Orthopaedist

Dr Marek Stawniak is a medical doctor specialising in surgery and orthopaedics and traumatology of the musculoskeletal system.

In 1992, he started his postgraduate training at the Department of General Surgery of the J. Struś City Hospital in Poznań. In the following years, he continued his career in several private and public centres, gaining new competences and skills in orthopaedics and traumatology of musculoskeletal system. The orthopaedic surgeon from Poznan has been associated with Rehasport Clinic since 2005. In the meantime, he has completed numerous internships in Poland and abroad, including the Department of General Surgery, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands and the Department of Plastic Surgery, Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain.

Dr Stawniak is a member of the Polish Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology and the Polish Hand Surgery Society.

He devotes his free time to travelling and off-road vehicle rallies. He is passionate about history. 

Graduated from Karol Marcinkowski Pozań University of Medical Sciences Worked in the Department of Orthopaedics at the Wiktor Dega Clinical Hospital in Poznań in Poznań and at the Department of Orthopaedics of the Academic Clinical Hospital in Wrocław. He has taken part in many international courses, including in the UK, France, Germany, the US and Portugal.

Wojciech Jurasz specialises in the treatment of injuries related to the spine, including spinal pain, especially those difficult to diagnose, deformities (scoliosis, Scheuermann's disease), fractures, chiropractic, tumours, herniated discs, degeneration, spinal stenosis or spinal instability. He carries out operations in the field of deformity correction (scoliosis, excessive kyphosis), vertebral column repositioning, fracture stabilisation, vertebroplasty (also in cancer cases), removal of herniated intervertebral discs, decompression of the spinal canal, injection of intervertebral joints and spinal nerves in cases of pain syndromes, as well as treatment of chiropractic.

Outside the hospital, orthopaedic surgeon Wojciech Jurasz is an active cyclist, duathlete and triathlete - regularly competing in amateur events.

Graduated from Medical University of Gdańsk. Paweł Rybak - for 6 years he worked as an assistant in the Provincial Trauma and Orthopaedic Department of the M. Kopernik Pomeranian Traumatology Centre. in Gdańsk. Since 2012 he has been associated with the Gdansk branch of Rehasport.

A memebr of the Polish Shoulder and Elbow Society, the Polish Arthroscopy Society and The European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy ESSKA.

Paweł Rybak specialises in orthopaedics and traumatology of the musculoskeletal system with a focus on the knee, ankle and shoulder joints. His passion is sport, especially kitesurfing and road cycling. 

Marta Ślęzak graduated from the Faculty of Medicine I of the Medical University in Cracow. in Poznań. She is a specialist in orthopaedics and traumatology of the musculoskeletal system, which she gained in the Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital named after the founder of the hospital. of Karol Marcinkowski Medical University in Poznań. Her areas of interest include medical issues related to orthopaedic conditions and upper limb injuries.

Marta Slezak gained her experience at the Centre für Muskuloskeletale Chirurgie, Charité in Berlin. At the same time, he is gaining recognition in the scientific world with numerous congress presentations and publications. She has an open doctoral thesis entitled. "Polish cultural adaptation and validation of questionnaires used in the diagnosis and treatment of shoulder diseases", whose supervisor is prof.. Przemysław Lubiatowski.

Marta Ślęzak provides didactic activity in the field of Orthopaedics for medical students of the Medical University in Poznań. Additionally, he appoints the position of managing editor of the journal Practical Orthopaedics and Traumatology.

MEMBERSHIP OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

• Polish Shoulder and Elbow Society, since 2016
• European Society for Shoulder and Elbow Surgery SECEC - ESSSE, (Member of the Qualifying Committee), since 2013
• Hand Surgery Section of the Polish Orthopaedic and Traumatological Society, since 2013
• Shoulder and Elbow Surgery Section of the Polish Orthopaedic and Traumatological Society, since 2012
• Polish Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery, (Member of the Board), since 2012
• Polish Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, since 2012

Graduate of the Faculty of Medicine of the Medical University of Poznan. Specialist in orthopaedics and traumatology of the locomotor system.

Special interests: Sports medicine, sports injuries, arthroscopy of the knee and ankle joint: cruciate ligament reconstruction, meniscus injuries, cartilage injuries, ankle ligaments, Achilles tendon injuries.

Before entering medical school, he worked for a year as a paramedic at the Orthopedic Clinic in Poznan under Prof. Degi. He received his medical degree from the Medical Faculty of the Poznan University of Medical Sciences in 1968. In 1969, he started working at the Regional Hospital in Konin in the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology. He completed his specialty training at the Department of Orthopedics in Konin at the Orthopedic Clinic of the IOR in Poznan, the Municipal Orthopedic Hospital in Poznan, the Provincial Hospital for Traumatic Surgery in Piekary Slaskie and the Orthopedic Clinics of the CMKP, the Orthopedic Institute in Dawos. He received his specialization in Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery in 1977. Since January 1978, deputy head of WSZ in Konin, and from 1995 to 2016, head of WSZ in Konin. He spent 2 years as an assistant at the Orthopedic Clinic of the Medical Academy in Wroclaw under the direction of Prof. Dr. Gerwazy Swiderski. He was head of the Provincial Medical Staff Development Center in Konin.

As a long-time chairman of WOODKAM, he organized many specialty training courses for nursing and medical staff, many scientific conferences, conventions of doctors of the Konin area and national conventions. As part of orthopedic meetings, he organized several PTO away conferences in Konin, the Hand Surgery Convention, the National 50th Anniversary of Orthopedics Convention in Konin, 28 Orthopedic Days.

As president and then chairman of the SANUS Foundation, he acquired a lot of modern equipment for the WSZ in Konin. Since 1995, he has introduced many modern methods for surgical treatment in the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, modernized the department and equipped it with modern operating equipment. He was the initiator of the use of the Thermoablation method for the treatment of cancer metastases to the bone, as an aid to tumor destruction. He systematically supplemented his knowledge and trained several specialists in Orthopedic Surgery.

Graduate of the K. Marcinkowski Medical University in Poznan. Specialist in orthopedics and traumatology of the musculoskeletal system, dealing with reconstructive surgery, limb lengthening, correction of limb deformities. Passionate about the Ilizarov method and its derivatives. He also specializes in the treatment of congenital and acquired defects of the musculoskeletal system in children.

Bartosz Musielak is the author of about 20 publications and dozens of scientific presentations at national and international congresses.

He has received several prestigious fellowships, including:

• 2012 - American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine Student Travel Scholarship.
• 2016 - European Pediatric Orthopaedics Society BAT Course Scholarship.
• 2017 - American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine OrthoPediatrics Travel Scholarship.
• 2018- EPOS Travelling Fellowship

Memberships of scientific societies: Polish Society of Pediatric Orthopedics (PPOS), European Society of Pediatric Orthopedics, Polish Arthroscopic Society (PTARTRO).

He is also currently an academic in the Department of Pediatric Orthopedics and Traumatology. In 2015, he was awarded the honorary title of “Amicus Studentium” of the Medical University of Poznan.

An avid basketball player (vice-champion of Poland under 16 in 2001; as a player, he was promoted to the second league with the AZS Politechnika Poznańska team in 2007; two-time gold medalist, one-time bronze medalist of the Polish Academic Championships of Medical Universities in basketball; vice-champion of Poland's doctors in basketball in 2013; in 2010, elected Athlete of the Year of the Medical University of Poznan).

Graduated from Karol Marcinkowski Pozań University of Medical Sciences . Specialist in orthopaedics and traumatology of the locomotor system. Specialised in sports injuries and degenerative joint disease treatment and sees his patients in Poznań - Orthopaedist Poznań.

Tomasz Owczarski, PhD operations performed:

• arthroscopy of the ankle and knee joints,
• ligament reconstructions of the ankle and knee joints,
• Knee joint alloplasty,
• total knee endoprosthesis,
• Unicompartmental knee endoprosthesis,
• patellofemoral joint endoprosthesis,
• Hip joint alloplasty,
• cemented and uncemented prosthesis,
• Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR) of a hip joint,
• ankle joint endoprosthesis.

Tomasz Owczarski has been caring for professional athletes for many years. Between 1999 and 2009 he was the doctor of the Polish national hockey team and since 2002 he has been the main advisor of the European Field Hockey Federation (EHF). He also worked with the Polish Olympic Committee, and in 2000 he was the first doctor of the Polish national hockey team at the Sydney Olympics. He operated on many Polish athletes, including the best marathon runner Henryk Szost, and for years he also worked with two-time world pole vault vice-champion Monika Pyrek. Since March 2016, he has been the head of the medical staff of the Polish national men's handball team. He was the team doctor at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, where the Polish handball team advanced to the semi-finals for the second time in history, finishing fourth.

Privately, Tomasz Owczarski prefers active leisure and long, often extreme, runs. Among other things, he competed in a marathon in Nepal at the foot of Mount Everest, Patagonia, Bhutan or a winter marathon across the frozen Lake Baikal.

Graduated from Karol Marcinkowski Pozań University of Medical Sciences (2001-2007).
Paweł Cybulski is a member of the Polish Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (PTOiTr), the Polish Arthroscopic Society (PTArtro) and the European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA).

He is an orthopaedist from Poznan - Ortopeda Poznań - specialising in conservative and surgical treatment of lower limb injuries (fractures, sprains and dislocations) and degenerative hip and knee changes. He conducts fracture fusion procedures, knee and ankle arthroscopies and corrective procedures in ankle and foot.

Paweł Cybulski is also the day-to-day doctor of the first team of KKS Lech Poznań the football club. He gained his professional experience, inter alia, in the Hospital in Puszczykowo — the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology of the Motor System. Also a doctor of the Polish national football team. Amateur football player, cyclist and runner. Completed marathons in Barcelona, Rome and Berlin.

Age of patients: adults with orthopaedic problems and children with injuries.

Graduated from Medical University of Gdańsk. Krzysztof Drozd worked for 8 years as an assistant in the Trauma and Orthopaedic Department of the St. Adalbert’s Church Hospital in Gdańsk. Since 2012 he has been working in the Trauma and Orthopaedic Department of the Copernicus Hospital in Gdańsk (formerly the Nicolaus Copernicu Pomeranian Traumatology Centre ).

Krzysztof Drozd is a member of the Polish Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, the Polish Society of Hand Surgery. Specialises in musculoskeletal orthopaedics and traumatology with a focus on the upper limb and hip, knee joint and shoulder alloplasty.

Krzysztof Drozd, orthopaedic surgeon from Gdansk, is passionate about sport, especially volleyball, hiking and fishing.

At Rehasport Gdansk, sees the patients of 4 years old and older.

Graduate of the Medical University of Gdańsk. Michał Osowski is a doctor in the Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery at the M. Kopernik Hospital in Gdańsk. Since 2015 he has been working as an orthopaedic surgeon at the Gdansk ward of Rehasport. Specialises in orthopaedics, trauma surgery and sports medicine. Special interests include the treatment of disorders and injuries of the lower limb.

Michał Osowski is a member of the Polish Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, the Polish Shoulder and Elbow Society, the Polish Arthroscopic Society and the Polish and European Foot and Ankle Society. He has been a participant and speaker at many orthopaedic courses and conferences at home and abroad.

Specialist in orthopaedics and traumatology of the locomotor system. In the process of specialising in sports medicine. For the 2019/2020 season, 1st team doctor and medical team leader of Al Jazira FC (Abu Dhabi; United Arab Emirates). In the 2018/2019 season the doctor of the first team of Legia Warszawa and the first team of Legia Kosz. Since 2013 he has been a licensed Physician of the Polish Football Association for the Polish Junior National Team.

Filip Latawiec specialises in treating musculoskeletal disorders and injuries as well as degenerative diseases, in particular of the knee and ankle joints as well as the shoulder and elbow girdle. Performs treatments using minimally invasive methods such as arthroscopy, as well as classic methods. Regenerative medicine is of particular interest. Under ultrasound guidance, performs injections of hyaluronic acid, platelet-rich plasma (PRP), and stem cells. Sees patients over the age of 16.

Has been working with athletes since the beginning of his career and helps patients return to full fitness quickly and safely. Strives to ensure that every patient actively participates in and decides about the entire treatment process.

Filip Latawiec graduated from the First Medical Faculty of Warsaw Medical University. In parallel with his medical studies, he obtained a Master's degree in psychology with a special interest in psychology in sport.

Privately, a keen sailor in summer and skier in winter. His passion is motorcycling - a seasonal motorcyclist with experience in amateur motorsport.

Graduate of the Karol Marcinkowski Medical University in Poznan. In 2015, he was awarded a postdoctoral degree. Prof. UM Lukasz Kubaszewski is an academic teacher. He participates in many international projects and clinical trials, and has developed his own techniques for the surgical treatment of sacral primary tumors.

Specialties:

• idiopathic adolescent scoliosis,
• degenerative diseases of the cervical and lumbar spine,
• primary and metastatic tumors of the spine including: vertebral body removal with vertebral body prosthesis and sacral bone resection,
• pain syndromes in the course of degenerative changes,
• spinal deformities in the course of advanced degenerative disease,
• vertebroplasty,
• traumatic fractures,
• fractures in the course of osteoporosis,
• In addition, Lukasz Kubaszewski, MD, performs endoscopic spine procedures, which are among the most modern surgical methods.