On 8 September 2018, Professor Arkadiusz Jawień, head of the Department of Vascular Surgery and Angiology and of the Centre for Medical Education in English, unveiled his autograph embedded in the pavement of Długa Street in Bydgoszcz.
On 8 September 2018, prof. dr hab. Arkadiusz Jawień, head of the Department of Vascular Surgery and Angiology and Director of the Centre for Medical Education in English at NCU Collegium Medicum, unveiled his autograph embedded in the pavement of Długa Street in Bydgoszcz.
Unveiling “Bydgoszcz Autographs” is an event held annually to honour individuals who contribute to strengthening the reputation of Bydgoszcz through their professional and personal activity. This distinction for building the good name of the city is awarded by a jury comprising representatives of all public higher education institutions in Bydgoszcz, as well as the local self-government and media. In this year’s edition, the set of 36 signatures sculpted into the pavement of Długa Street has been expanded by three new autographs of notable individuals: Krzysztof Herdzin – an esteemed composer, Arkadiusz Jawień – a respected vascular surgeon, and Józef Szala – a world-renowned construction expert.
This is the fourth Bydgoszcz Autograph dedicated to a member of the academic community of NCU Collegium Medicum. In previous editions, the honour was also awarded to:
- prof. dr hab. Marek Harat (2010) – a prominent neurosurgeon, currently employed at the Department of Public Health at the Faculty of Health Sciences;
- prof. dr hab. Zbigniew Włodarczyk (2015) – an expert in transplantology, currently head of the Division of Transplantology and General Surgery at the Faculty of Medicine;
- prof. dr hab. Wojciech Zegarski (2017) – a distinguished surgical oncologist, currently head of the Department of Oncological Surgery at the Faculty of Health Sciences.
Professor Arkadiusz Jawień is currently the head of the Department of Vascular Surgery and Angiology and the Division of Vascular Surgery and Angiology at the Faculty of Medicine. He is also the co-founder and Director of the Centre for Medical Education in English at NCU Collegium Medicum. He specialises in general and vascular surgery and angiology. His main areas of interest include endovascular surgery, screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm, or the management of vascular graft infections, diabetic foot syndrome, post-thrombotic syndrome and chronic wounds. He was one of the first surgeons in the region to implement a modern method of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair using branched stent grafts, which made Bydgoszcz one of three most active centres for endovascular surgery in Poland. He is currently the author or co-author of over 300 scientific publications.
Prof. Jawień currently serves as the president of Polish Society for Vascular Surgery for the term 2018-2020. Previously, he was also the president of:
- the World Federation of Vascular Societies 2016/2017,
- the European Society for Vascular Surgery 2014/2015,
- the European Venous Forum 2004,
- the Polish Wound Management Association 2006-2012,
- the Polish Society of Phlebology 2003-2006,
- the Polish Society of Angiology 1998-2000.
He was also the Secretary-General of the International Union of Angiology between 2010-2014. He used to be a long-time editor-in-chief of Acta Angiologica and is currently the editor-in-chief of the journal Leczenie Ran [Wound Management]. Between 2010-2012, he was the Ambassador of the Region, and in 2013 he became the Master of Polish Speech.
During the autograph unveiling ceremony, prof. Jawień was accompanied by his wife, children and grandchildren.
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Photos from the event: www.bydgoszcz.pl