We are immensely pleased to inform you that Professor Arkadiusz Jawień has been appointed the President of the Polish Society for Vascular Surgery for the term 2018-2020.
We are immensely proud to inform you that Professor Arkadiusz Jawień has been appointed the President of the Polish Society for Vascular Surgery for the term 2018-2020.
The Polish Society for Vascular Surgery is a renowned association established with the aim of promoting development in the area of vascular surgery, spreading knowledge related to this field, as well as facilitating the integration and exchange of professional experience among specialists and organisations devoted to vascular surgery and angiology. On 14-16 June 2018, the 10th International Congress and the General Assembly of the Polish Society for Vascular Surgery were held in Warsaw, during which Prof. Jawień was officially nominated as the Society’s President.
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.
Prof. Jawień 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 previously also served as 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.