President of the Polish Hospital Federation. Governor and member of the Bureau of the European Hospital Federation. Member of the Board of the World Hospital Federation IHF.

Specialist in internal diseases, cardiology and coordinated health care. After studying at the Faculty of Medicine of the Silesian Medical University, he worked at the Provincial Cardiology Center in Zabrze (currently the Silesian Center for Heart Diseases). After the recognition of his medical diploma in the USA, he completed specialization training at university hospitals in New York and Georgia

For many years he worked in the USA as an independent specialist, head of the department of medicine and member of the medical board of a clinical hospital University of Vermont Health Network.

A graduate of executive MBA studies with a specialization in health care management in the USA and postgraduate training from Harvard Medical School, Temple University School of Medicine, American College of Physician Executives.

He holds a doctorate in medicine from the University of the State of New York and a doctorate in medical sciences from the Jagiellonian University. In 1997 he obtained the rank of associate professor, and in 2003 he obtained the American title of university professor of clinical medicine at the University of Vermont College of Medicine in the USA. Since 2019, he has been a university professor at Collegium Humanum Warsaw Management University.