Inauguration of the new academic year 2018/2019
Submitted by Information and Promotion Office on 05.10.2018
The inauguration of Medical University of Warsaw 2018/2019 academic year took place on October 2, 2018. At the invitation of Medical University of Warsaw Rector, Prof. Mirosław Wielgoś, the inaugural lecture was given by the President of the Warsaw Medical Society (Towarzystwo Lekarskie Warszawskie), Associate Professor Jerzy Jurkiewicz, who paid tribute to the Polish Army in his speech, on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of Poland’s Independence.
English Division Student Government (EDSG) organized a fun and practical Orientation Week 2018
Submitted by Information and Promotion Office on 03.10.2018
From Sept. 26-29, new first year English Division MD and DMD students as well as incoming ERASMUS and transfer students took part in information sessions and social activities aimed at making them feel welcome and at ease at Medical University of Warsaw, their new home.
Professor Roberto Romero visits Medical University of Warsaw
Submitted by Information and Promotion Office on 03.10.2018
Prof. Mirosław Wielgoś, Rector of Medical University of Warsaw, met with world renown expert in preterm delivery, Prof. Roberto Romero. Prof. Romero is an outstanding researcher and teacher in the diagnosis of ectopic pregnancies, prenatal diagnosis, amniocentesis and infection as causes of preterm delivery and Cerebral Palsy.
The first transcatheter bioprosthetic mitral valve implantation in Poland
Submitted by Magdalena Wilk on 09.10.2018
The first transcatheter implantation in a degenerated mitotic valve Epic 31mm (TMVI, transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve implantation) in Poland was performed on September 3 by a team of surgeons from Medical University of Warsaw’s I Cardiology Clinic and Cardiac Surgery Clinic.
The First Simultaneous Heart-Liver Transplantation in Poland
Submitted by Biuro Prasowe on 11.10.2018
A team of surgeons from Medical University of Warsaw Department and Clinic of General, Transplant and Liver Surgery at the Independent Public Central Clinical Hospital (SPCSK, on 1a Banacha St.) and from the Department of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology at the Institute of Cardiology in Anin performed the first simultaneous heart-liver transplantation in Poland. The procedure took place on August 30-31, 2018 on a 51-year old patient.
Montreal Medical International Inc. (MMI) becomes a shareholder in the WUM Investment Sp. z o.o. company
Submitted by Biuro Prasowe on 04.09.2018
On August 30, 2018, the Medical University of Warsaw (WUM) and Montreal Medical International Inc. (MMI) signed an agreement which made MMI a shareholder in the WUM Investment Sp. z o.o. company. The signatories were the Rector of the Medical University of Warsaw Prof. Mirosław Wielgoś and President and CEO of MMI Dr. Michael Churchill-Smith.
Dr Magdalena Winiarska awarded ERC Starting Grant 2018
Submitted by Information and Promotion Office on 27.07.2018
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Magdalena Winiarska from the Department of Immunology, Medical University of Warsaw, member of the STREAM project, has been awarded ERC Starting Grant. It will be the first ERC grant carried out at the Medical University of Warsaw.
English Division 2017-2018 Graduation Ceremony - Students bid farewell to their University
Submitted by Information and Promotion Office on 06.07.2018
In an atmosphere of smiles, cheering and humming to "We Are The Champions", students of the 6-year program and Advanced MD program officially completed their medical studies at the 2nd Faculty of Medicine English Division of the Medical university of Warsaw. The graduation ceremony took place on July 4, 2018. The host of the graduation ceremony was Prof. Marek Kuch, Dean of the 2nd Faculty of Medicine.
Honorary Degree for prof. Erica Van Cuts and Conferment of Postgraduate Degrees of the Second Faculty of Medicine
Submitted by Information and Promotion Office on 03.07.2018
On June 27, Prof. Eric Van Cuts, a world-renowned gastroenterologist oncologist from Belgium was awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from the Medical University of Warsaw. The ceremony took place at the Royal Castle in Warsaw and was hosted by the Dean of the Second Faculty of Medicine, Prof. Marek Kuch who cordially welcomed the honorary guest and his family.
Honorary Degree for Prof. Ewa Kuligowska and 2017-2018 Postgraduate Degree Conferment Ceremony of the 1st Faculty of Medicine
Submitted by Information and Promotion Office on 01.07.2018
