BIO

Tomasz M. Gondek is a medical doctor with a PhD and a specialist in psychiatry. He runs a medical practice in Wrocław, Poland. He is a member of the board of the European Psychiatric Association (EPA) and serves as the chairman of the EPA Early Career Psychiatrists Committee. He completed his specialty training at the Lower Silesian Mental Health Center in Wrocław in 2019 and his doctoral studies at the Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Wrocław in 2018.

His scientific work focuses on the epidemiology of mental disorders, suicidality, and the comorbidity of mental disorders with somatic diseases. He is a co-author of numerous scientific articles and books, including “Exercises of Behavioral Therapy” (2017), “Panic Anxiety and Agoraphobia: A Guide for Patients” (2020), and “Humanity Facing the Unknown. Psychiatrists and Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic” (2020). He also serves as a co-editor of the scientific journals Current Opinion in Psychiatry and Frontiers in Psychiatry.

Tomasz M. Gondek is an active member of numerous scientific societies in the fields of psychiatry and neuropsychopharmacology. He founded and was the chairman of the Specialty Training Section of the Polish Psychiatric Association. He also served as the Polish delegate to the European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees (EFPT) Forum and as the chairman of the EFPT Maintaining and Establishing a National Trainee Association (MENTA) Working Group from 2014 to 2017. He is a recipient of scholarships from the European Psychiatric Association (EPA), the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (JSPN), the World Psychiatric Association (WPA), and the International College of Neuropsychopharmacology (CINP).

His clinical interests primarily include mood disorders, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, and neurodevelopmental disorders such as ADHD and autism spectrum in adults. On a personal note, Tomasz M. Gondek is a cat lover (he has five), an opera enthusiast, and a fan of pour-over coffee brewing methods.