Committees of the Board of the Polish Cardiac Society
• Audit Committee. Chair: Prof. Ryszard Piotrowicz
• Scientific Awards Committee. Chair: Prof. Stefan Grajek
• Planning and Development Committee. Chair: Prof. Janina Stępińska
• Committee for Research and Clinical Initiatives. Chair: Prof. Adam Witkowski
• Committee for Health Promotion . Chair: Prof. Piotr Podolec
• Foreign Affairs Committee. Chair: Prof. Piotr Pruszczyk
• Computers in Cardiology. Chair: Dr. Marcin Grabowski
• Committee for Training and Specialization. Chair: Prof. Andrzej Budaj
• Committee for Scientific Grants. Chair: Prof. Zbigniew Gąsior
• Scientific Congress Committee. Chair: Prof. Piotr Ponikowski
• Board Representative for Cooperation with Working Groups. Chair: Prof. Ryszard Piotrowicz
Working Groups of the Polish Cardiac Society
• Echocardiography
• Noninvasive Electrocardiography and Telemedicine
• Cardiovascular Surgery
• Pediatric Cardiology
• Cardiovascular Interventions
• Resuscitation and Cardiac Intensive Therapy
• Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology
• Heart Rhythm
• Club '30'
• Experimental Cardiology
• Women Heart Diseases
• Heart Failure
• Valvular Heart Diseases
• CVD Epidemiology and Prevention
• Nursing and Medical Support
For full details of these working groups, please consult the 'networking tool' feature and select 'Poland'
Divisions of the Polish Cardiac Society
• BIALYSTOK. Chair: Dr. Sławomir Dobrzycki
• BYDGOSZCZ. Chair: Dr. Wojciech Wróbel
• GDANSK. Chair: Prof. Dariusz Kozłowski
• KATOWICE. Chair: Prof. Paweł Buszman
• KIELCE. Chair: Dr. Hubert Konstantynowicz
• KRAKOW. Chair: Dr. Maria Olszowska
• LUBLIN. Chair: Prof. Andrzej Wysokiński
• LODZ. Chair: Prof. Jarosław Drożdż
• OPOLE. Chair: Dr Piotr Feusette
• PODKARPACKI. Chair: Dr. Marek Sienicki
• POZNAN. Chair: Prof. Romuald Ochotny
• RADOM. Chair: Dr. Krzysztof Duda
• SZCZECIN. Chair: Dr. Jarosław Gorący
• TORUN. Chair: Dr. Krystyna Jaworska
• WARSZAWA. Chair: Dr. Dariusz Wojciechowski
• WLOCLAWEK. Chair: Dr. Jadwiga Janusz
• WROCLAW. Chair: Dr. Marta Negrusz-Kawecka
Meetings
• Annual, international, gathering aprox. 5-6 thousand participants from Poland and foreign guests, organized in various cities in September each year
• Annual Spring Conference in June each year
• Please consult the National Society Meetings page.
• More information about all International Meetings.
International Partners
• European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
• Collaboration in clinical guidelines, postgraduate education, prevention
• Participation in annual ESC congresses and conferences (3rd position in number of abstracts submitted to the Congress Stockholm 2005)
• Polish cardiologists in ESC: members of working groups and committies, 45 ESC Fellows, 29 European Cardiologists
• Collaboration with French, German and Turkish Society of Cardiology - joint sessions
• World Heart Federation
• Annual World Heart Day in Poland
• European Union of Medical Specialists, Section of Cardiology
National Alliances
• Polish Forum of Prevention - association with 8 scientific national societies
• POLKARD - government national program in cardiology
• Polish Radio and Television - "Mind your heart" medial campaign of healthy lifestyle promotion
• Polscreen program
• Institute Flora
• ECCO – Walkathon
Future
Club 30 - group of young cardiologists (under 35 of age to become a member), active in research (authorship of a publication in peer-reviewed journal to become a member), 110 members here