A Poland native, Dr. Skiba received his Medical Doctorate at the Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Poland. After completing an internship at his hometown hospitals, he began research in the field of liver diseases at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, Great Britain. Since then, he has co-authored several scientific papers on liver transplantation. During that time, he also developed a strong interest in Anesthesiology.

After moving to the United States and passing strict American licensing examinations, Dr. Skiba was admitted into an Anesthesiology residency program at the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX. He completed his internship in General Surgery at the Methodist Medical Center in Dallas, TX.