Professor Piotr Major, PhD, is a distinguished bariatric surgeon and academic at Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum, specializing in minimally invasive techniques for gastrointestinal surgery. With a rich educational background, including an MBA in Healthcare and extensive professional qualifications, he has made significant contributions to the field of bariatric and oncological surgery. Currently, as the Coordinator of the Obesity Surgical Treatment Center at the University Hospital in Krakow, Professor Major continues to lead advancements in surgical treatments for obesity and cancer.
Education:
- 2021 - 2023 Postgraduate studies "MBA in Healthcare", Cracow University of Economics, Cracow Business School
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- 2010 – 2014 PhD studies at the Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum in Krakow
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- 2003 – 2009 Medical studies at the Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum in Krakow
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Professional qualification:
2 November 2020 Specialization in the oncological surgery head of specialization: Piotr Bodzioch
27 September 2017 European Specialization in General Surgery (Fellow of the European Board of Surgery, FEBS)
- 7 April 2017 Specialization in general surgery head of specialization: Marek Winiarski, PhD
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- 22 December 2016 Certificate authorizing to perform procedures in the field of diagnostic and surgical endoscopy of the gastrointestinal tract issued by the Board of the Endoscopic Section of TChP
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* 25 September 2014 Doctoral degree in medical sciences based on the doctoral dissertation entitled "Quality of life of patients after surgical treatment of giant obesity". Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum Krakow
Professional career:
- * since 2021 – currently Coordinator of the Obesity Surgical Treatment Center at the University Hospital in Krakow
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- * since 2020 – currently Professor, II Department of General Surgery, Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum
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- * since 2019 – 2020 University professor, II Department of General Surgery, Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum
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- * since 2015 – 2019 Assistant professor with the degree of habilitated doctor, II Department of General Surgery, Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum
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- * since 2010 – currently Senior assistant at the Department of General, Oncological, Metabolic and Emergency Surgery, University Hospital in Krakow from 2016 to 2021 Program manager, Medical Center for Postgraduate Education of the Jagiellonian University
Scientific activity:
- * November 26, 2020 - The title of professor of medical sciences and health sciences in the discipline of medical sciences
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- * 19 October 2017 Academic degree of habilitated Doctor of Medical Sciences based on the series of publications entitled "Selected factors affecting the safety of bariatric operations in patients treated surgically for giant obesity". Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum Krakow
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- * 25 September 2014 Doctoral degree in medical sciences based on the doctoral dissertation entitled "Quality of life of patients after surgical treatment of giant obesity". Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum Krakow
Main professional and scientific interests:
The main area of my work are minimally invasive surgical techniques used in gastrointestinal surgery (metabolic and bariatric surgery, oncological surgery). In the center of my professional and scientific interests are issues related to the surgical treatment of patients with giant obesity (bariatric and metabolic surgery). Minimally invasive oncological surgery (colorectal surgery and gastric surgery) is the second group of my clinical interests. Comprehensive and coordinated treatment, the possibilities of using the protocol of modern perioperative care (ERAS - Enhanced Recovery After Surgery) are the third largest area of my professional and scientific activity.
Research grants:
- 2018/02/X/NZ4/00192 (MINIATURA): Selected aspects regarding the use of gastric balloon as a method supporting surgical treatment of obesity (project leader)
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- NCN/2011/03/D/NZ5/00551 (SONATA) The study of intestinal flora in patients with diabetes type 1 and 2 and with morbid obesity or pathological undergoing sleeve gastrectomy (project developer)
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- Grant of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education "Diamond Grant 2018"
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- Grant of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education "Diamond Grant 2019"
Functions performed:
- * since 2019 Member of the Scientific Council of the Medical Sciences Discipline of the Jagiellonian University
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- * since 2018 Member of the Bioethics Committee of the Jagiellonian University
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- * since 2017 Member of the Management Board of the Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Section of the Society of Polish Surgeons
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- * since 2017 Member of the Board of the Videosurgery
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Foreign trips and internships:
- * April 2023 Medical University of Vienna, Department of General Surgery, Vienna, Austria (Prof. Gerhard Prager)
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- * July 2023 Clevelenad Clinic Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (Dr. Javed Raza, Dr. John Rodriquez)
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- * March 2022 Department of Bariatric Surgery, AZ Sint-Jan-Hospital Department Bruges, Belgium (Prof. Bruno Dilemans)
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- * October 2018 Department of Bariatric Surgery, AZ Sint-Jan-Hospital Department Bruges, Belgium (prof. Bruno Dilemans)
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- * July 2018 Department of Bariatric Surgery, Hospital Universitario Bellvitge Barcelona, Spain
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- * November 2016 Department of Bariatric Surgery, Homerton University Hospital, London, UK (Prof. Kesava Mannur)
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- * October 2015 Ludwig Maximillians Universität, Munich, Germany (Prof. Matthias Siebeck)
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- * September 2014 Scholarship of the Society of Polish Surgeons, University of Health and Welfare, Tokyo, Japan(prof. Masaki Kitajima)
Research and medical education courses and trainings:
- * May 2017 Introduction to the methodology of developing systematic reviews, Centre for Systematic Reviews – Polish Branch of Cochrane UJ CM
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- * November 2016 Good Clinical Practices, NIDA Clinical Trials Network
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- * September 2015 How to get your paper published, Post Graduate Course, 20th World Congress of International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Related Diseases (IFSO), Vienna, Austria
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- * November 2015 Medical Education Training: Academic Teacher Training Course, Ludwig Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
Membership in scientific societies:
- * Society of Polish Surgeons (TChP):
- * Member of the Board Section of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery
- * Member of the Board of the Videosurgery Section
- * TChP Endoscopic Surgery Section
- * International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO)
- * The European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES)
Until January 2021 - Author and co-author of 195 scientific publications.
Author and co-author of over 226 congress reports.