This is an opportunity to increase the number of transplants. Poland’s first laparoscopic liver fragment harvesting from a living donor was carried out at the Department of General, Transplant and Liver Surgery MUW. The department, headed by Professor Michał Grąt, is the only center in Poland where liver fragments are harvested from living donors. Now, for the first time, a liver fragment was harvested using a minimally invasive method.

They are equipped with highly specialized apparatus, purchased under the "Center for Preclinical Research and Technology - CePT II" project. This will enable the scientists from the Laboratory, and also from other units of our university and cooperating centers, to work on the most technologically advanced cell therapies.

Medical University of Warsaw has become a research partner of Warsaw in the Partnership for Healthy Cities project, which includes 70 cities around the world working to improve the health of their residents. This is the first major undertaking that our university is implementing under a recently signed agreement for long-term cooperation with the city in deepening knowledge, exchanging experience and conducting joint projects.

The finals of the Master's Theses Competition at the Faculty of Pharmacy are behind us. This cyclical event is always accompanied by a lot of positive emotions. Ten graduates of pharmacy and eight of medical analytics, who defended their master's theses in the 2021/2022 academic year, took part in the competition. These are the best of the best, as the master's theses submitted for the competition had to achieve a very good score at the thesis defense. The finalists' oral and poster presentations were judged by a jury made up of research and teaching staff as well as students from the faculty.

During the visit to Ukraine, Rector Prof. Zbigniew Gaciong and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Director of the Polish Medical Air Rescue Prof. Robert Gałązkowski met with representatives of the Ukrainian Health Ministry. They also visited the Bogomolets National Medical University and the Okhmatdyt National Children's Hospital.

MUW Rector Prof. Zbigniew Gaciong and Prof. Robert Gałązkowski, head of the Department of Emergency Medicine, director of the Polish Medical Air Rescue and vice dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences MUW, signed a cooperation agreement on support for training in battlefield medicine.

Thematic panels, workshops, 40 booths where students told what it's like to study and learn at MUW, and above all, more than 1,500 people visited us - one of the most important cyclical events at our university took place on Saturday, March 4.

There are seven of them and they are not yet 35 years old. They represent various fields of medicine, pharmacy and health sciences. They received the scholarships from the university's own Scholarship Fund for their achievements and involvement in scientific activities - projects and publications. These are the first such awards at MUW.

This is the 20th edition of the prestigious "Puls Medycyny" plebiscite. The list is divided into two categories and includes one hundred of the most influential people in Polish medicine and one hundred in the Polish health care system. The listings for 2022, published yesterday - February 28 - include as many as 22 people associated with our university.

The cluster supports the development of innovation in the Polish medical devices and medical products sector. On February 24 this year, MUW officially became its member. The cooperation agreement was signed by the vice rectors for science of both universities, Prof. Piotr Pruszczyk and Prof. Mariusz Malinowski. Membership in NTMed is another confirmation of our university’s reputation as a thriving research center. Participation in the venture also means, among other things, the opportunity to benefit from technical advice on innovations under development or expertise in raising funds for research and development in medicine, pharmacy and health sciences.