Specialist in: cardiology, internal medicine, arterial hypertension, clinical pharmacology.
Graduated at Medical University of Warsaw (MUW) 1997, MD 2000, PhD 2005, Prof 2007.
Scientific and clinical internships: Utrecht, Amsterdam (the Netherlands), Milano, Catania (Italy), Rio de Janeiro (Brasil), Geneve (Switzerland); visiting professor at University of Nis (Serbia), DWU University of Madang (Papua-New Guinea) and St.George’s University, Grenada.
Actual affiliations: Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education (CPME), Warsaw, Poland – Director and Rector- Magnificus since 2025; CPME Science Council Chairman.
Former affiliations: Maria Sklodowska- Curie Medical Academy in Warsaw – Professor and Rector Magnificus 2021-25; MUW Vice Dean for Science, Medical Faculty 2012-16; Deputy Rector Magnificus 2016-19; Dean for Science/Medical Sciences Council Chairman MUW 2019-21.
Medical association memberships: Polish Cardiac Society (PCS): Chairman of Polish Top Junior Cardiologists, Club 30” 2007-09; Co-founder and first Chairman of PCS Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy Working Group 2010-13; Polish Society of Hypertension: President 2018-20; Past-President 2020-22; International Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy – Governor for Poland 2016 - Directors Board Member since 2025; European Society of Cardiology - member of the Working Group on Acute Cardiac Care and the Working Group on Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy; Fellow of European Society of Cardiology since 2009; the Polish Academy of Science (PAS): member of PAS Clinical Sciences Committee since 2024; member of PAS Physiology and Pharmacology Committee since 2024; Member: Scientific Board of National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw Poland; Member, Scientific Board of Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland. Polish Society for Progress in Medicine – Medicine XXI – President 2022-
Research interests: dyslipidaemias, acute coronary syndromes, heart failure, coronary syndromes, cardiovascular pharmacotherapy, platelets, coagulation, post-COVID, LONG COVID syndromes.
Papers: over 550 indexed in PubMed MEDLINE; according to Google Scholar database (November, 2025): 14650 citations, Hirsch index = 56; Former Editor-in-chief (2012-2017): Kardiologia Polska [Polish Heart Journal] – the official journal of Polish Cardiac Society, Executive Editor Cardiology Journal; Tutor experience: 24 PhD, including 14 PhD with special distinction; 69 PhD reviewed, GCP certificate, clinical trials experience.
Textbooks edited: [Angiotensin-renin system drugs], Opolski G, Filipiak KJ, eds., 2000; [Statins – the basic of clinical pharmacology], Filipiak KJ, Opolski G, eds., 2001; [Acute coronary syndromes - textbook], Opolski G, Filipiak KJ, Polonski L, eds., 2002; [Arterial hypertension in oncology], Filipiak KJ, Szymanski FM, Szmit S, eds., 2018. [Coronavirus- SARS-CoV2—textbook], Dzieciatkowski T, Filipiak KJ, eds., 2021. [Coffee – the medical textbook], Filipiak KJ, Narkiewicz K, Surma S, eds., 2024.
