Aleksandra Kotlinska-Lemieszek

Current position:    Lecturer,  

• Palliative Medicine Chair and Department, 
• Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences 

Education:    

• 1989    diploma- Poznan University of Medical Sciences
• 1990 and 1994    advanced course and clinical training in Sir Michael Sobell House- Hospice, Oxford 
• 1994    clinical training in Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre, New York
• 1993    specialization in internal medicine
• 2001    specialization in lung diseases
• 2002 specialization in palliative medicine
• 2013 PhD course Palliative Cancer Care Research Centre, Trondheim, Edinburgh

Professional experience:    

• since 1990-2005    assistant in Palliative Care Department and Palliative Medicine Chair, Poznan University of Medical Sciences
• 2002    doctor of medical science degree 
• since 2005-2013    Head of  Palliative Medicine Chair and Department  
• since 2007-2013    coordinator of the program of ESMO designated centers of integrated oncology and palliative care
• September 2011- June 2013    vice-president of the Advisory Board of Palliative Medicine by the Ministry of Health   
• since 2009- present    Member of scientific board of Polish Palliative Medicine Journal

Membership:    

• since 1993    International Association for the Study of Pain
• since 1996    European Association for Palliative Care
• since 2002    Polish Association of Palliative Medicine
• since 2000    Polish Association for the Study of Pain