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Miroslaw Szura, MD PhD FACS

Society Memberships

  • Intl Soc, Surg/Soc Int Ch
  • Soc of Am Gast End Surgs

Additional Information

Gender

Male

General Surgery

Szpital Zakonu Bonifratrow

Trynitarska 11

Krakow

Poland

Contact Information

Biography

I am a laparoscopic surgeon specializing in treating gastrointestinal cancer. In our Surgical Department we perform about 2900 procedures a year. In 2018, we performed over 200 laparoscopic colorectal resections for cancer, over 650 laparoscopic cholecystectomies, and about 950 hernia repair procedures. We also perform advanced endoscopic procedures in the digestive tract.

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Hernia Procedures

Minimal Access Surgery

Colon and Rectal Disorders/Cancer

  • colon/rectal cancer
  • colonic polyps
  • colonoscopy
  • gastrointestinal cancer
  • laparoscopic colon surgery
  • stomach cancer

Diagnostic Imaging/procedures

Minimally Invasive Procedures

  • laparoscopic surgery

Surgical Oncology (Cancer/Tumors)

  • adrenal tumors
  • colon cancer screening
  • colon cancer/polyps
  • colon/rectal cancer
  • stomach cancer/tumors
  • Surgical Oncology (Cancer/Tumors)

Hospital Appointments

Public Clinical Hospital

Krakow,

General Surgery

10/1997—12/1998

1st Department of General and GI Surgery, Jagiellonian University

Krakow,

General Surgery

01/1999—12/2005

Medicina - Specialist Diagnostic & Therapeutic Centre

Krakow,

Chief

06/1999—Present

1st Department of General, Oncological and GI Surgery, University Hospital

Krakow,

Consultant, Urological Surgeon

01/2006—01/2012

1st Department of General, Oncological and GI Surgery, University Hospital

Krakow,

Senior Consultant

01/2013—12/2015

Department of General and Oncological Surgery, St John Grande Hospital

Krakow,

Chief

01/2016—Present

Academic Appointments

1st Department of General and GI Surgery, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland

Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor

12/1997—09/2005

1st Department of General and GI Surgery, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland

Adjunct Professor

10/2005—09/2012

Endoscopic Unit in the 1st Department of General, Oncological and GI Surgery, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Adjunct Professor

10/2012—09/2015

Endoscopic Unit in the 1st Department of General, Oncological and GI Surgery, Jagiellonian University

Lecturer

10/2015—03/2016

Department of Experimental and Clinical Surgery, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Clinical Associate Professor

03/2016—09/2018

Jagiellonian University Medical College

Krakow,

Professor

10/2019—Present