Medical training and research sponsorship
at the Sinai Hospital, Detroit. Michigan, (1972 – 1981)
Grzegorz Sędek, M.D. (1973) – physician-physiologist from
the Post-graduate Training Institute for Physicians in Warsaw,
subsequently a scientist and Medical Director with a Pharmaceutical
Company in the USA.
Mariusz Stopczyk M.D. (1973) – cardiologist, IVth Department of Internal
Medicine, Medical Academy in Warsaw, subsequently Professor of Medicine,
Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and Director and Head of
various Research Divisions of the Academy in Warsaw.
Ryszard Jacek Żochowski, M.D. (1973-75) – cardiologist,
IVth Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Academy in Warsaw,
subsequently Professor of Medicine and Director, Division of Cardiology
of the Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and
Administration in Warsaw, Minister of Health of Poland, 1993-1997.
Zbigniew Religa, M.D., Ph.D. (1975) – cardiovascular
surgeon, worked with Prof. Adrian Kantrowitz in the Dept. of
Cardiovascular Surgery at Sinai Hospital, subsequently Chairman of the
Dept. of Cardiovascular Surgery and President of the Foundation for the
Development of Cardiac Surgery at Zabrze, Poland, Rector of the Silesian
Medical Academy at Gliwice, and Minister of Health of Poland, 2005-2007,
awarded in 2008 the highest Polish distinction – Order of the White
Eagle.
Tadeusz Pałko, M.S., Eng. (1976 and 1981) – specialist in
medical electronics, on the Faculty of the Polytechnical University in
Warsaw, subsequently Chairman of the Department of Medical Electronic (Biomedical
Engineering) at this University.
Jacek Przybylski, M.D. (1976 and 1980/81) –
physician-physiologist from the Physiology Department of the Medical
Academy in Warsaw, subsequently Professor and Dean of the Medical
Faculty of the Medical Academy in Warsaw, Poland, currently Head of the
Biophysics Department there.