Personal details
Name: Dawid Murawa
Date of birth: 1 October 1975
Place of birth: Pozna?, Poland
Place of residence: ul. Jana Brzechwy 34, 60-195 Pozna?, Poland

Education
1990-1994 Ignacy Jan Paderewski 6th Grammar School, Pozna?, Poland
1995-2001 Faculty of Medicine, Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences, Pozna?, Poland
1 October 2001 – 30 October 2002 Post-graduate training in Franciszek Raszeja Hospital, Pozna?, Poland
1 October 2002 – 11 March 2004 Doctoral studies at the 2nd Department and Clinic of General and Vascular Surgery, Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences, Pozna?, Poland
Since 1 November 2002 –
30 September 2017 Senior assistant; 1st Department of General Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Wielkopolska Cancer Centre, Pozna?, Poland
Since 1 October 2017 –
30.01.2019 Chief of the Department of General and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Hospital of the Baptism Monument of Poland, Gniezno
Since 18 march 2019 Chief of the Chair of Surgery and Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University in Zielona Gora; Chief of the Clinic of General Surgery and Surgical Oncology, University Hospital in Zielona Gora
1 May 2003 – 30 April 2009 Specialisation in general surgery
20 May 2010 – 20 May 2012 Specialisation in surgical oncology
May 2005 – May 2006 Scholarship from Ernst von Leyden Deutsche Krebsgesselschaft for staying at the Clinic of General Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Charité University, Berlin, Germany
June 2011 – August 2011 Scholarship from the European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO) for a stay at the Clinic of General Surgery and Surgical Oncology, University Hospital, Bremen, Germany
April 2012 Post-doctoral colloquium titled ‘Surgical Conservative Therapy Combined with Intra-Operative Radiotherapy in Mammary Gland Cancer – a New Challenge for Surgery’
Since October 2015 Rector of the College of Health, Beauty Care and Education, Pozna?, Poland


Scholarships and other research grants
- Doctoral scholarship at the 2nd Department and Clinic of General and Vascular Surgery, Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences, Pozna?, Poland, 1 October 2002 - 30 September 2006 (finished ahead of time due to the doctoral defence examination on 11 March 2004)
- Scholarship of Vaudois University Hospital of Lausanne; workshop on sentinel node examination, Lausanne, Switzerland, December 2003
- Scholarship of the Berlin Surgical Society (Berliner Chirurgische Gesellschaft); surgical workshop; Berlin, Germany, February 2004
- Ernst von Leyden scholarship granted by the Berlin Cancer Society (Berliner Krebsgesellschaft) for a one-year stay at the Clinic of General Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Charité University, Berlin (Head: Prof. PM Schlag); 23 May 2005 – 22 May 2006
- Scholarship granted by the European Society of Surgical Oncology for a stay at the Clinic of Surgery, Bremen Mitte Hospital, Germany (Head: Prof. Th. Lehnert); June – August 2011
- 2007-2010 Research project of the Ministry of Science and Information Technology NN403 3844 33 ‘The Significance of Sentinel Node Biopsy for Cancer Staging in Patients with Colorectal Carcinoma’ (project manager)
- A Phase III Study for ErbB2 Positive Advanced or Metastatic Gastric, Oesophageal, or Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma Treated with Capecitabine plus Oxaliplatin with or without Lapatinib (research team member) – since 2008
- Hypofractionated whole-breast irradiation preceded by intra-operative radiotherapy with electrons as anticipated boost. A new option in breast conserving treatment for operated breast cancer stages I and II. Prospective one-armed multi-centre-trial (research team member – project coordinator in Poland) – since 2010
- Research project of the National Science Centre No. 2013/09/N/NZ4/02844 ‘The Influence of Fluid Collected from the Tumour Bed After Intraoperative Radiotherapy (IORT) of Breast Tumour on the Population of Breast Cancer Stem Phenotype Cells CD24- / CD44 + and Expression of Selected miRNA’ (supervisor/project manager) since 2013
- Research project of the National Centre for Research and Development No. PBS2/B9/0/2013 ‘A Complex System for Intraoperative Radiotherapy’ (research team member) since 2013
Awards and distinctions
1. 1st Award at the National Congress of Medical Students and Young Doctors, Pozna? 2000 for the study ‘An Assessment of Lesions in the Lung Parenchyma After Intratracheal Administration of the Exosurf Preparation to Adult Animals’ by D. Murawa, D. Zielonka.
2. Distinction at the 18th European Congress of Pathology, Berlin 2001 for the study ‘The Influence of Exogenous Surfactants (Exosurf and Survanta) on the Lung Tissue of Adult Animals’ by W. Biczysko, A. Marsza?ek, M. W?sowicz, D. Murawa, E. Florek.
3. Distinction from the Student Scientific Society at the diploma awarding ceremony for scientific activity during studies.
4. Congratulatory Letter of the Rector of the Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences, Pozna?, for input in the development of student scientific movement, 16 October 2001.
5. 1st Award at the International Congress of Medical Students and Young Doctors, Pozna? 2002 for the study ‘Surgical Conservative Treatment of Breast Cancer at the Wielkopolska Cancer Centre’ by W. Popowicz, D. Murawa, ?. Drzewiecki (oncological and haematological session).
6. 1st Award at the International Congress of Medical Students and Young Doctors, Pozna? 2002 for the study ‘Efficiency of Selected Hand Antiseptics in Surgical Hand Disinfection’ by K. Matuska, M. Moulis, D. Murawa.
7. Distinction for the best poster at the 8th Congress of the Polish Society of Surgical Oncology, Ustka, Poland 2002.
8. 1st award for the best poster at the Congress of the Polish Society of Surgical Oncology, Kielce, Poland 2003.
9. Distinction for the doctoral dissertation ‘A Distant Evaluation of Patients’ Quality of Life After Total Gastric Resection Due to Cancer with Morphological Lesions of the Oesophageal-Intestinal Anastomosis Region’, Pozna? 2004.
10. 3rd Degree Rector’s Award for the academic year 2003-2004.
11. A Young Positivist Medal awarded by Hipolit Cegielski Society in 2008.
12. Scientific award of the Polish Society of Surgical Oncology for the year 2012.
Membership in scientific societies
1. 1998-2002 – member of the Student Scientific Society at the Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences, Pozna?
2. 1998-2001 – president of the Clinical Pathomorphology Student Scientific Section at the Electron Microscopy Unit, Department of Clinical Pathomorphology, Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences, Pozna?
3. 2000-2002 – founder and president of the Surgical Oncology Student Scientific Section at the 1st Department of Surgery, Wielkopolska Cancer Centre, Pozna?, Poland.
4. Since 2001 – member of the Polish Society of Surgical Oncology
5. Since 2002 – supervisor of the Surgical Oncology Student Scientific Section at the 1st Department of Surgery, Wielkopolska Cancer Centre, Pozna?, Poland
6. Since 2005 – member of the Polish Oncological Society
7. Since 2006 – member of the European Society of Surgical Oncology
8. Since 2007 – member of the European Association of Endoscopic Surgery
9. Since September 2012 – member of the management of the Educational and Training Committee at the European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO) – term 2012-2018
10. Member of the management of the Wielkopolska Branch of the Association of Polish Surgeons – terms 2013-2015, 2015-2017, 2017-2019.
11. Since 2013 – member of the European Board of Surgery Qualification in Surgical Oncology
12. Since 2014 – member of the Main Board of the Polish Society of Surgical Oncology – term 2014-2016, 2016-2018, 2018-2020
13. Since 2018 – President Elect Polish Society of Surgical Oncology
Other important events and scientific accomplishments
1. Organiser of the scientific symposium commemorating the 100th anniversary of the death of Prof. Jan Mikulicz Radecki as part of the Polish-German Year 2005/2006 (financed by the German Ministry of Science). Subject: Endoscopy and Laparoscopy in Contemporary Surgery. Pozna?, 31 March - 1 April 2006.
2. Member of the Organising Committee of the 2nd Congress of Polish Oncology, Pozna? 25-28 October 2006.
3. Organiser of the 1st Run and Conference ‘Be Faster Than Cancer’ – an initiative addressed to family doctors, 11 October 2008.
4. Member of the Organising Committee of the Congress on the Quality of Cancer Treatment, Pozna?, November 2008.
5. Head of the Organising Committee and member of the Scientific Committee for the annual European Advanced Course in Upper GI Malignancy. The course was organised under the auspices of the European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO).
6. Member of the Scientific Committee for the Jubilee Conference to celebrate 60 years of the Wielkopolska Cancer Centre, Challenges for Oncology – from Prophylaxis to Therapy, Pozna?, November 2013.
7. Member of the Scientific Committee/Co-organiser of Advanced Course in Upper GI Surgical Oncology – Focus on Mini-Invasiveness. The course was organised under the auspices of the European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO) and the Italian Society of Surgical Oncology (SICO). Rome, 21-23 November 2013.
8. Head of the Organising Committee of the Conference ‘Sentinel Node – What We Know in 2014’, Pozna?, 21 March 2014.
9. Head of the Organising Committee, member of the Scientific Committee for the 21st Congress of the Polish Society of Surgical Oncology, Pozna?, 21-23 May 2015.
10. Head of the Scientific Committee for the Central and Eastern Europe Advanced Course in Gastric Cancer, Pozna?, 20-21 May 2015.
11. Head of the Organising Committee and member of the Scientific Committee for the 1st , 2 nd, 3 rd Breast Cancer Conference – Oncology and Plastic Surgery, Pozna?, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019.