Michal F. Kaminski is a graduate of the Medical University of Warsaw, Poland and now is Head of the Department of Cancer Prevention and Head of Endoscopy Unit in the Department of Gastroenterological Oncology, at the Maria-Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland. He is also appointed at the Medical Center for Postgraduate Education, Warsaw, Poland and Institute of Health and Society, Oslo, Norway.
Most of his time he dedicates to research and education in the field of quality of endoscopy, endoscopic treatment of early GI neoplasia and colorectal cancer screening.
In consequence he is Co-Head of the Polish Colonoscopy Screening Programme, Head of the Quality Section of Polish Society of Gastroenterology, Councillor in the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and European Chair of Colorectal Cancer Screening Committee of World Endoscopy Organization. He is also Chairman of the Warsaw Live Endoscopy Workshop (www.wlendoscopy.pl/en).
He serves as Co-PI for the NordICC study (the Nordic-European Initiative on Colorectal Cancer) and member of the Scientific Board of the EPoS study (European Polyp Surveillance trial) and Co-PI of the Polish Colonoscopy Screening Platform Study, which are key European trials in the field of colorectal cancer prevention. He is in the international editorial boards of Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Endoscopy journals.
