MD, PhD Anna Błażucka

Education

• 03.2013 – specialist qualification in Transport Medicine
• 2012–2013 – Postgraduate studies “Pain Medicine”, Jagiellonian University in Kraków
• 2011–2012 – Postgraduate studies “Management in healthcare”, University of Warsaw
• 05.2011 – qualifications in botulinum toxin therapy
• 12.2010 – defence of doctoral dissertation on “The relationship between glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) concentration and the risk of developing complications of diabetes in the form of diabetic neuropathy” – doctorate in medical sciences awarded with distinction
• 01.2007 – qualifications in performing electrophysiological examinations in the areas of:
  • visual evoked potentials
  • auditory evoked potentials
  • somatosensory evoked potentials
• 12.2006 – qualifications in performing electrophysiological examinations in the areas of:
  • electromyography
  • neurography
• 11.2005 – specialist qualification in Neurology
• 11.1997 – 31.10.1998 – Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński Provincial Specialist Hospital in Lublin – postgraduate internship
• 1990–1997 – Medical Academy of Lublin, Faculty of Medicine – medical diploma with a very good result

Professional experience

• Since 01.05.2023 – Deputy Director for Medical Affairs, Independent Complex of Public Outpatient Care Facilities Warsaw-Wawer
• 01.04.2010 – 30.04.2023 – Head of the Pain Diagnosis and Treatment Institute at the European Centre of Health in Otwock and Sensor Cliniq in Warsaw
• 01.02.2010 – 31.03.2015 – Head of Department, Acting Head of the Psychoneurology Department of the Military Institute of Aviation Medicine in Warsaw
• 01.06.2005 – 31.01.2010 – Senior assistant at the Psychoneurology Department of the Military Institute of Aviation Medicine in Warsaw
• 2004–2009 – Junior assistant, medical on-call shifts at the Neurology Department of Wolski Hospital in Warsaw
• 17.02.2000 – 31.05.2005 – Junior assistant at the Clinic/Department of Neurology of Czerniakowski Hospital in Warsaw
• 11.1998 – 31.01.2000 – Junior assistant at the Neurology Department of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński Provincial Specialist Hospital in Lublin

Author of many publications and lectures on polyneuropathy.

Research projects

• Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase IV study evaluating the efficacy and safety of rimegepant in the prevention of episodic migraine using multiple-dose regimens – protocol BHV 3000-404, 2023, investigator
• Efficacy of pregabalin and duloxetine in patients with neuropathic pain in peripheral diabetic neuropathy (PDPN): the impact of pain on cognitive function, sleep and quality of life. Blossom, 2020–2022, Principal Investigator
• Truszczyński, J. Achimowicz, A. Błażucka, G. Nowicki, “On the application of synthetic analysis of physiological signals for the evaluation of psychophysiological status of operators under extreme environmental and high workload conditions”, Proceedings of the 4th Conference on “Men in Extreme Environmental Conditions”, Warsaw, WIML, 21–22 October 2010 – statutory research
• Assessment of the correlation between the occurrence of diabetic neuropathy and the level of one of the markers of metabolic control of diabetes – the percentage of glycated haemoglobin. WIML Statutory research No. 108/2008, Anna Błażucka – project leader
• Assessment of the human factor in ensuring flight safety. Work commissioned by the Ministry of National Defence 30/ZWSW/JBR/2006/531, Anna Błażucka – performer

Publications

Author of publications in Polish medical journals on migraine, polyneuropathy, diabetic neuropathy, the role of B vitamins in neurological disorders, alpha-lipoic acid, and the use of medical cannabis in neurology. Selected works appear in CNS Reviews, Psychiatria w medycynie, Polski Merkuriusz Lekarski, Medycyna Metaboliczna, Polski Przegląd Medycyny Lotniczej and Praktyka Lekarska.

Poster publications

Presented at major Polish neurology conferences, including the 22nd Congress of the Polish Neurological Society (Szczecin, 2014) and the 20th and 21st Congresses of the Polish Neurological Society (2008–2011).

Lectures

Regular lecturer at the Headache Academy, conferences of the Polish Society of Rheumatology, courses for family doctors on pain management, conferences organised by the Institute of Natural Fibres and Medicinal Plants in Poznań on medical cannabinoids, and at conferences of the Military Institute of Aviation Medicine on aviation medicine.

Passive participation in scientific congresses, conferences and workshops in the fields of:

• neurology,
• pain medicine,
• psychiatry,
• diabetology,
• aviation medicine.