Alexander Woltersom, a sixth year medical student at Medical University of Warsaw English Division, was awarded 1st place for research presented at the 37th Annual International Symposium: Clinical Update in Anesthesiology, Surgery and Perioperative Medicine.

On 17 January 17, a team of surgeons from the II Department of Clinical Radiology and II Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy of Medical University of Warsaw’s UCK hospital clinic on  Banacha street performed the first thermal ablation of a lung tumor in Poland. The patient was a 50-year-old male being treated at the Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases Clinic and the General, Gastroenterological and Oncological Surgery Clinic.  The pulmonary and liver metastases from colorectal cancer were destroyed during this single surgery.

From amongst fifty Polish universities listed in the 2018/2019 University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP), Medical University of Warsaw placed eighth and first amongst Polish medical universities. 

Prof. Matthias F. Melzig was awarded doctorate honoris causa degree on 14 December, 2018 during the XI Scientific Conference of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Laboratory Medicine held at Medical University of Warsaw.