Prof. Waldemar Banasiak new national consultant in cardiology

Prof. Waldemar Banasiak, MD, is a prominent specialist in first and second degree internal medicine and cardiology. He specializes in the treatment of heart failure. His scientific interests also include areas related to stable coronary artery disease, atrial fibrillation and cardiooncology.

He is a graduate of the Faculty of Medicine at the Military Medical Academy in Łódź, from which he graduated with first class honors in 1981. In 1986 he defended his doctoral dissertation at the Medical Academy in Wrocław, and eight years later his habilitation dissertation at the Faculty of Medicine of the Military Medical Academy in Łódź. He received the title of professor in 1999.

In 2022-23, he participated in the work to establish a Faculty of Medicine at the Wrocław University of Technology. Since September 2023, he has headed the Department of Non-surgical Clinical Sciences at the Faculty of Medicine at Wroclaw University of Technology. At the university, I also hold the role of chairman of the Council of the Scientific Discipline of Medical Sciences.

He served as president of the Polish Society of Cardiology (2009-2011). He is also a long-time chairman of the National Examination Commission in cardiology.

Prof. Waldemar Banasiak's scientific achievements consist of 333 publications with an IF of 701, a Hirsch index of 40, and a citation count of 6,766. He is the author of three books and 35 chapters in books.

He is a member of the European Society of Cardiology, the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology, and the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology.

National consultants are appointed by the Minister of Health from among specialists in particular fields:

• Medicine,
• pharmacy,
• Other fields that are applicable to health care.

The minister may ask for candidates:

• scientific societies of national scope that bring together specialists in a particular field,
• The relevant health professional governments.

National consultants:

• initiate national epidemiological studies and evaluate the methods and results of these studies;
• forecast health needs in their field;
• advise on how to implement tasks that stem from the National Health Program and other health programs;
• Give their opinion on requests to refer a patient for treatment or diagnostic tests outside Poland;
• give opinions and advice on tasks carried out by the Center for Medical Examinations, the Center for Postgraduate Training of Nurses and Midwives and the Center for Medical Postgraduate Training.

Source: Wrocław University of Technology