Piotr Kocelak is an Assistant Professor at the Pathophysiology Unit, Department of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Medical University of Silesia. He graduated with honors from the Faculty of Medicine of the Silesian Medical University (currently Silesian Medical University) in Katowice in 2003. During his studies, he was already actively involved in the work of the Student Scientific Club at the Department of Pathophysiology, where in 2004 he was employed as an assistant. In 2007, he obtained a Ph.D. in medicine.