Tomasz Książczyk, MD, from MUW's Department of Pediatric Cardiology and General Pediatrics, received the title in recognition of having completed his 1,5 year internship at Royal Brompton Hospital.

On October 22, Prof. Lidia Rudnicka, Deputy Rector for Internationalization, Promotion and Development met with Prof. Modise Zacharia Koto, Head of General Surgery at Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University and Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital in Pretoria. Prof. Koto is also an executive member of the College of Surgeons of South Africa and a consultant for the government of South African.

On October 21, Professor Jolanta Małyszko’s election for a position in the Executive Committee of KDIGO was confirmed. Prof. Małyszko, from the Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Internal Diseases at MUW, is the only polish representative in the 20-person management body of KDIGO.

The first MUW Open Fulbright Lecture took place on Friday, October 18 at Medical University of Warsaw’s Main Library. Students from the English Division and ERASMUS as well as other auditors filled the lecture room to listen to Dr. József Böröcz’s talk on the Sociology of Global Health and Inequality.

On Wednesday, October 9, MUW University Dental Center was officially opened. Located on Medical University of Warsaw’s main campus on 6 Binieckiego Str., the MUW University Dental Center is the largest dental center in Poland and the best equipped amongst Polish medical universities.

The world famous vascular surgeon, Prof. Peter Gloviczki visited the I Department of General and Vascular Surgery Clinic at the University’s Bródno Hospital and the Department of General, Vascular and Transplant Surgery Clinic last week. 

Łukasz Zadrożny, PhD from the Department of Dental Propaedeutics and Prophylaxis at the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry received first prize for his poster which he presented during the Digital Dentistry Society Global Conference which took place October 3-5 in Baden-Baden.

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