Hematologist
Jerzy Windyga is the Head of the Department of Disorders of Haemostasis and Internal Medicine in the Institute of Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, Warsaw, Poland. Prof. Windyga obtained his medical degree from Warsaw Medical University. He later received his doctoral degree at the Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion in Warsaw, where he also completed his medical specialisations in internal medicine, haematology, and laboratory haematology. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the WFH (2014-2018) and the Executive Board of the Polish Society of Haematology and Transfusion Medicine (2011-2019). He was the 2012–2016 chair of the Haemophilia Twinning Committee of the WFH. Dr Windyga has also been a member of the EUHANET Steering Committee. In 2013 Dr Windyga was the president of the 6th Congress of the European Association for Haemophilia and Allied Disorders (EAHAD). Since 2003, Professor Windyga has been a member of the Medical Board of the Polish Haemophilia Society, where he advises on recommendations for haemophilia management. In 2019 he has been appointed the Chair of the Advisory Board of the National Program of Haemophilia and Allied Disorders in Poland 2019-2023. He has authored and co-authored over 400 papers published both in Polish and international medical journals. His current research is focused on management of haemophilia and other inherited bleeding disorders, immune thrombocytopenia, thrombotic microangiopathies, porphyria as well as management of venous thromboembolism with a focus on thrombophilia and rare venous thromboses.
Jerzy Windyga has no relevant financial disclosures
Part 3 of a 4-part series on thrombosis
Paper published in Therapeutic Advances in Hematology