We provide holistic medical care services for students, their families and teaching staff. We provide a safe learning environment and the ability to provide immediate help in the event of a sudden deterioration in the health of our patients. Our care is holistic and provides support in all areas that affect the overall well-being of children and their loved ones.

Holistic health services for the school population
Description and Scope of Medical Services
Providing holistic health services for the American School of Warsaw population
- Staffing associated with providing minor medical and health related care to a school age and adult population and a full service health room located in the school.
- Serve as triage and referral agent for expanded medical care and services as required.
- Oversee record keeping and management of school-based health records.
- Provide guidance and coordination of health and wellbeing, including general illness diagnosis, individual care plans, emergency care plans, and infectious outbreak management and communication.
- Provide educational and prevention programs including regular health screening as per CDC recommendations.
- Organise vaccinations and other illness mitigation efforts as appropriate
- Provide consulting to ASW leadership and staff on the following components of WSCC model


Specifically, WarsawMED will consult on the following areas in the WSCC model
Physical Education and Physical Activity
- Encourage all students and staff to participate in physical activity, regardless of ability, unless health conditions prevent it.
Nutrition Environment and Services
- Ensure options for children with special dietary needs are available.
- Help manage the nutritional needs of students with chronic health conditions, including food allergies and diabetes, eating disorders inc. bulimia, anorexia etc.
- Help organise external resources to provide students with therapy if needed.
Health Education
- Make sure that students get a comprehensive health education that includes information on common chronic health conditions.
- Suggested topics:
- Wellbeing including: sleep, nutrition, stress management
- First Aid Training inc. AED use and hands on training for staff and students.
- Sexual and body image awareness sessions
- Awareness and prevention nicotine, alcohol and prohibited substances use.
- Provide webinars/ training for parents/guardians and staff regarding arising medical issues based on current needs. (1 hr webinars up to three per quarter)
Social and Emotional Climate
- Promote a positive school climate where respect is encouraged and students can seek help from trusted adults.
- Building awareness regarding diversity eg: health problems, sexuality, physical disability.
Physical Environment
- Provide a safe physical environment, both outside and inside school buildings, by ensuring proper cleaning, maintenance and ventilation and limiting exposure to chemicals and pollutants.
Counselling, Psychological, and Social Services
- Identify students with emotional, behavioral, mental health, or social needs.
- Refer students and families to school- and community-based counselling services.
- Help students with chronic health conditions during life transitions (changes in schools or family structure).
Employee Wellness
- Create a healthy work environment for staff.
- Encourage school staff to model healthy behaviours.
Community Involvement
- Involve local hospitals, university health departments, and other health organisations in school health initiatives.
- Organise access to health services for students with chronic health conditions.
Family Engagement
- Give parents/spouses opportunities to learn about chronic health conditions and school health services.
- Encourage families to participate in school-based programmes and activities that promote healthy behaviours.
Medical consultations
Pediatric specialist consultations
A pediatrician is a specialist with comprehensive knowledge of health problems in childhood. He deals with the prevention and assessment of development, as well as the diagnosis and treatment of diseases among children from infancy to the age of eighteen. The most common diseases include: upper respiratory tract infections – colds, flu, bronchitis, angina, rubella, common parotitis (so-called mumps), chickenpox, otitis, and erythema. Children of preschool age are most at risk of their occurrence and they are frequent patients for consultation with a pediatrician.
During the consultation, the pediatrician monitors the child’s development. It does this on the basis of periodic surveys, the so-called health balances. The pediatrician also issues orders regarding mandatory and recommended preventive vaccinations. During a visit to a pediatrician, parents and children are educated in the field of disease prevention, healthy lifestyle, proper care and developmental changes at various stages of a child’s life. If abnormalities requiring specialist treatment are identified, the pediatrician refers the patient to the appropriate specialist.


Family medicine consultations
A family medicine doctor (GP’s) deals with the patients of all ages and multidimensional health conditions. Their task is to provide medical care to the whole family, including diagnosis and treatment of diseases, as well as disease prevention by educating patients about a healthy lifestyle, hygiene, nutrition and physical activity.
A family medicine doctor conducts medical examinations, prescribes medications, orders diagnostic tests and, if necessary, makes referrals to specialists. As part of his work, a family medicine doctor also deals with the prevention of diseases, especially those that are family-related, i.e. hereditary diseases, and also conducts vaccination programs for patients.
A family medicine doctor can also act as a care coordinator, combining the care of other specialists and helping patients to coordinate health care when this requires a comprehensive approach to treatment.
Book an appointment
Our patients can conveniently arrange medical consultations and visits to our laboratory test collection point. Thanks to this solution, booking appointments is even easier for our patients, because the logging process is done by providing the PESEL or e-mail address and the password assigned when registering the Patient’s account in MyDrEDM. The confirmation of the appointment is automatically sent to the Patient to the e-mail address provided in the declaration.
The patient’s account also gives you the opportunity to access your test results as well as information about past diseases, vaccinations, treatments that the patient has undergone.
Book an appointment
Our patients can conveniently arrange medical consultations and visits to our laboratory test collection point. Thanks to this solution, booking appointments is even easier for our patients, because the logging process is done by providing the PESEL or e-mail address and the password assigned when registering the Patient’s account in MyDrEDM. The confirmation of the appointment is automatically sent to the Patient to the e-mail address provided in the declaration.
The patient’s account also gives you the opportunity to access your test results as well as information about past diseases, vaccinations, treatments that the patient has undergone.

Laboratory tests on site
For the convenience of our students and their families, we have prepared an offer of laboratory tests collected at the school’s nursing station.
We perform tests in a wide range of blood, urine, fecal samples, and even the unique method of dried blood spot (DBS).
The tests most frequently chosen by patients can be downloaded as a PDF file. If you are interested in a study not on this list, please contact us. Our full range of tests includes several thousand items.


Test categories available in our laboratory along with typical parameters
Basic and biochemistry
Urine analysis |
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) |
Complete blood count (CBC) full |
Prothrombin time |
Activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) |
Fibrinogen |
D-dimer (quantitative) |
Glucose |
Electrolytes (Na, K) |
Natrium |
Potassium |
Lipidogram (total cholesterol, HDL, non-HDL, LDL, triglycerides) |
Total cholesterol |
HDL cholesterol |
LDL cholesterol |
Triglycerides |
Liver enzymes (ALT, AST, BIL, GGTP) |
Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) |
Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) |
Total bilirubin |
Gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGTP) |
Lipase |
Amylase |
Urea |
Creatinine |
Uric acid |
Total protein |
Albumin |
Proteinogram |
Iron |
Ferritin |
Total calcium |
Chlorides |
Inorganic phosphorus |
Magnesium |
Markers of inflammatory reactions and rheumatic diseases
C-reactive protein (CRP) quantitative |
Procalcitonin (quantitative) |
Antistreptolysin O |
Rheumatoid factor |
Rheumatoid factor hemagglutination test |
Anti cyclic citrullinated peptide |
Rheumatoid factor IgG |
Rheumatoid factor IgM |
Rheumatoid factor IgA |
Other hormones and metabolites
Cortisol |
Aldosterone |
Growth hormone |
Leptin |
Sex hormones
Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) |
Luteinizing hormone (LH) |
Estradiol |
Progesterone |
Prolactin |
beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (beta-HCG) |
Free estriol |
Pregnancy associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A) |
Androstendione |
Testosterone |
Free testosterone |
Hematology
Platelets |
Reticulocytes |
Screening of anemia
Transferrin |
Vitamin B12 |
Folic acid |
Erythropoetin |
Screening of osteoporosis and bone disorders
Parathormone |
Calcitonin |
Osteocalcin |
Acidic phosphatase |
Vitamin D3 metabolite 1,25(OH)2 |
Vitamin D metabolite 25(OH) |
Screening of diabetes
Insulin resistance factor HOMA-IR |
HbA1c |
Fructosamine |
Insulin |
Screening of thyroid diseases
TSH |
FT4 |
FT3 |
T4 |
T3 |
anti-TPO |
anti-TG |
TSH receptor antibodies (TRAb) |
Thyreoglobulin |
Cancer screening
Chromogranin A |
Total PSA |
Free PSA |
CA 125 |
CA 15-3 |
CA 19-9 |
TPS |
Squamous cell carcinoma antigen (SCC Ag) |
CA 72-4 |
BRCA1 mutations (16 mutations) |
Onco- and anti-neural antibody panel, Immunoblot |
PALB2 mutation (breast cancer) |
BRCA 2 mutations (3 mutations) |
BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations |
BRCA1, BRCA2 and PALB2 mutations |
Screening for hypercholesterolemia and risk of heart disease
Creatinine kinase (CK) |
hs Troponin T |
Myoglobin |
N-terminal brain natriuretic peptide (NT proBNP) |
Homocysteine |
Urine tests
Urine calcium |
Urine inorganic phosphorus |
Urine magnesium |
Urine urea |
Urine creatinine |
Urine uric acid |
Urine natrium and potassium |
Urine chlorides |
Urine amylase |
Stool tests
Feces analysis |
Feces food remnants |
Feces parasites |
Feces G. lamblia (ELISA) |
Fecal immunochemical test (FIT) |
Feces rota- and adenoviruses |
Dried blood spot tests
Vitamin D metabolite 25(OH) |
Our specialists

Dr Jarek Oleszczuk MD PhD
Jarek is a passionate healthcare professional and leader with experience in managing large organizations around the world as well as a budding entrepreneur.
Jarek began his career as a medical doctor in rural Poland serving underprivileged populations as a maternal-fetal medicine specialist.

Anna Sobolewska
She has many years of experience in managing the hospital and medical industry. Experience strengthened by MBA postgraduate studies for the Medical Staff of the Koźminski University. She specializes in management, organizational development, leadership and care for the quality of customer service.

Magdalena Rakowska
Magdalena Rakowska is pediatrician with a passion. She graduated medicine and emergency medical serivces from Medical University of Warsaw and completed her specialization in pediatrics at the Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Feeding Disorders and Paediatrics of the Children’s Memorial Health Institute. She is a member of the Polish Pediatric Society and the Polish Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.

Dorota Knapik
Dorota Knapik is a specialist in gynaecology and obstetrics, in training to become a family medicine specialist. She completed a full two-year postgraduate internship in UK and worked in this country many times since then as a gynaecologist. She has experience both in hospital work and in outpatient care. She also underwent training and has a keen interest in topics from the borderline of conventional and alternative medicine, such as functional medicine and acupuncture therapy.

Karolina Kołakowska
Karolina Kołakowska is a specialist in the field of pediatrics. She trained under the guidance of renowned specialists from the Children’s Clinical Hospital of the Medical University of Warsaw and the Children’s Health Center. She has experience both in hospital work and in providing ambulatory care. Her main interests include the diagnosis and treatment of various childhood illnesses, health assessments and checkups, as well as vaccinations.

Iwona Holmes
A certified nurse with 10 years of experience in personalized patient care. In her work, she focuses on the continuous development of medical staff, motivating and creating environmentally friendly work. Focuses on providing the highest quality of patient care and cooperation with families.

Artur Gala
Artur is experienced paramedic with over 15 years of service in Poland and Great Britain. He has been employed in variety of medical establishments such as emergency services, hospitals, public and private healthcare. Artur has experience in schools and he used to work as a paramedic on film and TV sets. He speaks English and Spanish, while his native language is Polish. In his free time he likes to travel, paint and sports.

Aleksandra Kazimierczak
A very positive and charismatic paramedic. She likes working with children. She gained experience in providing first aid to children and, working as a paramedic, learned to work under pressure and make quick decisions.

Agata Nowicka
A certified nurse with 10 years of experience in working in medical facilities. She likes working with children, she is characterized by sensitivity, empathy and high responsibility for the patients she cares for. He has experience in team management.

Cezary Kostro-Olechowski
A paramedic and also studying nursing. She loves sports, especially water sports (swimming, windsurfing and sailing). For 8 years he was a swimming instructor.
His experience includes working in the Family Clinic, where he gained extensive experience in childcare and first aid. He has confidence in assessing wounds and injuries as well as assisting physicians with minor procedures.

Aleksandra Zinów
A paramedic by profession, she is about to graduate as nurse. At the same time, she works at the Primary Health Care Clinic, where she works with general practitioners and specialists such as an allergist, paediatrician and cardiologist. Her main duties include assisting doctors, taking blood samples and assessing injuries.
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