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![Careers for medics: it's worth knowing what the opportunities are](/sites/www.wum.edu.pl/files/2024-05/2024-04-24-004.jpg)
On April 24, the second edition of the Festival of Possibilities - Medical Job Fair was held at the Teaching Center MUW. Our students and graduates were able to meet with employers from the medical and pharmaceutical industries to see the variety of paths they can choose when planning their professional future. Participants were treated to an exhibition zone, a counseling zone, a Q&A zone, as well as a zone where they could have their professional photo taken for their application documents after having their makeup done by makeup artists.
![MUW Science Development Fund: additional PLN 13.8 million for science development](/sites/www.wum.edu.pl/files/2024-05/close-up-of-dropper-in-petri-dish-2022-03-08-00-17-36-utc.jpg)
Thanks to the very good result of the evaluation of the quality of scientific activity and the fact that all scientific disciplines represented at MUW received a high A category, our university received additional funding in the amount of PLN 13.8 million for the development of science in 2024-2026.
![Cardiology. What's new in diagnosis and treatment?](/sites/www.wum.edu.pl/files/2024-04/11_1_0.jpg)
National Heart Week is underway. In connection with this, we asked our specialists from the 1st Chair and Department of Cardiology about the latest methods of diagnosing and treating heart diseases.
![On virtuosity in medicine. Another lecture as part of the MUW Patronage Program](/sites/www.wum.edu.pl/files/2024-04/wum_0008-20240416_0.jpg)
This time the lecture for high school students was given by Prof. Artur Ludwin, Head of the 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University Center for Women's and Newborn Health MUW. He spoke about how to become a virtuoso of the “keyhole” gynecological surgery.
![A novel system to "vacuum" thrombus and tumors from veins used for the first time at UCC MUW](/sites/www.wum.edu.pl/files/2024-04/zespol_1.jpg)
Specialists from the 1st Chair and Department of Cardiology UCC MUW, in cooperation with the team from the Department of Heart, Thoracic and Transplant Surgery UCC MUW, performed the procedure on April 15 using the innovative AngioVac system. The patient was a 38-year-old patient with a primary diagnosis of liver echinococcal cyst, complicated by a septic condition.
![Warsaw International Medical Congress 2024 – discussions of young scientists about biomedicine](/sites/www.wum.edu.pl/files/2024-04/1_5.jpg)
These were three intense days filled with lectures, workshops and, above all, interesting and inspiring scientific presentations by students and postgraduates from all over the world. It is their active participation and willingness to share their achievements in various fields of biomedicine that are the most important point of the Warsaw International Medical Congress for Young Scientists – an international event that has been organized at our university for 27 years.
![“Heart in a Box” – a new era in Polish transplantology](/sites/www.wum.edu.pl/files/2024-04/1_3.jpg)
The organ care system for heart (OCS Heart) was used for the first time in the history of Polish heart transplantology to transport an organ from the donor to the recipient on March 4, 2024, by the Clinic of Heart, Thorax and Transplant Surgery of the University Clinical Center of the Medical University of Warsaw headed by Prof. Mariusz Kuśmierczyk. The use of this innovative equipment ensures that the heart is transported in “comfortable” conditions – beating, nourished and protected against the necrotic environment outside the human body.
![Meeting with the Minister of Health of Ukraine](/sites/www.wum.edu.pl/files/2024-04/wum1_0.jpg)
Mr. Viktor Liashka, Minister of Health of Ukraine, visited Warsaw on March 28. He met with Prof. Robert Gałązkowski, Vice-Dean for Dietetics, Medical Rescue and Public Health of the Medical University of Warsaw, Chair of the Medical University of Warsaw’s Team for Cooperation with Ukraine. They discussed cooperation between the Medical University of Warsaw and Ukrainian medical universities.
![Opening of the Palliative Medicine Clinic at Baby Jesus Clinical Hospital at the University Clinical Center of the Medical University of Warsaw](/sites/www.wum.edu.pl/files/2024-04/1_2.jpg)
This is the first clinic of its kind in Warsaw. It was officially opened on April 4. “The corridors of our clinic is still empty today. However, I dream that it will be full of students who, as part of volunteering, will want to spend at least an hour a week at the patient’s bedside and here they will become infected with medicine,” said Tomasz Dzierżanowski, the founder and head of the new unit, during the inauguration ceremony.
![Health Day at the Faculty of Health Sciences](/sites/www.wum.edu.pl/files/2024-04/2024-04-03-023_0.jpg)
This was a major event dedicated to health promotion and prevention. It was organized by the Faculty of Health Sciences on the occasion of the upcoming World Health Day. Students from five public high schools and senior citizens were invited to attend - a total of more than 400 people. Guests first listened to interesting lectures by experts, and then sought advice and information from representatives of student scientific circles.