The Nowowiejski Hospital invited us to a picnic to bid farewell to summer and to an exhibition of beautiful angels from Rasztów. The events were organized by patients and staff of the Department of Psychiatric Care and Treatment (ZOLP) in Rasztów, which belongs to the hospital.

These are fascinating and interdisciplinary fields that combine chemistry, biology, physics, technology, and medicine. They are also essential because helping patients would not be possible without them. To showcase the many facets of pharmacy and medical analytics, the Faculty of Pharmacy once again invited students from Warsaw high schools to participate in “Discover our faculty” workshops. More than 300 students from classes with an extended biology and/or chemistry program accepted the invitation.

Can artificial intelligence be used to predict the outcomes of treatment for abdominal cancers? If so, how? Dr. Krzysztof Bartnik from the 2nd Department of Clinical Radiology, together with researchers from the Warsaw University of Technology and Duke University in the USA, has just launched a project aimed at creating prognostic models to help physicians better assess therapy effectiveness and make treatment more personalized.

Our University Clinical Center (UCK WUM) has received nearly PLN 2 million for the purchase of modern equipment for pathomorphological diagnostics. The funds will streamline diagnostic processes and enable faster implementation of treatment for oncology patients. UCK WUM has also obtained nearly PLN 23 million for digital transformation, which will improve data security, the efficiency of medical teams, and the quality of patient care.

Elected to the Main Board of the Society were Prof. Urszula Ambroziak, Head of the Chair and Department of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology at the University Clinical Center of the Medical University of Warsaw (UCK WUM), and Prof. Przemysław Witek, Head of the Department and Clinic of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, and Diabetology at the Medical University of Warsaw. Their term will last four years.

At the Chair and Department of General, Vascular, Endocrine and Transplant Surgery, UCC WUM, the first implantation of a BeFlared covered stent was carried out. The stent is a modern solution used to treat abdominal aortic aneurysms in the vicinity of renal arteries.

The National Science Centre has awarded grants for innovative initial or pilot research to Piotr Alster, PhD Hab., from the Department of Neurology at the Faculty of Health Sciences, and Cezary Maciejewski, MD PhD, from the 1st Chair and Department of Cardiology. Piotr Alster’s research focuses on Parkinson’s disease, while Cezary Maciejewski investigates how sarcoidosis affects the heart.

Type II diabetes is a disease that often leads to diabetic foot syndrome and characteristic chronic wounds. It is one of the most dangerous complications of diabetes, often leading to limb amputation and increasing the risk of serious infections. Unfortunately, the incidence of diabetes continues to rise, and the available methods of treating wounds in patients often prove insufficient. Therefore, the search for new, bioactive dressings that could be used in the treatment of chronic wounds in this condition is extremely necessary and important.

Our specialists have performed the first transcatheter mitral valve implantation procedures in Poland, which were also among the first in Europe, using a new system. This opens new therapeutic perspectives for a large group of symptomatic patients who, due to clinical and anatomical limitations, could not previously be effectively treated.

On August 5, in front of the University Clinical Center (UCK) of the Medical University of Warsaw on Banacha Street, one of the stages of the “Transplant tour: from the sea to the mountains” came to an end. The participants include organ transplant recipients as well as physicians and medical students, among them representatives of our academic community.