Michał Lew-Starowicz

Education and professional experience

A graduate of the First Faculty of Medicine at the Medical University of Warsaw (2004). In 2002 and 2003, he completed clinical internships at the Department of Psychiatry at Heidelberg University. From 2006 to 2010, he worked at the National Medical Specialist Clinic of the Family Development Society in Warsaw. From 2014 to 2019, he headed the Department of Treatment of Early Psychotic Symptoms and Prevention of Relapse at the Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Warsaw. In addition, from 2017 to 2019, he served as Deputy Director for Research at the Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology. Currently, in addition to the Lew-Starowicz Therapy Center, he serves as Head of the Psychiatry Clinic at the Medical Center for Postgraduate Education in Warsaw. He remains scientifically affiliated with the Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology. He was the first in Poland to obtain a certificate as a specialist in sexual medicine (FECSM) affiliated with the European Union of Medical Specialists. In 2008, he defended his doctoral dissertation on sexual disorders in hemodialysis patients. In 2015, he received his postdoctoral degree. In 2018, he was appointed professor at the Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, and in 2019, professor at the Center for Postgraduate Medical Education. Scientific editor of the monograph "Sexology," author and co-author of dozens of articles in scientific journals, as well as numerous scientific and popular science books.

Specializations

• board-certified psychiatrist,
• board-certified sexologist,
• psychotherapist,
• specialist in sexual medicine (FECSM) affiliated with the European Union of Medical Specialists.
• clinical sexologist and supervisor of the Polish Society for Sexology
• member of the Executive Committee of the European Society for Sexual Medicine

Scope of activity

In clinical practice, she addresses mental and sexual health issues, guided by a holistic approach to therapy. She provides individual and couples (marital) psychotherapy. She provides medical care for individuals undergoing gender reassignment. 

He treats sexual dysfunctions: erectile dysfunction in men, ejaculation disorders in men, desire disorders, orgasm disorders, and vaginismus.

He is involved in research on the pathophysiology of sexual disorders, compulsive sexual disorders (“sex addiction”), and sexual dysfunction in chronic diseases. He has presented his work at numerous national and international conferences. 

Lecturer in specialized sexology courses for physicians at the Medical Center for Postgraduate Education. He is a co-founder and lecturer at School of Sexual TherapyIn addition, he teaches in specialized sexology courses for physicians at the Center for Postgraduate Medical Education

Author of dozens of scientific publications in the fields of sexology and psychiatry, co-author of several books on sexology. Translator of the Polish edition of “Compendium of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatic Medicine.” Editor-in-chief of the biannual scientific journal "Przegląd seksuologiczny" (www.przeglad-seksuologiczny.pl)

He holds a certificate from the Vienna School of Clinical Research (2006). He holds CAE and ZMP language certificates. In his practice, he conducts therapy with patients in English, German, and Russian.

In his personal life, he is an enthusiast of travel, skiing, triathlon, electric blues, and Latin American music.