Between 1962–1966, Aleksander Skotnicki attended the Jan III Sobieski High School in Kraków.
In 1972 he graduated from the Medical Academy in Kraków.
He was a student of Julian Aleksandrowicz.

In 1995, Skotnicki obtained the title of professor of medical sciences.
In the years 1993–2018 he was Head of the Hematology Clinic of the Jagiellonian University Medical College, and participated in creating Kraków's first extensive center for the treatment of tumors of the hematopoietic and lymphoid tissues and the hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

As author or co-author, he published more than two hundred and fifty original research papers in international peer review journals.

Over the years, he was a lecturer at the Medical Academy in Kraków and the Jagiellonian University Medical College, including the Medical School in English.
He was a promoter of more than twenty doctoral dissertations, and a reviewer of more than forty doctoral and postdoctoral dissertations.

He was elected a member of the Polish Academy of Learning.
Between 1962–1966, Aleksander Skotnicki attended the Jan III Sobieski High School in Kraków. In 1972 he graduated from the Medical Academy in Kraków. He was a student of Julian Aleksandrowicz.
In 1995, Skotnicki obtained the title of professor of medical sciences. In the years 1993–2018 he was Head of the Hematology Clinic of the Jagiellonian University Medical College, and participated in creating Kraków's first extensive center for the treatment of tumors of the hematopoietic and lymphoid tissues and the hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
As author or co-author, he published more than two hundred and fifty original research papers in international peer review journals.
Over the years, he was a lecturer at the Medical Academy in Kraków and the Jagiellonian University Medical College, including the Medical School in English. He was a promoter of more than twenty doctoral dissertations, and a reviewer of more than forty doctoral and postdoctoral dissertations.
He was elected a member of the Polish Academy of Learning.
Aleksander Skotnicki (hematologist)