Dr. Piotr Tekiela received his medical degree from Jagiellonian Medical College in Krakow, Poland. Following that, he pursued his residency at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois, where he also served as chief resident. He then completed his Vascular Neurology Fellowship at the University of Utah. Dr. Tekiela is an assistant professor of neurology at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is board-certified with the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and certified in Vascular Neurology.

Dr. Tekiela is bilingual in English and Polish. He joined TeleSpecials in December 2023