Joseph Henry Szurszewski

Background

Szurszewski, Joseph Henry was born on May 25, 1940 in Pittsburgh. Son of Henry Joseph and Genevie (Rudzka) Szurszewski.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Zoology, Duquesne U., 1962; Doctor of Philosophy in Physiology, University of Illinois, 1966; postgraduate, Monash U., Clayton, Australia, 1969-1970; Bachelor of Science in Pharmacology, Oxford (England) University, 1971.

Career

Graduate teaching assistant, University of Illinois, 1963-1965; National Science Foundation summer research fellow, University of Illinois, 1963; associate consultant in physiology, Mayo Graduate School Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, 1971-1973; consultant, Mayo Graduate School Medicine, since 1973. Assistant professor physiology Mayo Medical School, Rochester, 1971-1975, associate professor physiology, 1975-1977, professor physiology, since 1977, assistant professor pharmacology, 1971-1977, associate professor pharmacology, since 1977, department chairman physiology and biophysics, 1983, director for research Mayo Group Practice. Mem.coun. National Institutes of Health, since 1995.

National Science Foundation summer research fellow Duquesne U., 1961. MayoDisting. Investigator, 1986.

Achievements

• Joseph Henry Szurszewski has been listed as a noteworthy Physiologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with Reserve Officers Training Corps. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physiological Society (research prize gastrointestinal section 1990), British Physiological Society, American Gastroenterological Association (Distinguished Achievement award, 1987), Society Neurosci., Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Cecelia Johnson, August 24,1963. Children: Joseph, Marie.

Father:

Henry Joseph Szurszewski

Mother:

Genevie (Rudzka) Szurszewski

Spouse:

Cecelia Johnson

child:

Marie Szurszewski

child:

Joseph Szurszewski