EDUCATION:
• 1991-1997 Silesian Medical Academy in Katowice
• 2006 medical specialisation in orthopaedics and traumatology
• 2010 Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Jagiellonian University Krakow, Medical
Department Supervisor: Prof. Waldemar Andrzej Hładki MD PhD
Thesis: Evaluation of the results of the rotator cuff tears treatment after
arthroscopic reconstruction of an application single and double row
anchoring, depending on the type and degree of damage
• 2024 Associate Professor, Medical University of Silesia

WORK EXPERIENCE:
• 1997-1998 post-graduate training – Regional Hospital No. 3 in Bielsko-Biala
• 1998-2001 Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Regional Hospital
No. 3 in Bielsko-Biala
• 2001-2007 Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, County Hospital
in Bielsko-Biala
• 2002 Department of Hand and Upper Limb, Plau am See, Germany
• 2004-2005 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Upper Limb, “Clinique
Generale”, Annecy, France
• since 2001 St. Luke’s Hospital, Center for Advanced Arthroscopic Surgery
• since 2010 Head of the Upper Limb Department, Bielsko-Biala, Poland
• since 2021 Head of the Orthopedic Department, Bielsko-Biala, Poland

INTERNSHIPS TRAINING:
• 2001 Clinic of Hand Surgery, Bad Neustadt, Germany (Prof. Landsleitner)
• 2001 Centre of Hand Surgery and Replantations, Plau am See, Germany (Dr Kotas)
• 2002, 2004-2005 “Clinique Generale”, Annecy, France
(Dr Lafosse, Dr Toussaint)

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES:
• participant of over 120 international congresses
• chairman of 7 International Orthopaedic Symposiums (Cracow/Bielsko-Biala Shoulder
Course) with shoulder live-surgery transmissions
• organiser of over 10 International Cadaver Lab Courses in the field of shoulder
arthroscopy
• organiser of over 40 Basic and Advanced Courses in the field of shoulder arthroscopy
• organiser of International Orthopaedic Symposium – Latarjet, SFA 2015
• Faculty Member of many International Congresses
• participant of 2 International Multicentric Study Research (in the field of: 1. shoulder
instability treatment and 2. massive rotator cuff tear repair)

MEMBERSHIPS:
• SECEC Ordinary Member
• ESSKA Member
• ESSKA-ESA – Chairman (2016-2018), Board Member
• President of PTBŁ – Polish Shoulder and Elbow Association (2018-2021)
• Polish Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology Member
• Polish Society of Arthroscopy Member
• Polish Society of Hand Surgery Member