Born in Poland, Tomasz’s family immigrated to Australia as refugees in 1989. These early days in Sydney’s Western Suburb of Fairfield were marked by hard work and hard knocks.

Both parents, Teresa and Michal were medical doctors in Poland but struggled for many years to get through the gruelling process of converting their qualifications in Australia. This period left a lasting mark on Tomasz and his family. Only Michal went on to practice as a doctor in Australia, while Teresa decided to become an author of numerous Polish Language novels and poetry.

Growing up with his creative and inspiring brother, Mikolaj, Tomasz navigated these early years of immigrant life with his family.

High school was where Tomasz was able to tap into his ability to work hard and get results. He became the ‘Most Improved’ student in the first year of high school, giving him a taste for the benefits of studying. He went on to graduate in the top 3% of the state, with particular merit in Mathematics. Along the way, he represented the school in Rugby Union, Basketball, Snowboarding and Swimming.

University was a time of personal growth. Studying at the University of New South Wales, with a study abroad year at the University of California, Santa Cruz, exposed Tomasz to a wide range of people and experiences. It opened his eyes to the world and the possibilities of what can be done within in.

Upon graduation, Tomasz worked in the Investment Banking world in the height of the Pre-GFC era. He worked in Australia and London, living through the ‘runs on the bank’ as things started to unwind. Luckily for him, he was concurrently preparing to enter medical school after deciding that a lifetime of Investment Banking, although profitable, was not a satisfying way to live his life. He wanted to make more of a direct positive impact with his life.

It took Tomasz a number of attempts to pass the tough selection process for medical school, but eventually he succeeded. He used this experience to develop a business, PassGAMSAT, while still in medical school. He subsequently helped over 45,000 people prepare for that entrance exam, creating countless numbers of doctors in the process.

The experiences he gained in medical school, the knowledge he learnt, the skills he developed, the people he met, the things he saw and lived through, and the patients he helped could not have happened if he had done anything else in these years. He has immense gratitude for and incredible positive memories (despite the tough times) of this period.

Med school was a pressure cooker where Tomasz learnt to perform at an extremely high level. Studying with people who were used to being outstanding performers, as well as running a growing business, maintaining an amazing long term relationship, staying in shape and finding time to sleep, Tomasz learnt about mindset and high performance techniques which he uses to this day.

Excited to finally get out into the medical field, the now Dr Tom, started his doctor life working in Sydney’s St George hospital, at which point, his adventures went to the another level. Read more about that in “The Doctor” section.

He is now married to Mare, the amazing woman he met at the end of his undergraduate degree. Mare’s energy, passion and sense of humour has inspired Tomasz from the moment they met. They have lived and travelled together, built their own business from the ground up and worked as a husband-wife team for most of their relationship. Being in such close proximity has only brought them closer, with many great lessons to be learnt along the way. They now have a little girl, Ruby.

Tomasz’s passion for travel, entrepreneurship and making a positive impact continues to this day as he discovers the world, life and himself with Mare beside him.