Ellsworth also has the opportunity to benefit from a healthcare provider who came from a different culture altogether. Dr. Jerzy Slomka is originally from Poland. He came to Kansas in 1995 from New York City where he started his residency in 1992. Dr. Slomka studied medicine at the Academy of Medical Sciences in Lublin, Poland, where he earned the Medical School Dean’s Annual Scholarship for outstanding students.

     After that, he served his internship at Rutkowski Hospital in Biala, Poland, where he did rotations in Medicine, OB/GYN, Pediatrics and surgery.  Dr. Slomka is a former player in a professional soccer division. He can read, write and speak Polish, English, Russian, German and Esperanto.