Specialist in: cardiology, internal medicine, arterial hypertension, clinical pharmacology (4 certified specializations).
Education: Medical University of Warsaw (MUW), MD, PhD.
Scientific and clinical internships: Medical Faculty, Utrecht University, Netherlands, Medical Faculty, Amsterdam University, Netherlands, Internal Medicine Department, Gaffree e Guinle University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Department of Pharmacology, University of Geneva, Switzerland; Erasmus Programme for University Teachers' Exchange, Milan, Italy; University of Nis, Serbia: visiting professor.
Affiliations: Maria Sklodowska-Curie Medical Academy in Warsaw – Professor and Rector Magnificus since 2021; former: MUW Vice Dean for Science, Medical Faculty 2012-16; Deputy Rector Magnificus, MUW 2016-19; Dean for Science/Medical Sciences Council Chairman in MUW 2019-20;
Medical association memberships: Polish Cardiac Society (PCS): Chairman of Polish Top Junior Cardiologists ,,Club 30” 2007-09; Co-founder and first Chairman of PCS Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy Working Group 2010-13; Polish Society of Hypertension: President 2018-20; Past-President 2020-22; International Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy – Governor for Poland 2016 -; European Society of Cardiology - member of the Working Group on Acute Cardiac Care and the Working Group on Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy; Fellow of European Society of Cardiology 2009;
Research interests: dyslipidaemias, acute coronary syndromes, heart failure, stable angina, cardiovascular pharmacotherapy, renin-angiotensin system, platelets, coagulation, post-COVID, LONG COVID syndromes.
Papers: over 550 indexed in PubMed MEDLINE; according to Google Scholar database (April, 2022): 8016 citations, Hirsch index = 41; i-10 index = 194.
Textbooks: Author and co-author about 100 chapters in monographs and textbooks; co-author and co-editor in Polish e.g.: [Renin-Angiotensin System Drugs], Opolski G, Filipiak KJ, eds., 2000; [Statins - The Basic Clinical Pharmacology], Filipiak KJ, Opolski G, eds., 2001; [Acute Coronary Syndromes], Opolski G, Filipiak KJ, Polonski L, eds., 2002; [Hypertension in oncology], Filipiak KJ, Szymanski FM, Szmit S, eds., 2018. [Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 textbook], Dzieciatkowski T, Filipiak KJ, eds., 2021.
Former Editor-in-chief (2012-2017): Kardiologia Polska [Polish Heart Journal] – the official journal of Polish Cardiac Society, Executive Editor Cardiology Journal (since 2018-); Editorial Board member of Journal of Cardivascular Development and Disease (IF=3,948).
Tutor experience: 22 PhD, including 12 PhD with special distinction; 12 specialists in cardiology, 7 specialists in internal medicine; reviewer of 56 PhD theses.
Clinical trials experience: ALIVE, ONTARGET/TRANSCEND, IMRPOVE-IT, SIGNIFY, Q-SYMBIO.
