certified by European Resuscitation Council    ●   2001 EACTS School – Cardiac Level A , Bergamo, Italy ( EACTS scholarship )  2012 Surgical treatment of aortic valve and aorta diseases, Wendish Rietz, Germany  2012 Fundamentals in Cardiac Surgery Part II, Windsor, United Kingdom Job skills:- CABG surgery     - AVR and MVR surgery - assist to aorta repair operations - assist to MIAVR and MIDCAB surgery - assist to HTX and NTX - assist to vascular surgery Membership in societies:- EACTS - PTK ( Polish Society for Cardiology )Knowledge of foreign languages English  German  Polish – national language  Other skills  2007  Completed course in ultrasonography – certified by Polish Society  of  Ultrasonography 2007 Completed course in echocardiography – certified by Polish Society  of  Ultrasonography  2018 Completed practical courses and trainings in vascular ultrasonography   – certified by Polish Society of  Ultrasonography InterestsMedical: heart and vascular surgery. Others: rock and classical music, literature, climbing, tourism, computers