Background
Kwik, Christine Irene was born on September 12, 1939 in Lvov, Poland.
Kwik, Christine Irene was born on September 12, 1939 in Lvov, Poland.
Graduate summa cum laude, Medical Academy Cracow, Poland, 1962. Graduate primary flight medicine, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas, 1985. Completed chief of professional staff, Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, 1988.
International Medical Academy, Cracow, Poland, 1962-1963. Residency internal medicine II Clinic Internal Diseases, Poland, 1963-1966. Staff II Clinic of Internal Diseases, Poland, 1966-1969.
General medical officer General Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria, 1969-1972. International Frankford Hospital, Philadelphia, 1972-1973. House physician Holy Redeemer Hospital, Meadowbrook, 1973-1974.
Emergency room physician John F. Kennedy Hospital, Philadelphia, 1974-1976, Emergency Room director, 1976-1978. Commissioned captain United States Air Force Medical Corp, 1978, advanced through grades to colonel, 1993. Primary care physician United States Air Force Clinic Emergency Room, Ramstein, Germany, 1978-1981.
Officer in charge Emergency Room and General Practice Clinic, Peterson Field, Colorado, 1981-1984. Primary care physician Malcolm Grow Medical Center, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, 1984-1988. Chief clinic service 63d Medical Group/SGH, Norton Air Force Base, California, 1988-1993.
Staff physician 60h Medical Group, Travis Air Force Base, 1993-1996, Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety Service, Fort George Meade, Maryland, 1996-1999. Retired colonel United States Air Force, 1999. Regional medical officer Department of State, 1999—2005.
Assistant teacher, senior assistant teacher Institute Descriptive Anatomy, Cracow, Poland 1963-1969. Emergency physician on call First Aid Station, Cracow, Poland 1966-1969.
Volunteer Philadelphia Medical Reserve Corps., Medical Reserve Corps. Fellow: American College Emergency Physicians. Member: American Medical Association, World Medical Association.
Daughter of Karol Stanislaus and Leonarda Fryderica (Seniuk) Kostek. Widowed; children: Christine and Catherine.