CV

Krzysztof Ostaszewski

Education Link to heading

  • 26.06.2020: national exam passed, obtained specialization
  • 2013-2019: residency in Medical Oncology
  • 2006-2012: Medical University of Warsaw
  • 2003-2006: Stefan Batory’s high school (graduated with distinction)

Work experience and internships Link to heading

  • since Sep. 2025 founder and head of oncology department in Bielański Hospital
  • since Jul. 2023: Radom Oncology Center
  • since Jul. 2019: Maria Skłodowska-Curie Institute - Oncology Center, Warsaw, Poland
  • Dec. 2013 – Jul. 2019: Medical Oncology residency in Military Institute of Medicine
  • 2012/13: postgraduate internship in Bielanski Hospital, 80 Ceglowska St., Warsaw
  • Jul. 2011: gynecology summer internship in Riga, Latvia
  • 2010/11: ERASMUS scholarship in Alcalá de Henares, Spain
  • Sep. 2010: cardiology summer internship at AKH Hospital in Vienna, Austria

Languages and skills Link to heading

  • English: expert
  • Spanish: expert
  • computing: Linux (debian-based), MS/Libre Office, PHP, Python, R-lang
  • IT: Linux, HTML/PHP, Python, R-lang
  • driving: clean driving license cat.B (car up to 3.5 T with a trailer); sailing license

Certifications Link to heading

  • 2016 Essen: TheraSphere™ training program (Yttrium-90 Glass Microspheres)
  • ILS (Immediate Life Support) certificate & BLS/AED Instructor certificate
  • Palliative care course provided by St. Christopher’s Oncology Hospice Foundation
  • Communication Skills and Health System Management course organised by The Polish Chamber of Physicians
  • EACH (European Association for Communication in Healthcare) Train The Trainers course: What and how to teach, Curriculum Development in Communication Skills Teaching

Clinical trials Link to heading

  • [PI] SAPPHIRE (120-CX-202): A Phase 2, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo- controlled Study to Assess the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of NGM120 in Participants with Colorectal Cancer who have Cancer Cachexia
  • [PI] VINCIT (CTL-002-006): Adaptive, Phase 2/3, Randomized, Double-Blind Trial Investigating the Efficacy and Safety of Visugromab versus Placebo in Patients with Cancer- associated Cachexia
  • RINGSIDE: A Phase 2/3, Randomized, Multicenter Study to Evaluate AL102 in Patients With Progressing Desmoid Tumors
  • IO102-IO103-013 (IOB-013) / MK3475-D18 (KN-D18): An open-label, randomized, Phase 3 clinical trial of IO102-IO103 in combination with pembrolizumab versus pembrolizumab alone in patients with previously untreated, unresectable, or metastatic (advanced) melanoma
  • MONETTE: A Randomised, Open-Label, Phase 2 Study of Ceralasertib Monotherapy and Ceralasertib plus Durvalumab in Patients with Unresectable or Advanced Melanoma and Primary or Secondary Resistance to PD-(L)1 Inhibition
  • BNT111-01: An open-label, randomized Phase II trial with BNT111 and cemiplimab in combination or as single agents in patients with anti-PD1-refractory/relapsed, unresectable Stage III or IV melanoma
  • EORTC-2139 COLUMBUS Adjuvant Encorafenib and Binimetinib in High-risk Stage II Melanoma with a BRAF Mutation.

Achievements Link to heading

  • Organization of communication workshop ‘Dying - human thing’ that later became incorporated into Medical University of Warsaw curriculum.
  • Organization, community management and treasurer of multiple auction charities (including but not limited to WOŚP)
  • Double scholarship (educational and sports)
  • Founder of website bml.pl (currently remedium.md)

Research Link to heading