Professor Zbigniew Żuber, MD, PhD. Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University, Poland
In 1979, after finishing high school I started studying at the Faculty of Medicine of the Medical University in Krakow. After graduating in 1985, I started graduate internship.
I worked in the Regional Specialized Children’s Hospital St. Louis, first as a junior assistant, then as an assistant, then as an senior assistant.
Since 2002, I served as deputy head of the sub-division of rheumatology, from 2006 to the present I am the head of the Department of Children Aged subdivision rheumatology, neurology, pulmonology and rehabilitation. Currently participate in 8 clinical studies in the field of pediatric rheumatology mainly for new biologics in JIA. I am also a member of two studies in the field of metabolic diseases screening population. I’m responsible for treatment of patients with rheumatic diseases, neurological, metabolic, and genetic.
In 1989 I received the title of a specialist degree in pediatrics, in 1994 I got a second degree specialist in pediatrics, in 2004 I received the title of specialist in the field of rheumatology. In 2002 I was awarded the degree of Doctor of Medicine.
In 2015, I received a postdoctoral degree, an associate professor, in 2016 became the headmaster of pediatrics at the Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University.
I am a member of the Polish Society of Rheumatology, a member of the Regional Board (Malopolska) of the Polish Society of Rheumatology
I am also a member of the Polish Pediatric Society and the Polish Society of Ultrasonography.
Currently I am a member of the National Board, vice–President of the Polish Society of Rheumatology and the President of the Pediatric Section of of the Polish Society of Rheumatology.
I am the author / co-author of about 70 scientific papers published in Polish and foreign scientific journals, the vast majority on the issue of rheumatology, many of children rheumatology. I am also co-authored chapters of books in the Trends in Rheumatology and Biological Treatment and many trails in the majority of instances in the field of rheumatology.
