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A graduate of the Medical Academy in Wrocław. Completed specialization in general surgery, vascular surgery, and proctology. Dr. Zapotoczny gained his knowledge and experience during numerous international internships and trainings. He has completed a course in little invasive proctologic procedures (laser treatment of hemorrhoids, pilonidal cysts, and anal fistulas) in Witten, Germany, and postgraduate studies (practical proctology) at the Postgraduate Education Medical Center at the Jagiellonian University. He has completed complicated case surgery training by Steven Immerman, MD at the Pilonidal Clinic in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The training involved surgery in particularly difficult cases with the use of the Bascom Cleft Lift method of shallowing the intergluteal cleft. 

For many years Dr. Zapotoczny had been associated with the General and Vascular Surgery Department of the Voivodship Specialist Hospital in Wrocław (ul. Kamieńskiego).

He is the co-founder of the VenoMedica Specialist Medical Center and the Pilonidal Center by VenoMedica.

Dr. Norbert Zapotoczny is a member of the International Pilonidal Society.

• Postgraduate studies in practical coloproctology at the Postgraduate Education Medical Center at the Jagiellonian University.
• A course on little invasive proctologic procedures (laser treatment of pilonidal cysts, anal fistulas and hemorrhoids) in Witten, Germany.
• A course in implanting human acellular grafts as vascular prostheses in Durham, NC, USA.
• A course in open and laparoscopic techniques in gastroenterological surgery at ACG in Davos, Switzerland.
• A course in laser surgery of lower limb varicose veins (EVLT) in Jena, Germany.
• A course in the advanced intravascular techniques for dialysis access at the University Hospital in Patras, Greece.
• Internship at the Surgical Department of the Taipei Medical University in Taiwan.
• Advanced ultrasound courses in vascular diagnostics, diagnostics of dialysis fistulas, and transplanted kidneys.
• A training in complicated case surgery run by dr. Steven Immerman at the Pilonidal Clinic in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The training involved surgery in particularly difficult cases with the use of the Bascom Cleft Lift method of shallowing the intergluteal cleft.