Professor Romuald Wojnicz

Since 1986, I am involved in inflammatory myocardial disease and heart failure research. I have had a long-standing interest in the study of the myocarditis and cardiomyopathies. My special line of research is searching for new immunohistological and ultrastructural markers of immune response in the myocardium in patients with heart failure. Apart from, my study are focused on personalized diagnostics and therapy of patients with myocardial pathology. Head of Laboratory of Electron Microscopy and Immunology, Silesian Center for Heart Disease, Zabrze, Poland, 1985 – 2006. Coordinator of the Heart Muscle Disease Study Group, 1993 – 2006 Principal Investigator of eight research projects of Polish Ministry of Health and National Science Center and Principal Investigator of the Scientific Grant From Pfeizer, NY, USA First Degree Award of the Polish Cardiac Society, Poznań, Poland (2001)First Degree Awards of the Rector of the Medical University of Silesia, Katowice (1999, 2007, 2017)