PTMRiE Board of Directors

PRESIDENT

prof. dr hab. n. med. Rafał Kurzawa, MD, PhD; OB/GYN, Gynaecological Endocrinology and Fertility Specialist, Senior Clinical Embryologist ESHRE

Co-Founder of the VitroLive company and its unit VitroLive Gynaecology and Fertility Clinic. He is currently the Head of the Academic Department and Institute for Gynaecology and Reproductive Health at the Faculty of Health Science of the Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin. Long-term Chairman of the Fertility and Infertility Section at the Polish Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians. Chairman of the West Pomeranian Division at the Polish Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians. Expert of the Research Centre for Human Embryology. Member of international scientific societies: ESHRE, ASRM. He is the author of various scientific titles focusing on infertility. 

 

V-CE PRESIDENT

Prof. Robert Spaczyński, MD, PhD, specialist in gynecology and obstetrics, gynecological and reproductive endocrinology, and endocrinology,

Deputy coordinator in the Department of Infertility and Reproductive Endocrinology, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Clinical Hospital of the Medical University in Poznań. National consultant in the field of gynecological endocrinology and reproduction (MZ, 2013-present). Former vice president of the Polish Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians (PTGiP, 2015-2018) and former representative of Poland (Committee of National Representatives; 2014-2020) in the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE).

Chairman of the Team of Experts preparing the Specialization Program in the field of gynecological endocrinology and reproduction. Author of over 100 full-text foreign and domestic scientific publications in the field of gynecological endocrinology, reproductive medicine and pathophysiology of gynecological endocrinopathies; head of three research programs of the State Committee for Scientific Research / National Science Center.

 

 

THE MANAGEMENT BOARD MEMBERS

 

lek. n. med. Katarzyna Kozioł, OB/GYN, Senior Clinical Embryologist ESHRE

Cofounder of the nOvum Fertility Clinic in Warsaw, where she holds the dual role of Deputy Director of Medicine and Head of the IVF Laboratory. Member of the Polish Gynaecological Society (PGS), the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), as well as the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASMR). In January 1995 she performed the first intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) procedure in Poland, and in 2009 she introduced a method of genetic testing of unfertilised egg cells. 

 

 

 

dr n. med. Anna Janicka, Biotechnologist

Polish representative in the ESHRE Committee of National Representatives, 2014-2017. Since 2010, directly involved in the implementation of the ESHRE European IVF Monitoring (EIM) programme. Repeatedly acknowledged by the Minister of Health for a series of publications on molecular biology and diagnosing hereditary cancer predisposition. Member of the Polish Gynaecological Society (PGS) and the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE). Quality controller and coordinator of clinical research and the Egg Cell Donation Programme at VitroLive in Szczecin

 

 

 

 

dr n. med. Joanna Liss, Senior Clinical Embryologist ESHRE, Laboratory Diagnostician

Director of the In Vitro Laboratory and member of the scientific research team of the INVICTA Fertility Clinic. Co-author of scientific projects dedicated to an original method preimplantation diagnostics focused on rare diseases, and the effectiveness of embryological procedures in the treatment of infertility. She was one of the first people in Poland to implement methods of cryopreservation of egg cells and ovarian tissue, FAMSI and sperm sorting procedures, and other innovations. Member of many Polish and international scientific societies (PTCG, PTDL, ESHRE, ASRM, PGDIS).

 

 

 

 

 

 

prof. dr hab. n. med. Krzysztof Łukaszuk, OB/GYN, Endocrinologists, Gynaecological Endocrinology and Fertility Specialist, Senior Clinical Embryologist ESHRE

Medical Director of the INVICTA Fertility Clinic and employee of the Medical University of Gdańsk. Polish pioneer in developing preimplantation diagnostics, conducts scientific research, including research into the use of next generation sequencing in the treatment of infertility. Member of Polish and international scientific societies (PTG, PTA, PTCG, ESHRE, ASRM). Author of almost 80 papers published in national and international scientific journals.

 

 

REVISORY COMMITTEE

dr hab. n. med. Stanisław Horák, OB/GYN Specialisation

Works in the Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Gynaecologic Oncology Department of the Medical University of Silesia and the head of the ANTRUM Medical Centre and DEMETER laboratory. Has over 30 years experience dealing with the field of infertility. Is the author of multiple publications and reports, shared nationally and internationally, mainly in the fields of infertility, andrology and gynaecological endoscopy. Member of scientific societies such as ESHRE, ESGE, PSRME and PTA. 

 

Dr hab.n.med.Artur Wdowiak  

Head of the Laboratory of Diagnostic Techniques at the Medical University of Lublin. President of the International Scientific Society for the Support and Development of Medical Technologies from 2013 to the present. Co-founder of the OVUM Specialist Medical Center. Editor of Andrology and Gynecology Reports and European Journal of Medical Technologies. Author of numerous publications, textbooks and congress reports in the field of reproductive medicine.

 

 

Dr n.med. Bartosz Chrostowski