Piotr Ponikowski (born 11 February 1961, in

Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...

) is a Polish

cardiologist Cardiology () is a branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the heart and the cardiovascular system. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular hear ...

, Professor of

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, Vice-Rector of the

Wrocław Medical University Wrocław Medical University ( Polish: ''Uniwersytet Medyczny we Wrocławiu'', Latin: ''Universitas Medicus Vratislaviensis'') is an institution of higher medical education in Wrocław, Poland. It consists of five faculties: Medicine, Dentistry, P ...

and Head of the Polish Cardiological Society (2017-2019). His scientific interests include research on

heart failure Heart failure (HF), also known as congestive heart failure (CHF), is a syndrome, a group of signs and symptoms caused by an impairment of the heart's blood pumping function. Symptoms typically include shortness of breath, excessive fatigue, a ...

coronary heart disease Coronary artery disease (CAD), also called coronary heart disease (CHD), ischemic heart disease (IHD), myocardial ischemia, or simply heart disease, involves the reduction of blood flow to the heart muscle due to build-up of atherosclerotic pla ...

and

heart arrhythmia Arrhythmias, also known as cardiac arrhythmias, heart arrhythmias, or dysrhythmias, are irregularities in the heartbeat, including when it is too fast or too slow. A resting heart rate that is too fast – above 100 beats per minute in adults ...

Life and career

He was born on 11 February 1961 in

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. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the

in 1986. He received his

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in 1997. In 2002, he obtained the title of professor of medical sciences. In 1997, he began to work at the 4th Military Clinical Hospital in Wrocław and since 2005, he has been the Head of Cardiology Department. Since 2009, he has also been Head of Department of

Heart Diseases Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels. CVD includes coronary artery diseases (CAD) such as angina and myocardial infarction (commonly known as a heart attack). Other CVDs include stroke, hea ...

at the Wrocław Medical University. He has conducted research at such institutions as

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in Sweden and

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and

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in London. He is considered one of the most prominent Polish scientists, having been included in the

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Ranking of ''The World's Most Influential Scientific Minds 2015''. He is an author of more than 700 scientific publications. Ponikowski is a member of numerous medical associations including the

European Society of Cardiology The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) is an independent non-profit, non-governmental professional association that works to advance the prevention, diagnosis and management of diseases of the heart and blood vessels, and improve scientific un ...

, the Cardiology Committee for Practice, and Polish Cardiological Society. Between 2010-2012, he was President of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology. He was the director of many international research projects such as SICA-HF ''Studies investigating co-morbidities aggravating heart failure'' (2009-2013). In 2015, he received the President of the City of Wrocław Medal for his scientific achievements. In 2018, he was awarded the

Copernicus Award The Nicolaus Copernicus Polish-German Research Award (also known as Copernicus Award) is a biannual science award conferred by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and Foundation for Polish Science "to the individuals most active in Polish-German scie ...

shared with

Stefan Anker Stefan D. Anker is Head of Field “Tissue Homeostasis and Cachexia" at Charité University, Berlin, Germany. Previously, he was Professor of Innovative Clinical Trials at University Medical Center Göttingen in Germany. The main focus of the In ...

for their contributions into research on heart failure.

Selected publications

*''Ferric Carboxymaltose in Patients with Heart Failure and Iron Deficiency''. New England Journal of Medicine. 2009; 361:2436-2448. *''Signature of circulating microRNAs in patients with acute heart failure''. European Journal of Heart Failure. 2016 *''Calcium upregulation by percutaneous administration of gene therapy in patients with cardiac disease (CUPID 2): a randomised, multinational, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2b trial''. Lancet. 2016 Mar 19 *''Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure: The Task Force for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Developed with the special contribution of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC''. European Heart Journal. 2016 May 20

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Life and career

Selected publications

See also

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