Jacek Siewiera

After defense of doctoral dissertation at the Forensic Medicine Chair of the Piastów Śląskich Medical University in Wrocław he started military service.

He is the author of the first textbook in Poland dedicated to limitations of life support technologies, titled Futile treatment: for medical doctors and lawyers.

[6] In 2012 he was awarded with the Medal for Sacrifice and Courage by the President of the Republic of Poland Bronisław Komorowski upon request of the Voivode of Lower Silesia Region for merit in saving human lives[7] (for actions undertaken during the disaster within the premises of the Katowice International Fair in 2006[3]).

[9] The treatment procedure entailed a risk to the medical doctor's life and health, for which in 2018 he was awarded with the Cross of Merit for Bravery by the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, and also with the "Portrait of Polish Medicine”.

[10] As a result of actions aimed to combat the SARS CoV2 epidemic in the period of peak incidence of COVID-19 infections in the United States, he was awarded with the Illinois Military Medal of Merit.