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We’re excited to share that our club president Aleksandra Frankowska has been selected as one of six Student Ambassadors for the World Transplant Congress 2025, representing Europe!

The WTC 2025 Student Ambassador Program was created to promote organ donation and transplantation as a rewarding specialty for final-year medical students. Selected students will have the opportunity to engage with global leaders in the field and help inspire the next generation!

Nasza studentka w Student Ambassador Program WTC 2025 Aleksandra Frankowska, studentka piątego roku English Division Wydziału Lekarskiego naszej uczelni znalazła się w elitarnym gronie sześciorga osób wybranych do Student Ambassador Program, który powiązany jest z World Transplant Congress.

Our first suturing workshops of the academic year 😊 Thank you all for joining yesterday’s session - we’re looking forward to seeing you at the next one!

We’re proud to announce that the Transplant Team from our Department received a distinction for the Auxiliary Liver Transplantation in the Portraits of Polish Medicine 2024 competition! 👏

Zespół transplantacyjny z UCK WUM wyróżniony w konkursie Portrety Polskiej Medycyny 2024 Portrety Polskiej Medycyny to prestiżowy konkurs organizowany przez magazyn i portal Rynek Zdrowia. W gronie laureatów tegorocznej edycji znalazł się zespół z Uniwersyteckiego Centrum Klinicznego WUM, który został wyróżniony za dokonanie pierwszego na świecie przeszczepu wspomagającego w...

Snapshots from today’s Scrubbing-In Workshops. We hope you’ll make the most of your time in the OR and ER! 😊🙌

The Department we are affiliated with has successfully launched Poland’s first Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplant Program. 👏

The first procedure took place on October 9th, led by Prof Michał Grąt, the Head of the Department. A 19-year-old male, diagnosed with a rare hepatic tumor, received the right lobe of the liver, donated by his 29-year old sister.

Congratulations to the entire Team!

Ruszył nowy program przeszczepień fragmentu wątroby od żywego dawcy dla dorosłego biorcy W Klinice Chirurgii Ogólnej, Transplantacyjnej i Wątroby UCK WUM wystartował jedyny w Polsce program przeszczepień fragmentu wątroby od żywego dawcy dla biorcy dorosłego. Pierwszą transplantację przeprowadzono 9 października pod kierunkiem prof. Michała Grąta. Biorcą prawego płata wąt...

We’re proud to announce that our Vice-President Aleksandra Frankowska represented our club at 19th Warsaw International Medical Congress - WIMC, winning 1st place in Surgery Session, 1st place in Surgical Case Report Session, and 2nd place in Plenary Session! 🥇😍👏

Congratulations to Aleksandra and the Mentors of our club for making it happen! 👏🤩

Thanks to everyone who joined us during our first official meeting, where we discussed basic technical skills.

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The Team from the Department with which we are associated was awarded the “Portait of Polish Medicine” in the Event of the Year category granted by Rynek Zdrowia medical portal for the pioneering Split Liver Transplantation. 👏 👏👏

Nagroda za pierwsze w Polsce przeszczepienie wątroby pobranej od jednego dawcy zmarłego i podzielonej dla dwóch biorców Zespół z Kliniki Chirurgii Ogólnej, Transplantacyjnej i Wątroby UCK WUM kierowanej przez prof. Michała Grąta został nagrodzony Portretem Polskiej Medycyny w kategorii Wydarzenie Roku przyznawanym przez portal Rynek Zdrowia.

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🖤🌟💚 National Surgical Anatomy Teaching Series (NSATS) 2022/23: SESSION 12 💚🌟🖤

NSATS are delighted to announce the next session of the series - Session 12: Liver and Gallbladder & Hepatobiliary Surgery on Wednesday 18th January 2023, 6-8pm 😍

PART 1: PEER-ASSISTED TEACHING - Liver and gallbladder anatomy teaching led by junior doctors and medical students (intercalated in BSc Clinical Anatomy) 😍

PART 2: SURGICAL APPLICATION - Surgical teaching led by an expert surgeon taking you through the surgical anatomy of common procedures in Hepatobiliary Surgery.

Introducing your Expert Surgeon for the evening: Mr John Moir 😍

Mr Moir is a Consultant HPB/Transplant Surgeon at the Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. He has an active research interest, having completed a CRUK fellowship-funded PhD on pancreatic cancer at Newcastle University, published extensively, received several research prizes, and was recently awarded the ASGBI/PCUK travelling fellowship. He maintains a keen interest in training and education, further evidenced in setting up and now chairing the North East Surgical Training Academy (NESTAC).

Surgical procedures to be covered: 😍❤️

💚 Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
💚 Pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple)
💚 Liver resection
💚 Robotic HPB Surgery

ALL attendees will receive:

✅ 2 CPD points and certificate of attendance (CPD points awarded by RCS England)
✅ Additional certificate for participation in our research study
✅ Post-session handout (new and improved)
✅ Practice MCQs & OSCE case-based discussion questions

Register for FREE now via our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/nsats

We hope to see you there 😍

NSATS Committee 22/23 💛🖤