Ernest Kuchar, MD, PhD, is an associate professor and a physician specialising in paediatrics, infectious diseases and sports medicine.

Since 2015, he has headed the Department of Paediatrics with an Observation Unit at the Medical University of Warsaw. He earned his medical degree from Wrocław Medical University and completed postgraduate studies in health technology assessment (HTA). He has received fellowships from the Fogarty Foundation and the American Austrian Foundation and undertaken research placements in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the United States.

He contributes his expertise to medical resources including DynaMed, Medycyna Praktyczna and Konsylium24.pl. He also promotes public understanding of medicine through his online work and is a co-founder of the “Pogromcy medycznych mitów” (Medical Myth Busters) website.

He is a long-standing board member of the Polish Society of Vaccinology and served as its president from 2018 to 2023. He also serves as Secretary of the WHO National Committee for the Elimination of Measles and Rubella in Poland.

He belongs to several Polish and international scientific societies, including the Polish Society of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases, the Polish Society of Sports Medicine, the Polish Paediatric Society, the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID) and FIMS.

He has authored or co-authored several books and more than 300 scientific publications.