Hooray IPTA!

From the 18th to 21st of September, specialists from the Children’s Memorial Health Institute took part in the 13th Congress of the International Pediatric Transplant Association (IPTA) in Berlin – one of the most important events in pediatric transplantology.

The Children’s Memorial Health Institute was represented by:

🔹 Department of Surgery – Prof. Piotr Kaliciński, MD, PhD; Prof. Marek Szymczak, MD, PhD; Assoc. Prof. Marek Stefanowicz, MD, PhD; Julita Latka-Grot, MD, PhD; Assoc. Prof. Małgorzata Markiewicz, MD, PhD; Małgorzata Panek, MD

🔹 Department of Nephrology – Wioletta Jarmużek, MD, PhD; Marianna Lichosik, MD, PhD

🔹 Department of Gastroenterology – Maja Klaudel-Dreszler, MD, PhD

Children’s Memorial Health Institute’s experts shared their experience and knowledge, confirming that Poland plays an important role in the global field of pediatric transplantology. In addition to the exposure it afforded to best practices and latest learnings, the convening served to strengthen the spirit of inter-center collaboration and a renewed enthusiasm for collaborative research that results, ultimately, in improved treatment outcomes.

Short lectures were presented by:
Dr. Julita Latka-Grot
Dr. Dorota Broniszczak-Czyszek
Assoc. Prof. Marek Stefanowicz, MD, PhD

Interesting clinical cases from our daily practice were also presented in the poster session. Brief reports were prepared by:

Assoc. Prof. Małgorzata Markiewicz, MD, PhD, Małgorzata Panek, MD.

Onward and upward, Children’s Memorial Health Institute!