MEDtube Team

The portal is created by the team of medical, IT and online marketing professionals.


Founders

Michał Wszoła
Michal Wszola MD, PhD

Doctor of Medicine, Transplantologist, Surgeon at the General and Transplantation Surgery Clinic at Dzieciątko Jezus Hospital in Warsaw. Member of Polish Transplantology Association, The Transplantation Society, International Pancreas and Islets Transplantation Association and the Polish Surgeons Society (TCHP). Mr Wszola is responsible for content quality and for educational programs.

Rafał Kieszek
Rafal Kieszek MD

Surgeon at the General and Transplantation Surgery Clinic at Dzieciątko Jezus Hospital in Warsaw. Author of a number of scientific papers presented in professional magazines and at transplantology summits. Mr Kieszek is responsible for content quality and educational programs.

Wojtek Dolkowski, CEO

Graduate from Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) and Lehigh University in Pennsylvania (Iacocca Institute). Mr Dolkowski has over 10 years of experience covering strategic and capital advisory for business owners as well as founding and growing his own Internet start-ups (successful in their niches). Adviser and mentor for healthcare entrepreneurs. Mr Dolkowski is responsible for the project global development, general management, strategic partnerships and finance. He speaks fluent English, French and Polish.

Adrian Fester, CTO

Graduate from Warsaw School of Economics (SGH). Mr Fester specialises in early-stage project development. Mr Fester is responsible for the technology, content management and traffiic. He speaks English, German and Polish.


Medical team

Karolina Kłoda
Karolina Kloda MD, PhD

Doctor of Medicine, graduate of doctoral studies at Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin and postgraduate studies in Public Health. Doctor of Philosophy. Professionally deals with family medicine.

Wojciech Marlicz
Wojciech Marlicz MD, PhD

Consultant in gastroenterology and internal medicine at the Department of Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Poland. He has gained professional experience working in Blackburn Royal Infirmary Hospital (UK), University of Pennsylvania (USA) and University of New South Wales (Australia). He is currently President of West Pomeranian Division of the Polish Society of Gastroenterology. Dr. Marlicz is also co-founder of the Polish Society of Regenerative Medicine and member of the European Crohn’s and Colitis Organization.

Michał Zembala
Michał Zembala MD, PhD

Graduate from the Medical University of Silesia. His professional interests focus on minimally invasive and endoscopic cardiac surgery. He developed a hybrid program for symptomatic persistent atrial fibrillation, and in 2009 performed the first such procedure in Poland.

Jerzy Bednarski
Jerzy Bednarski MD

Doctor, a graduate of Medical University of Lublin. The author of many papers published both in Polish and international magazines. A member of associations and institutions supporting the medical community. Editor-in-chief of MedTube Tribune.

Damian Borof
Damian Borof MD

Graduated from Medical University of Gdańsk. A participant of many courses and medical conferences on neurosurgery and interventional radiology. He is associated with Neurosurgical Department in Pomeranian Centre of Traumatology chaired by Wojciech Kloc MD, PhD. The president of Interventional Radiology and Hyperbaric Medicine Scientific Societies in Medical University of Gdańsk. His passion is neurosurgery and spine surgery. The author and administrator of the Polish Society of Spinal Surgery website. Privately, his main interests are diving, water sports and ballroom dancing.

Kamil Chorążka MD

A graduate of the Medical University of Warsaw. Professionally interested in neuroscience, pathology and general medical issues. As a student a participant of several research projects and numerous Polish and international conferences. An active member of a students' scientific group of neurology and a Polish-English student magazine at the University. Exchange programs at the Semmelweis University, UCL Institute of Neurology and University Medical Center Groningen. In spare time a tenor in a medical choir, a sportsman-amateur and a fan of a 'carpe diem' maxim.

Łukasz Durajski
Lukasz Durajski MD

Graduate of Jagiellonian University Medical College, Faculty of Medicine in Kraków. Since 2007 he has been an active member of the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations in Poland and a member of Students’ Scientific Organization of Cardiac Surgery in Kraków. Is also a member of the Polish Cardiac Society.

Emil Durka
Emil Durka MD

Graduate of the Faculty of Medicine in the Poznan University of Medical Sciences. Since the beginning of studies he was associated with the Student Scientific Society, involving himself in organization of many events like congresses, conferences and scientific camps. He was also a member of the General and Vascular Surgery Student Scientific Group. Scientifically interested in gynecology and surgery. Spends his free time devoting himself to cooking passion. Loves music and reading books.

Emilia Karchier
Emilia Karchier MD

Emilia Karchier works as Resident and Assistant in Department and Chair of Otolaryngology at Medical University of Warsaw (Chief: Professor Kazimierz Niemczyk). She is interested in otology, especially in regard to application of endoscopical techniques in surgery for chronic otitis media. She is training in sialendoscopy (endoscopical exploration of the ducts of salivary glands) for treatment of sialolithiasis.

Karolina Kołodziejczyk
Karolina Kołodziejczyk MD

Graduate of Faculty of Medicine in Katowice at Medical University of Silesia. Since few years the chairman of Students' Scientific Society of Pediatric Surgery in Katowice. Active member of the International Federation of Medical Students' Associations (IFMSA ans IFMSA-Poland). The participant of many international conferecens. Main interests include travelling and exploring the world of medicine.

Paweł Lech
Paweł Lech MD

A doctor during specialization in general surgery in Wejherowo health centre under Prof. Maciej Michalik’s supervision. A graduate of Medical Academy in Lublin, interested in minimal invasive and robotic surgery, responsible for surgical treatment of obesity and metabolic surgery. A member of European Association of Endoscopic Surgery (EAES) and International Federation For The Surgery Of Obesity & Metabolic Disorders (IFSO). A participant of numerous foreign trainings and congresses (India, Italy, Germany, Czech Republic, Greece, France), received training in Bariatric and Metabolic Institute (Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA), passionate about report photography.

Sunnidaley Mafa
Sunnidaley Mafa MD

A graduate of Faculty of Medicine in Zabrze at Medical University of Silesia. Participant of many science conferences. Entrant of student exchange program in Les Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg. His passion is anesthesiology and intensive care. Interested in alternative medicine, culture of France and of Near and Far East.

Kamila Malinowska
Kamila Malinowska MD

Graduated from Medical University of Silesia in Katowice. Participant in many courses and medical conferences, member of the the International Federation of Medical Students' Associations – IFMSA – Poland and several students scientific associations. Scholar in Erasmus Programme in Italy and entrant of student exchange programs in Italy and in Hungary. The greatest passion is neurology. Moreover interested in film, travel and modern dance. Love snowboarding, playing the piano and flying.

Dorota Nadbrzeżna
Dorota Nadbrzeżna MD

A graduate of Faculty of Medicine in Zabrze at Medical University of Silesia. The laureate and participant of many medical conferences. In 2011-2012 as Erasmus Student at Istanbul University. An active member of a few Students’ Scientific Societies. In 2009-2011 vice-president of Students' Sport Association at Medical University of Silesia. Object of interest is surgery. Privately an active sportswoman, particularly football.

Maciej Pawlak
Maciej Pawlak MD

Graduated from the Medical University in Gdańsk. Currently working in the Department of General and Vascular Surgery in Wejherowo (Chief: Maciej Michalik, MD, PhD). His passion is minimally invasive surgery. He created numerous medical and training films presented at international scientific conferences and workshops. Member of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery.

Bartosz L Sikorski
Bartosz L. Sikorski MD

A graduate in medicine from Nicolaus Copernicus University, he also attended clinical rotations at the University of Oxford, Imperial College London and Harvard Medical School. Member of American Academy of Ophthalmology, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology and European Association for Vision and Eye Research. Member of the Medical Physic Group that designed and constructed the first fourier-domain optical coherence tomography instrument for in vivo retinal imaging. Recipient of European Society of Ophthalmology Educational Grant, the Lanckoronski Foundation scholarship, the Foundation for Polish Science grant, Step into the Future scholarship. Fellow of European Board of Ophthalmology.

Mateusz Spałek
Mateusz Spałek MD

Graduate of Faculty of Medicine in Zabrze at Medical University of Silesia in Katowice. The participant of many medical conferences, member of a few Students’ Scientific Societies and the chairman of Students’ Scientific Society of Pathology in Zabrze. Is keen on culture, art, poetry and modern technologies. Loves cooking and reading books. Extends his activity as an active member of the IFMSA-Poland. An advocate for human rights and equality. Rationalist, humanist and an opponent of pseudoscience.

Aleksandra Berkan

Student of Faculty of Medicine at Medical University of Łódź, active member of International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations IFMSA-Poland since 2008. Erasmus scholarship holder in France, participated in many professional internships in The Netherlands, Canada and Spain among others. Interested in medicine, infectious diseases and oncology in particular. Translator, admires travelling, French culture, good cuisine and languages, Romanic above all.

Maria Bilinska

A student of dentistry at Medical University of Lodz. Interested in periodontology, orthodontics, and “cosmetic” dentistry.

Magdalena Chorążka

Student of Faculty of Medicine of Warsaw Medical University. On 4th year as Erasmus at the Hamburg University. A member of Student Research Team by Department of Histology. Interested in pediatrics, clinical immunology, dermatology and lifestyle diseases.

Mateusz Grajek
Mateusz Grajek

Master's of public health at the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, a graduate of epidemiology and biostatistics specialties. Student of the postgraduate studies in biotechnology at the University of Opole. Scientific interest in the social and environmental epidemiology and veterinary public health.

Kinga Korzonkiewicz
Kinga Korzonkiewicz

Student of Silesian Medical University in Zabrze. She is interested in surgery, endocrinology and invasive cardiology. Member of Cardiological Students` Scientific Society in Silesian Center for Heart Diseases.

Sandra Kryska
Sandra Kryska

PhD student at the Faculty of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry at the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice. Graduate Master's degree in Public Health and the inter-graduate in management in health care. Scientific interest in the subject of eating disorders and mood in adolescents.

Magdalena Mroczek
Magdalena Mroczek

Student of the First Medical Faculty on the Medical University of Warsaw. Interested in oncology, a member of the Student Scientific Group by the Center of Oncology-Institute in Warsaw. Was taking part in many international student exchanges (Erasmus, volunteer by Indian Cancer Society in New Delhi , Twinning Project).

Natalia Neumann
Natalia Neumann

Comes from Gdynia, is a student of Poznan University of Medical Sciences. Tries to combine her passions: medicine, creative work and journalism. Is primarily interested in paediatrics, genetics and neonatology.

Aneta Piotrowska
Aneta Piotrowska

Student of medicine at Jagiellonian University Medical College. Member of Pediatric surgery Students Scientific Society and few others Students Scientific Societies. Object of her interest is surgery, especially with little ones - pediatric. She spent one year on Erasmus exchange in Belgium. She is multi interested type of person.

Katarzyna Pluskwa
Katarzyna Karolina Pluskwa

Laboratory diagnostician, a graduate of Medical Analytic at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical College in Krakow. Chairwomen of Student’s Scientific Circle of Laboratory Diagnosticians, coordinator of session of Medical Diagnostic at the International Medical Student’s Conference. Unquestioned fan of ‘House MD’.

Martyna Pyka
Martyna Pyka

A student of the Medical University of Silesia. Member of the Student Scientific Group by the Silesian Center for Heart Diseases. Interested in cardiology, gynecology and surgical specialties.

Aleksandra Raźnikiewicz
Aleksandra Raźnikiewicz

A student of Faculty of Medicine in Zabrze at Medical University of Silesia. Interested in surgery and other surgical specialties. A member of the Student Scientific Group by the Department of General and Gastroenerological Surgery bin Bytom. In 2011-2012 chaired the Organising Committee of International Conference for Students and Young Doctors in Surgery and Other Surgical Specialties.

Anna Rej
Anna Rej

PhD student at the Faculty of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry at the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Department of Gynecology, Perinatology and Neonatology in Zabrze. In 2011 graduated Master's degree in Public Health. A graduate of inter-graduate 'Organization and management in health care'. Object of interest is obesity in children.

Radosław Rippel
Radoslaw Rippel

Medical student at the University College London. Radek is currently doing an intercalated BSc in Surgery and Anaesthesia at the Imperial College London. An active member of local surgical society through organisation of events such as The National Undergraduate General Surgery Conference (www.nugsc.com). As a researcher, he is involved in work on applications of nanotechnology, tissue engineering and technology in surgery. His main interests focus on cardiothoracic surgery and use of robotics for facilitation of surgical performance.

Maja Sołtysik
Maja Sołtysik

A graduate of physiotherapy at Medical University of Silesia in Katowice. Scientific interest in issue related to rehabilitation and orthopedics. Her motto is that the conscious patient cooperation is essential to achieve the intended purpose of improving. Privately admirer of the cinema of moral anxiety, especially Krzysztof Kieslowski`s creativeness.

Monika Walankiewicz
Monika Walankiewicz

Student of Medical University of Lublin and member of International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations IFMSA-Poland since 2008. The participant of many medical conferences, member of few Students’ Scientific Society. Few times she took part in medical internships abroad. Her main interest focus on radiology and ginecology. Loves travelling.


Cooperation

Krystian Fester

Student of finance. His passion is web design. Person responsible for providing and updating content.