Dr. Grzegorz Kowalski

Popular general practitioner, an expert in bariatric and endocrine surgery. Head of the Center for the Therapy of Obesity and Laparoscopic Surgery. Graduate of the Medical Faculty of the Silesian Medical Academy in Katowice. Earned his working experience in the clinical department of general and endocrinological surgery in the Specialized Hospital of Bytom, as chief of the Division of General and Emergency Surgery in Regional Hospital of Swietochlowice, as well as other world-known surgical centers. The doctor specializes in laparoscopic, general, bariatric and endocrine surgery. The number of bariatric laparoscopic operations performed by a renowned surgeon is reached over 9,800 and the doctor has performed more than 2,800 bariatric surgical procedures. The doctor demonstrates the lowest percentage of postoperative infection associated with obesity surgery at 0.01%.

Grzegorz Kowalski went through number of trainings abroad: the European Institute of telesurgery in France, the European School of Laparoscopic Surgery, University Hospital of Saint-Pierre in Belgium, Academy of Aesculapius in Germany, endosurgery Institute in the US, the Medical Expert Center General Surgery in Switzerland, the hospital Imelda in Belgium , as well as other medical centers in France, Spain, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands.

Professional awards and titles:

• Expert in advanced bariatric surgery (according to Covidien and Johnson & Johnson);
• Expert of laparoscopic and bariatric surgery (Olympus version);
• Reward for the first performed laparoscopic operation using the TAPP method;
• Reward for the first laparoscopic pancreatomy.

Membership in professional organizations:

Polish Medical Association;
Society of Polish Surgeons;
Metabolic and bariatric sections of the Society of Polish Surgeons.

Specialization of the doctor: general surgery, laparoscopic surgery, bariatric surgery, endocrine surgery.