Prof. Maciej Banach was an Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland (2010-2012), and a President of the 2nd largest hospital in Poland. - the Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital - Research Institute (PMMHRI) (2014-2021). He is a Head of Department of Preventive Cardiology and Lipidology at the Medical University of Lodz (MUL) and Adjunct Professor of the Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease (the Johns Hopkins Hospital is ranked as the 6th in the World's Best Hospitals 2022 by Newsweek). He is a Secretary of the European Atherosclerosis Society and President of the International Lipid Expert Panel. Prof. Banach has published over 1400 articles, with the citation number (July 2023): 65,227 (HI: 87 acc. WoS Clarivate) and 114,945 (HI: 112 acc. Google Scholar) - being within 1% the highest cited scientists in the world acc. to Essential Science Indicators by Clarivate (with 57 TOP Papers).