Dr. Sondej-Gross graduated from Jagiellonian University Medical College. Since graduation she has worked at the Department of Interal Medicine at the University Hospital at the Pulmonology Clinic where she completed her specialization in Internal Medicine, and her fellowship in Pulmonology. She is currently completing her fellowship in Allergology. In 2008 she obtained her PhD after successfully defending her thesis entitled, “Measurement of Bronchospastic Eicosanoids in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.” She is a lecturer at the School for Foreigners at the University. Dr. Gross-Sondej is also an author at many national and international conferences as well as in international and Polish Medical Journals. Her professional interests focus on pulmonary disease, specifically COPD, asthma, as well as sarcoidosis and interstitial disease.