Archive - 2022
On December 15 this year, the President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda handed professorial nominations. Among the appointed were the academic staff of the Medical University of Warsaw.
This year the Center for Postgraduate Education MUW is celebrating its 20th anniversary. During this time, 9300 training courses were conducted here, including more than 116 editions of postgraduate and MBA programs. More than 141,000 people participated in them.
The surgery was carried out by specialists from the 1st Chair and Department of Cardiology UCC MUW. During the procedure they used the Edwards Pascal clasp. This was the first procedure of its kind in Poland. The patient is feeling well.
Its protagonist was this year’s Nobel Prize winner in physiology or medicine – Swedish biologist and geneticist, Svante Pääbo. Experts spoke about his journey to discover the genome of extinct hominid, the problems he encountered and the innovations he brought to his research.
"Work is an extension of personality. It is achievement. It is one of the ways in which people define themselves, measure their worth and humanity." These words, authored by Peter Drucker, were on the diplomas presented to the retiring employees in recognition of their professional achievements.
For the first time in Poland, a liver transplant has been performed using pre-existing perfusion under normothermia. The organ came from a deceased donor. The procedure was carried out by a team of transplant surgeons led by Professor Michal Grêt at the Department of General, Transplant and Liver Surgery, MUW.
HeartInsight analyses parameters that indicate an exacerbation of heart failure. And when its risk appears in a patient, the algorithm sends an appropriate alert to the doctor. This innovative solution was the first in Poland to be used by specialists from the First Chair and Department of Cardiology of the UCK MUW in two patients suffering from a severe form of this condition.
A remarkable exhibition on ancient Greek medicine is on display at our university. As the authors of the opening from the MUW Museum of the History of Medicine emphasise, it was during this time that medicine not only began to develop, but also became an evidence-based science.
Three years after her lung transplant, 22-year-old Patricia became pregnant. The patient was prepared for it and monitored during it by specialists from the Silesian Medical University. The delivery took place at the MUW University Centre for Women’s and New-born Health. A caesarean section was performed. The mother and her daughter Pola are feeling well.