Marek Rudnicki, MD, PhD, FACS

Marek Rudnicki is currently Professor and Chair of Surgery at Ross University School of Medicine (RUSM). He was appointed to this role in May 2019.

After serving as Faculty at the Medical University of Silesia, Poland, for several years he relocated to the US in 1990. He was then appointed Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery at Columbia University, New York. Subsequently he moved to Chicago in 1999, where he became Professor of Surgery at the University of Illinois School of Medicine. Since 2002, he has continued this affiliation at the University as Clinical Professor of Surgery, serving as Site Program Director for the University of Illinois/Metropolitan Group Hospitals Residency in Surgery. For several years he served as Director of Students Surgical Education at the Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago.

Dr. Rudnicki has a strong academic background with multiple academic achievements, including research grants, academic awards, with multiple national and international publications and presentations. He has established the Surgery Simulation Center which he has directed since 2003. He has served on advisory boards for educational organizations and governmental level committees. His expertise includes quality of care, and its economic impact upon healthcare. He has spearheaded efforts to promote integration of physicians representing different specialties at the international level.

He has extensive experience in surgical education. He has personally mentored hundreds medical students and surgery residents. He currently maintains active surgery practice specializing in minimally invasive surgery.

Dr. Rudnicki is a graduate of the Medical University of Silesia, Poland (1972). He completed his residency in Surgery, obtaining his PhD shortly thereafter. He acquired additional training at the Univ. of Cincinnati, Ohio. He is an active member of multiple professional organizations, currently serving as the Governor at the American College of Surgeons.