In fact, it was not a run, but a Nordic walking march. Each participant had to walk their section of the route with poles. This year 87 four-person relay teams participated. The team with the best time was the winner of the run. But it wasn't about first place, but about promoting health, raising knowledge of transplantation procedures and building positive attitudes towards organ donation.
From our university, the run was attended by:
- Prof. Jarosław Czerwiński of the Department of Emergency Medicine MUW;
- Prof. Roman Danielewicz of the Department of Surgical and Transplantation Nursing and Extracorporeal Therapies MUW;
- Prof. Magdalena Durlik, Head of the Department of Transplantation Medicine, Nephrology and Internal Diseases UCC MUW;
- Prof. Zbigniew Gałązka, Head of the Chair and Department of General, Vascular, Endocrine and Transplant Surgery UCC MUW;
- Dr Mariusz Grodzicki of the Department of General, Transplant and Liver Surgery UCC MUW;
- Prof. Tomasz Jakimowicz of the Chair and Department of General, Vascular, Endocrine and Transplant Surgery UCC MUW;
- Dr Zygmunt Kaliciński of the Department of Heart, Thoracic and Transplant Surgery UCC MUW;
- Prof. Maciej Kosieradzki, Head of the Department of General and Transplantation Surgery UCC MUW;
- Prof. Bartosz Kubisa of the Department of Heart, Thoracic and Transplant Surgery UCC MUW;
- Prof. Mariusz Kuśmierczyk, Head of the Department of Heart, Thoracic and Transplant Surgery UCC MUW;
- Dorota Lewandowska, MD, Department of Pediatric Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care UCC MUW;
- Dorota Miszewska-Szyszkowska, MD, Head of the Transplantation Medicine and Nephrology Clinic at the Infant Jesus Hospital in Warsaw UCC MUW;
- Prof. Sławomir Nazarewski of the Department of General, Vascular, Endocrine and Transplant Surgery UCC MUW;
- Prof. Małgorzata Sobieszczańska-Małek of the Department of Heart, Thoracic and Transplant Surgery UCC MUW
Polish Transplantology Gala
On the eve of the Run, the Polish Transplantology Gala was held at the Gołębiewski Hotel in Wisła. During the ceremony, the “Second Life” awards were presented. Awards were given to individuals and institutions that have made special contributions to transplantation medicine: in medical practice, scientifically or promotionally.
The award in the category “Personality of Polish transplantation” went to Prof. Maciej Kosieradzki, Head of the Department of General and Transplantation Surgery UCC MUW
The other awardees were: Rafał Kątny in the “Active for Transplantation” category, Polskie Radio Katowice in the “Media about Transplantation” category, University Clinical Center in Gdańsk - Special Award of the Run for New Life, Olga Łasak and Cezary Trybański in the “Active for Transplantation” category, Poltransplant in the “Year in Polish Transplantation” category
