Background
Kokot, Franciszek Józef was born on November 24, 1929 in Olesno, Silesia, Poland. Son of Franciszek and Franciszka (Kostka) Kokot.
Kokot, Franciszek Józef was born on November 24, 1929 in Olesno, Silesia, Poland. Son of Franciszek and Franciszka (Kostka) Kokot.
Physician diploma summa cum laude, Silesian School Medicine, Katowice, Poland, 1953. Doctor of Medicine, Silesian School Medicine, Katowice, Poland, 1957. Doctor honorary (honorary), Medical Academy Wroclaw, 1990.
Doctor honorary (honorary), Medical Academy Katowice, 1993. Doctor honorary (honorary), Pomeranian Medical Academy, Szczecin, 1995. Doctor honorary (honorary), University Kosice, Slovakia, 1997.
Doctor honorary (honorary), Medical Academy Lublin, 1997. Doctor honorary (honorary), Medical Academy Warsaw, 1999. Doctor honorary (honorary), Jagielloman University, Cracow, 2000.
Doctor honorary (honorary), Medical Academy Bialestok, 2001.
Technician department chemistry, Silesian School Medicine, Katowice, 1949-1950; assistant and senior assistant department pharmacology, Silesian School Medicine, Katowice, 1950-1957; assistant professor department internal medicine, Silesian School Medicine, Katowice, 1957-1962; associate professor department internal medicine, Silesian School Medicine, Katowice, 1962-1969; extraordinary professor department internal medicine, Silesian School Medicine, Katowice, 1969-1974; extraordinary professor department nephrology, Silesian School Medicine, Katowice, 1974-1982; ordinary professor department nephrology, Silesian School Medicine, Katowice, since 1982; research fellow, Clinique Therapeutique, Geneva, 1958-1959; World Health Organization fellow, Middlesex Hospital, London, 1970.
Member European Dialysis and Transplant Association, Polish Academy of Sciences, Polish Academy Arts and Sciences. Honorary member Bulgarian Society Nephrology, German Society Nephrology, Yugoslavian Society Nephrology, Hungarian Society Nephrology, Macedonian Society Nephrology, Italian Society Nephrology, Czechoslovakia Society Nephrology, Romanian Society Nephrology.
Married Malgorzata Skrzypczyk, December 26, 1955. Children: Stefan, Klaudiusz, Jan, Tomasz.