Background
Wisniewski, Henryk Miroslaw was born on February 27, 1931 in Luszkowko, Poland. Son of Alexander and Ewa (Korthals) Wisniewski. came to the United States, 1966.
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Henryk Miroslaw Wisniewski
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Henryk Miroslaw Wisniewski, Polish Pathology and neuropathology educator, research facility administrator, research scientist. Achievements include research of developmental disabilities, aging, Alzheimer disease, Down syndrome, amyloidosis, neuronal fibrous protein pathology; demyelinating diseases.
Education
Doctor of Medicine, Medical School, Gdansk, Poland, 1955; Doctor of Science (honorary), Medical School, Gdansk, Poland, 1991; Doctor of Philosophy in Experimental Neuropathology, Medical School, Warsaw, Poland, 1960; Doctor of Science (honorary), College of S.I., 1992; Doctor of Science (honorary), Medical School, Poznan, Poland, 1996; Doctor of Science (honorary), Medical School, Gdansk, Poland, 1991.
Career
From assistant to associate professor, head laboratory experimental neuropathology, associate director Institute Neuropathology, Polish Academy Science, Warsaw, 1958-1966;
research associate, from assistant professor to professor, Albert Einstein College Medicine, New York City, 1966-1975;
director, Medical Research Council Demyelinating Diseases Unit, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, 1974-1976;
professor neuropathology, State University of New York Health Science Center, Brooklyn, since 1976;
director, New York State Institute Basic Research in Development Disabilities, S.I., since 1976. Visiting neuropathologist U. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1961-1962. Visiting scientistLab. of Neuropathology National Institute Neurological and Communicative Diseasesand Stroke, National Institutes of Health, 1962-1963.
Docent Medical School, Warsaw, 1965. Past member Neuology B study section National Institutes of Health. Past member mental retardation research committee National Institute Child Health and Human Development.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Association Neuropathologists (president 1984, Weil award1969, Moore award 1972), British Society Neuropathology, Canada Association Neuropathologists, American Association Retarded Citizens, Association Research in Nervous and Mental Disease, American Association Mental Deficiency, International Society Devel.Neuroscis., Society Experimental Neuropathology, World Federation Neurology, SigmaXi.
Connections
Married Krystyna Wylon, February 14, 1954;children: Alexander (deceased), Thomas.
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Religion
Roman Catholic
Awards
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Decorated Officer's Cross (Poland). Recipient New York City chapter award Association for Help of Retarded Children, 1984, Welfare League award letchworth Village chapter Association for Help of Retarded Children, 1985, Staten Island Chapter award Benevolent Society for Retarded Children, 1986, Alfred Jurzkowski Foundation award in neurobiology, 1996. Named Career Scientist, Health Research Council of City of New York, Neuropathologist of 20th Century, XI International Congress Neuropathologists, 1990.Decorated Officer's Cross (Poland). Recipient New York City chapter award Association for Help of Retarded Children, 1984, Welfare League award letchworth Village chapter Association for Help of Retarded Children, 1985, Staten Island Chapter award Benevolent Society for Retarded Children, 1986, Alfred Jurzkowski Foundation award in neurobiology, 1996. Named Career Scientist, Health Research Council of City of New York, Neuropathologist of 20th Century, XI International Congress Neuropathologists, 1990.