Robert Kulik, MD visited me in Florida in September 2013, traveling all the way from Warsaw to perfect his vasectomy technique. We had a great time doing vasectomies and eating steaks. He stayed at our home for a few days, but forgot his watch and bathing suit when he returned to Poland, so my wife and I decided to return them to him personally.
Robert is a gynecologist / infertility specialist in Warsaw. He recognizes the benefits of vasectomy and now offers it to the people of Warsaw and surrounding communities. He once practiced in downtown Warsaw across the Vistula River, but tired of the traffic and decided to move to a quieter area. His informative and user-friendly website (wazektomia.warszawa.pl) attracts patients from all over Poland.
Robert not only scheduled a couple of vasectomies for my visit, but gave my wife and me the grand tour of Warsaw as only a life-long native can.
The interview aired about four days later on „Pytanie na Sniadanie“ a news and variety TV daily show, which is second among all state and private stations' morning shows in its number of viewers (390 000). My interview, introduced during a food segment, was followed by a live studio interview with Dr. Kulik, who speaks with such poise and confidence. A link to it may be on Dr. Kulik's site. Too bad I don't understand the Polish! What a fantastic way to spread the word about vasectomy in a country where it is not yet widely utilized.
... to which he also invited Dr. Janusz Zajda, and accomplished general urologist (ZapytajUrologa.pl) who would like to learn to perform vasectomy reversal.
There is debate in Poland as to whether vasectomy should be considered reversible and thereby legal, or non-reversible and thereby illegal in Poland. However the authorities decide to define the word "reversible", there are few if any reversal providers in Poland, which itself can make vasectomy irreversible from a practical standpoint. In fact, one of Janusz's vasectomy patients (also a personal friend) has returned after 4 years for a reversal, but Janusz has never done one, and there are no experienced reversalists in Poland. So I have invited Janusz to come to Florida with his friend. He could assist on 2 or 3 reversals in my office, following which he could be primary surgeon for his friend. He is not ready to invest 50K in a fancy microscope or 1M in a DaVinci Robot, but with the loupe magnification and lighting that I use (a $3500 investment), he should be able to get fair rates of sperm recovery and pregnancy.
Visiting other vasectomists has been, for me, one of the most enlightening and enjoyable aspects of being a vasectomist. It is an opportunity to meet and learn from colleagues all over the world, and I feel so grateful to Robert Kulik for sharing his practice style, his city, his country, and his friendship.