Jolanta Sykut-Cegielska

Jolanta Sykut-Cegielska, MD, PhD, Associate Professor at the Institute of Mother and Child in Warsaw is a paediatrician, specialist in paediatric metabolic medicine, who for over 30 years has been dealing with inborn errors of metabolism in patients. Currently, she is a Head of Department of Inborn Errors of Metabolism and Paediatrics at the Institute of Mother and Child.

She is the founder and current President of the Board of the Polish Society of Inborn Errors in Metabolism. She is a Corresponding Member for Poland and Hungary of the SSIEM (the Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism). In the years 2006-2012 she was the national coordinator of the European network dedicated to rare diseases – ORPHANET Poland. She is also a member of the Coordinating Committee for the Treatment of Ultrarare Diseases and a member of the Council for Rare Diseases at the Ministry of Health.

She is the editor-in-chief of a scientific journal the Journal of Mother and Child. She is the research supervisor of the Student Scientific Society of Metabolic Pediatrics at the Medical University of Warsaw. Currently, she serves the second term as the National Consultant in the field of metabolic pediatrics.

She cooperates with many patient and parent organizations involved in caring for a patient with inborn errors of metabolism. She was awarded the Angel of Medicine in 2015, a prize given by patients and their families.

She has published over 100 original articles in peer-reviewed journals. Her H index is 31.