Prof. Andrzej Januszewicz is a leading expert in hypertension and Head of the Department of Hypertension at the National Institute of Cardiology in Warsaw. He obtained his MD from the Medical University of Warsaw in 1981 and completed fellowships at Cornell University Medical Center and the Ochsner Medical Foundation in the United States. He held academic positions at the Medical University of Warsaw until 1998 and has been a full professor of medicine since 1998. Prof. Januszewicz is a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, former President of the Polish Society of Hypertension (2004–2006), and currently serves as Vice President of the European Society of Hypertension.

His research has significantly contributed to the understanding of the pathophysiology and treatment of hypertension, including pioneering work on atrial natriuretic hormone, as well as studies on the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, endothelin, renovascular hypertension, primary aldosteronism, fibromuscular dysplasia (ARCADIA-Pol study), and malignant hypertension (TARGET MHT study). He has served on the steering committees of major international trials in hypertension, diabetes, and lipid disorders, and is a co-author of the 2023 ESH Guidelines for the Management of Arterial Hypertension.

Prof. Januszewicz has published over 500 scientific works, including 360 original and review articles in top journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, Hypertension, JAMA, and Kidney International. His numerous awards include the Gloria Medicinae Medal (2020), the MISTRZ Award of the Polish Foundation for Science (2008), and the Blood Pressure 10th Anniversary Research Prize (2002).