Michal Zembala

Professor Michal O. Zembala is Head of the Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart and Lung Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support of the Silesian Center For Heart Diseases in Zabrze, Poland and Director of Heart Transplantation in Silesian Center For Heart Diseases, Zabrze. He is a visiting professor of Surgery at the Pomeranian Medical University – Szczecin, Poland, certified by the European Board of Cardiovascular Surgery, with 12-year clinical experience in cardiovascular procedures (mainly complex cardiac reoperations including aortic disease). Proficient in transcatheter, transfemoral valvular procedures (aortic and mitral) and minimally invasive surgical approaches, he is Director of Transcatheter Therapies of Structural Heart Diseases, Silesian Center For Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland. He has been awarded for the best clinical research by Foundation for Cardiac Surgery Development and named the 6th Best Medical Young Professional in Poland.