He is the Alexander M. Spence Endowed Chair in Neuro-Oncology and chief of the Division of Neuro-Oncology at the University of Washington’s School of Medicine. Dr. Mrugala earned his medical degree from the University of Warsaw Medical School, where he graduated with distinction in 1995. He went on to earn his Ph.D. in neurobiology at Copernicus University in Torun, Poland. He earned his M.P.H. degree at Harvard University. He completed his residency in neurology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and completed a fellowship in neuro-oncology at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.