Head of The Department of Perinatal Cardiology and Congenital Anomalies,
The Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, which is Polish University for postgraduate medical training. I was graduated at the Medical Academy of Warsaw. Completed pediatrics and pediatric cardiology training in the biggest pediatric hospital in Poland. Trained in Guy’s Hospital in London, Liverpool Children’s Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital. 10 years’ experience in the cardiac catheterization laboratory.
I am the pioneer of fetal cardiology in Poland which I started in 1986. I organized care for pregnant women with fetal cardiac congenital anomalies. I established the program for diagnosis and treatment of fetal arrhythmia and conduction anomalies. In 2010 I organized the fetal cardiac interventional team in Warsaw which performed almost 150 fetal cardiac interventions.
I developed the concept and organization of the perinatal hospice with medical, phycological and spiritual support for parents who are expecting lethally or severely ill child. This program was established in 1999 and has been carry on since then. This program was described in details in the first Standards of Perinatal care perinatalne.pl/pliki/Artykul/1080_standards.pdf .
I am the member of the steering committee of the International Fetal Cardiac Interventions Registry (IFCIR) and the international steering group of AEPC study on: Effect of fetal aortic valvuloplasty on outcomes. A prospective observational cohort study with a comparison cohort. I took part in the retrospective study of aortic study conducted by the Fetal Cardiology WG of AEPC. I am in the steering committee of the SLOW study conducted by Sick Kids Hospital, Toronto.
I was the Treasurer, and then the President of the Fetal Cardiology Working Group of AEPC. I am the V-ce President of the Fetal Echocardiography and fetal Cardiology Working Group of the The Polish Ultrasound Society. I am the Honorary Member of The Polish Ultrasound Society and the Romanian Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
I am the Associate Editor in the journal Cardiology in the Young.
I am the author or co-author of many international articles mainly on the topic of fetal cardiology, book chapters on fetal cardiology and and the lecturer on many international conferences. I took part in preparing “Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology recommendations for basic training in paediatric and congenital cardiology 2020” and “Recommendations for the training and practice of fetal cardiology from the Association
of European Paediatric Cardiology” in 2024.