Aleksandra Kapała, M.D., Ph.D. is Head of the Clinical Nutrition Department and Head of the Department of Oncology Diagnostics, Cardio-Oncology, and Palliative Medicine at the Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland. Dr. Kapala is a strong advocate of the need for nutrition in cancer patients. Her passion is reflected in her credentials: specialist in clinical oncology, internal medicine, and clinical nutrition; board member of POLSPEN (Polish Society for Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition and Metabolism); a co-founder of the initiative group Nutrition in Oncology; co-author of the first Polish standards of nutritional treatment in oncology; and ESPEN Faculty for Lifelong Learning (LLL).
Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology
Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
3rd Prize for the best Ph D study, 2019
Maria Sklodowska-Curie Research National Institute of Oncology in Warsaw, Poland
Study dedicated head and neck cancer patients. Clinical evaluation of the nutritional care program. Publication: Aleksandra Kapała; Agnieszka Surwiłło-Snarska; Magdalena Jodkiewicz; Andrzej Kawecki. Nutritional Care in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer during Chemoradiotherapy (CRT) and Bioradiotherapy (BRT) Provides Better Compliance with the Treatment Plan. Cancers 2021, 13, 2532 .