Year of award: 2012
Diploma awarded during the Congress in Gdańsk in 2012.
Head of the Clinical Department of Otolaryngology in Zabrze, Silesian Medical University in Katowice (since 1992)
Main research interests:
- Hearing-improving surgeries using various materials
- Oncology in otolaryngology, particularly the treatment of laryngeal cancer
- Experimental research on the middle and inner ear
He has introduced modern methods of ear, nose, and sinus microsurgery, throat surgery, laser surgery
and partial laryngeal surgery in his clinic. Supervisor of 30 doctoral dissertations and supervisor of 4 habilitations
Author of 414 publications and 18 patents
Co-author of 8 chapters in textbooks on otolaryngology, audiology, and pediatrics
Member of numerous scientific societies
National Consultant in otolaryngology in the Upper Silesian region
Awarded by the Minister of Health and Social Welfare and the Rector of the Medical University of Silesia
(application submitted by the Silesian-Opole Branch of the Polish Otolaryngology Society)