Maciej Banach#
| Membership Number: | 6966 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Affiliated section(s): | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | POLAND |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.profmaciejbanach.info |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-6690-6874 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2024 - now Senior Research Fellow at the Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science (LCCS), Liverpool, UK
- 2022 - now Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of the Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
- 2021 - now Professor Consultant at the Department of Cardiology and Congenital Diseases of Adults at the PMMHRI in Lodz
- 2021 - 2024 Secretary of the European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS)
- 2020 - now Visiting Professor of the University of California at Irvine (UCI)
- 2017 - now Head of Cardiovascular Research Centre at University of Zielona Gora
- 2015 - now President, International Lipid Expert Panel (ILEP)
- 2014 - now Visiting Professor of University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes in Timisoara, Romania
- 2014 - now Visiting Professor of University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) – Al, USA
- 2014 - 2021 President of the 2nd largest hospital in Poland. - the Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital - Research Institute (PMMHRI)
- 2012 - now Founder and Head of the Lipid and Blood Pressure Meta-analysis Collaboration (LBPMC) group
- 2010 - now President of the Polish Lipid Association (PoLA)
- 2010 - 2012 Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland
- 2009 - now Head of Department of Preventive Cardiology and Lipidology at the Medical University of Lodz (MUL)
Fields of Scholarship
- Risk stratification
- Preventive cardiology
- New drugs
- Lipids
- Dyslipidemias
- Dyslipidemia therapy
Honours and Awards
- 2024 Visionary of the Health Care System 2023 by the Wprost Journal
- 2024 MedMan Hero 2023 distinction from the Women of Medicine Foundation for activities to support women in medicine
- 2024 The most influential person in medicine in Poland for year 2023 based on the on Top-100 List by Puls Medycyny Publishing House
- 2023 Medal on the occasion of the 600th Birthday of Lodz - Ex navicula navis for the most distinguished residents of the city;
- 2022 Doctor Honoris Causa of the University in Zagreb, Croatia
- 2020 Doctor Honoris Causa of the Medical University in Kosice, Slovak Republic
- 2022 on Top-100 List of the most influential scientists in medicine in Poland for year 2022 (position 7)
- 2021 on Top-100 List of the most influential scientists in medicine in Poland for year 2021 (position 3)
- 2020 on Top-100 List of the most influential scientists in medicine in Poland for year 2020 (position 8)
- 2019 on Top-100 List of the most influential scientists in medicine in Poland for year 2019 (10)
- 2018 on Top-100 List of the most influential scientists in medicine in Poland for year 2018 (9)
- Doctor Honoris Causa of the Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest, Romania
- 2019 “Gold Scalpel” Distinction in 2019 for the Innovation (Smart Hospital)
- 2019 Honorary Member of the Romanian Society of Cardiology
- 2018 Doctor Honoris Causa of the Institute of Cardiology in Kiev
- 2017 Doctor Honoris Causa at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes in Timisoara
- 2018 Gold Honorary Medal for scientific achievements of the Medical Faculty of Medical University in Kosice, Slovak Republic; *2017 The Manager of the Year 2016 – Public Entities
- 2017 “Innovator of the Year – Science Category” by Wprost journal;
- 2016 “Gold Scalpel” Distinction in 2016 for the Innovation;
- 2013 The Personality of the Year 2013 in Poland for the development of science in the field of healthcare – founded by the Heath Manager journal (Termedia Publishing House)
- 2012 Super-Talent in Medicine 2012 Award – the winner of the competition for young scientists in medicine (up to 40) founded by Puls Medycyny journal
