Osteoporosis Expert Team

Team leader: prof. dr hab. n. med. Ewa Marcinowska-Suchowierska

Deputy team leaders:

1. prof. dr hab. n. med. Piotr Głuszko
2. prof. dr hab. n. med. Witold Tłustochowicz

Secretary: dr hab. n. med., prof. nadzw. Krystyna Księżopolska-Orłowska

Team members:

1. Prof. dr hab. n. med. Janusz Badurski – specialist in internal medicine and rheumatology, President of the Polish Osteoporosis Foundation, Białystok;
2. Prof. dr hab. n. med. Marek Bolanowski – specialist in internal medicine and endocrinology, Head of the Endocrinology, Diabetology and Isotope Treatment Clinic of the Medical University of Wrocław;
3. Prof. dr hab. n. med. Edward Czerwiński – specialist in orthopedics and traumatology of the musculoskeletal system, President of the Polish Osteoarthrology Society, Head of the Bone and Joint Diseases Department of the Collegium Medicum of the Jagiellonian University, Kraków;
4. Prof. nadzw. dr hab. n. med. Romuald Dębski – gynecologist, Head of the 2. Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic of the Center for Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw;
5. Prof. dr hab. n. med. Piotr Głuszko – specialist in internal medicine and rheumatology, Head of the Rheumatology Clinic and Polyclinic and Head of the Geriatrics Subunit, National Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Institute, Warsaw;
6. Prof. dr hab. n. med. Mirosław Jabłoński – specialist in orthopedics and traumatology of the musculoskeletal system, Head of the Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Clinic of the Medical University in Lublin;
7. Prof. nadzw. dr hab. n. med. Krystyna Księżopolska – Orłowska, specialist in medical rehabilitation, Head of the Rehabilitation Clinic, National Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Institute, Warsaw, National Consultant in the field of medical rehabilitation;
8. Dr hab. n. med. Piotr Leszczyński – specialist in internal medicine and rheumatology, Head of the Rheumatology and Osteoporosis Department, J. Struś Multidisciplinary City Hospital with a Caring and Treating Department, Independent Public Complex of Health Care Facilities, Poznań;
9. Prof. dr hab. n. med. Roman Lorenc – President of the Multidisciplinary Osteoporotic Forum, Warsaw;
10. Prof. dr hab. n. med. Ewa Marcinowska-Suchowierska – specialist in internal medicine, consultant of the Geriatrics, Internal Medicine and Bone Metabolic Diseases Clinic, Center for Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw;
11. Prof. dr hab. n. med. Wojciech Marczyński – specialist in orthopedics and traumatology of the musculoskeletal system, Head of the Orthopedics Clinic of the Independent Public Hospital, Center for Postgraduate Medical Education, Otwock;
12. Prof. dr hab. n. med. Witold Tłustochowicz – specialist in internal medicine and rheumatology, Head of the Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Clinic, Military Medical Institute, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Defense, Warsaw.
13. dr Jerzy Gryglewicz – doctor, expert at the Health Care Institute of the Lazarski University, leader and lecturer at MBA in Health Care studies at the Lazarski University.

Tasks of the team:

• a) developing national standards in osteoporosis taking into account global and European guidelines based on the current state of knowledge,
• b) submitting requests to the Health Minister about implementing changes in the organizational structure of the health care system in the field of osteoporosis, including education,
• c) developing guidelines for osteoporosis trainings,
• d) initiating research in the field of osteoporosis,
• e) developing and analyzing direct and indirect costs of osteoporosis and suggesting changes aiming at reducing these costs.

Contact:
zespoldsosteoporozy@spartanska.pl