Dr. Slynarski completed his MD and Ph.D. degrees at The Medical University of Warsaw, Poland, and completed research fellowships at Case Western University in Cleveland, USA, with Prof. Arnold Caplan on Mesenchymal Stem Cells – based cartilage repair (funded by the Polish-American Kosciuszko Foundation), and also with Prof. Matts Brittberg, Sweden. He subsequently completed a knee fellowship with Prof. Rene Verdonk, Belgium. He was a principal investigator in several comprehensive clinical studies on osteoarthritis, cartilage repair, osteotomy, medial knee load-absorber and patello-femoral unloading.
He works on development and improvement of knee joint preservation procedures, including iBalance osteotomy and cell-based therapies for cartilage repair, including revolutionary one-step Autologous Chondrocyte and MSC co-implantation. He organized several symposia and courses in the field of cartilage repair, including Warsaw ICRS World Congress in 2007, Polish Arthroscopy Society Congresses and Warsaw Joint Preservation Congress. Dr. Slynarski was Head of several private sports medicine centers in Warsaw.
He was a founder and served as President od Polish Arthroscopy Society, member of Education Committee of International Cartilage Repair Society (ICRS), Cartilage Committee, Meniscus Committee and Osteotomy Committee of European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery, and Arthroscopy (ESSKA).
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