Jan Wojciech Guzek

Background

Guzek, Jan Wojciech was born on March 28, 1924 in Lublin, Poland. Son of Józef and Maria (Pelczarska) Guzek.

Education

Graduate in medicine, Jagellonian University, Krakow, Poland, 1951. Doctor of Medicine, University Lódz, Poland, 1962. Habilitation in human physiology, University Lódz, Poland, 1968.

Career

Assistant lector department general pathology, faculty of medicine University Krakow, 1949—1960. Senior lecturer, reader, assistant professor department physiology University Lódz, Lódz, 1960—1974, vice dean School Medicine, 1972, deputy director Institute Physiology and Biochemistry, School Medicine, 1973—1974, professor-in-ordinary, head department pathophysiology, 1974—1994, professor emeritus, part-time faculty member, 1994—2001, professor emeritus, since 2001. Member committee for physiological science Polish Academy of Sciences, since 1984, member committee for basic medical science, 1987-1993, committee for clinical pathophysiology, 1984-1987, committee for cell pathophysiology, 1987-1990.

Achievements

• January Wojciech Guzek has been listed as a noteworthy physiology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member International Parliament for Safety and Peace, Palermo, Italy, since 1991. Member science council Ministry of Health, Warsaw, Poland, 1985-1987. Member Polish Physiological Society (honorary.

President 1984-1990, vice president 1996-2002, chairman history commission since 1996), Polish Neuroendocrinological Society (charter member, 2000), Polish Endocrinol. Society, International Society Neuroendocrinology, International Brain Research Organization, European Neuroendocrine Society, European Pineal Society, International Society Pathophysiology (charter member, chairman educational commission, member council 1991-1998), Society Pathol. Physiology/German Democratic Republic (correspondent), Learned Society Lodz (president medical branch 1991-1997, member council 1994-1996, vice president since 1996, honorary member 2001), General Sikorski's Institute Polish History (London), Czech Medical Society J.E. Purkyne (honorary), Bulgarian Association of Clinical and Experimental Pathophysiology (honorary member), New York Academy of Sciences.

Interests

• Avocations: science in history, classical painting, old Polish maps, walking.

Connections

Married Barbara Moskalewska, October 24, 1952 (deceased November 10, 1980). Children: Anna Maria, Maria Magdalena, Wojciech Józef.

Father:

Józef Guzek

Mother:

Maria (Pelczarska) Guzek

Spouse:

Barbara Moskalewska

child:

Wojciech Józef Guzek

child:

Anna Maria Guzek

child:

Maria Magdalena Guzek