MD Stefan W. Czarniecki

For many years I have been running leading robotic urology units in Warsaw, working with a team of top specialists; my practice is not limited to da Vinci robotic surgery. We also cover the remaining areas of urology, including oncological urology.

In diagnosing patients with suspected prostate cancer, I have performed more than 2,500 prostate fusion biopsies, promoting the technique of transperineal biopsy under intravenous anaesthesia as one of the more effective and safer methods of performing prostate fusion biopsy. In managing my patients with low-risk prostate cancer on active surveillance from all over Poland and abroad, I use the most advanced available tools and algorithms to safely avoid over-treatment in this patient group.

Since the beginning of my career I have influenced the quality of Polish diagnostics and the development of Polish urology at world level. I participate in many public campaigns on prostate cancer prevention.

Education

• Completed medical studies at the Collegium Medicum of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków
• Studies at McGill University in Montreal, where he worked on spermatogonial stem cell research at the McGill University Health Centre

Professional experience

• Completed residency at the Urology Department of Zachodni Hospital in Grodzisk Mazowiecki
• At Mater Dei Hospital in Malta he completed clinical rotations, as well as medical placements in invasive cardiology, internal medicine and emergency medicine departments
• 2008 – in Georgia he was a member and coordinator of the Medical and Humanitarian Mission of the Polish Association of Knights of Malta in the refugee camp in Gori

Dr Stefan W. Czarniecki conducts scientific research in collaboration with centres in the USA, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Germany and France. He is a member of the European Association of Urology and a co-author of many scientific publications, including multi-centre international analyses on the application of liquid biopsies in the selective diagnosis of prostate cancer.

Publications

• Article in Przegląd Urologiczny 2013/5 (81) “Application of focal high-intensity ultrasound therapy (HIFU) in prostate cancer (2013)
• Lecture at the Congress of the Polish Ultrasound Society: HIFU – diagnostic and therapeutic application of ultrasound in the treatment of prostate cancer (Krosno, 2014)
• Presentation of original papers on own material at the Congress of the Polish Urological Association as author and co-author, 2014:
  The role of TURP in assessing the local stage of prostate cancer in a group of patients undergoing primary “radical HIFU” in own material.
• Assessment of the dynamics of PSA concentration changes in prostate cancer patients undergoing “radical HIFU” in own material. Preliminary observations.
• Prostate biopsy in patients after treatment of prostate cancer using high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) in own material. Preliminary observations.
• Presentation of original papers at the EAU 14th Central European Meeting (CEM) as author and co-author, 2014:
  The assessment of PSA concentration dynamics in prostate cancer patients treated with “radical-HIFU” in own material – preliminary findings.
  The role of TURP in the assessment of T-staging of prostate cancer in a group of patients undergoing primary “radical-HIFU” in own material.
  Prostate biopsy in patients following high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) therapy for prostate cancer in own material – preliminary results.
• Presentation of an original paper (co-author) on behalf of the Section of Urology Trainees of the Polish Urological Association, “Lymphadenectomy pattern during radical cystectomy in selected urological centres in Poland”, at the EAU 14th Central European Meeting (CEM), (Kraków, 2014)
  Negative biopsies with rising prostate specific antigen. What to do? EMJ EUROPEAN MEDICAL JOURNAL 2017
• Social media in office urology – this will make you think – European Urology Today
• Prostate cancer molecular and genetic biomarkers – European Urology Today
• Dissemination of Misinformative and Biased Information about Prostate Cancer on YouTube – European Urology, November 2018
• Social media in office urology – European Urology Today, Feb 2019
• Systematic review on digital dissemination strategies for clinical practice guidelines and the @Uroweb #eauguidelines experience – European Urology Supplements, March 2019
• A MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL STUDY FINDS THAT COMBINING THE 4KSCORE AND MPMRI REDUCES PROSTATE BIOPSY MORE THAN EITHER TEST ALONE. Sanoj Punnen, Eric Kim, Niranjan Sathianathen, Badrinath Konety, Stefan Czarniecki, Ali Kasraeian. Journal of Urology, Prostate Cancer: Detection & Screening III (MP24), 1 Apr 2019
• Dissemination of the European Association of Urology Guidelines Through Social Media: Strategy, Results, and Future Developments. European Urology Focus. Benjamin Pradere, Francesco Esperto, Inge M. van Oort, Nikita R. Bhatt, Stefan W. Czarniecki, Marc van Gurp, Jarka Bloemberg, Julie Darraugh, Esther Garcia-Rojo, Vito Cucchiara, Jeremy Y. Teoh, James N’Dow, Gianluca Giannarini, Maria J. Ribal. European Urology, 2021
• Navigating the Next Wave of Social Media: Future Plans to Boost Dissemination of the European Association of Urology Guidelines. Nikita R. Bhatt, Benjamin Pradere, Jeremy Y. Teoh, Vito Cucchiara, Stefan W. Czarniecki, Francesco Esperto, Esther Garcia Rojo, Maria J. Ribal, Gianluca Giannarini. European Urology, 2021

Certificates

• Holds certificates of the Polish Urological Association (PTU) in urological ultrasound diagnostics
• Has attended many scientific and advanced training courses.
• Member of the Polish Urological Association (PTU), the European Association of Urology (EAU) and the American Urological Association (AUA).
• Member of the Board of the EAU ESUO Section (Section of Urologists in Office), the EAU ESUI Section (Section of Urological Imaging) and ERUS (Section of Robotic Urology).
• Member of the New Media Committee of the European Association of Urology Guidelines Office.
• In 2014 completed training in Focal-One HIFU with Dr Albert Gelet at Hospices Civils de Lyon Edouard Herriot Hospital in Lyon, France.
• In 2014 participated in the European School of Urology course “Focal therapy in prostate cancer” in Stockholm.
• In 2015 attended a workshop dedicated to prostate fusion biopsy as part of the MRI/US Fusion-Guided Prostate Biopsy International Workshop, Hannover Medical School, Germany.
• In 2018 completed training as part of AUA in San Francisco in the “Prostate MRI – what the Urologist should know?” course
• In 2019 completed the prestigious MRI Masterclass for the Diagnosis and Management of Prostate Cancer at University College London in the United Kingdom, 2019

Membership in Scientific Societies

• Polish Urological Association (PTU)
• European Association of Urology (EAU)
• American Urological Association (AUA)
• Member of the Board of the EAU ESUO Section (Section of Urologists in Office)
• Member of the EAU ESUI Section (Section of Urological Imaging)
• ERUS (Section of Robotic Urology)
• New Media Committee at the Guidelines Office of the European Association of Urology.