Aleksandra Kawczyk-Krupka is working as a Professor, Chair, Department of Internal Medicine, Angiology and Physical Medicine at the Medical University of Silesia. Her research interests include Internal Diseases, Angiology, Physical Medicine, Balneology, and Vascular Diseases. She was elected the Secretary General of the European Platform for Photodynamic Medicine (EPPM), which is one of the most important scientific organizations in the world dealing with the issues of photodynamic medicine; heads the angiology and diabetes ward and the Center for Laser Diagnostics and Therapy at Specialist Hospital No. 2 in Bytom.