Background
Religa, Zbigniew Eugeniusz was born on December 16, 1938 in Miedneiwice, Warsaw, Poland. Son of Eugeniusz and Zofia (Lahman) Religa.
Religa, Zbigniew Eugeniusz was born on December 16, 1938 in Miedneiwice, Warsaw, Poland. Son of Eugeniusz and Zofia (Lahman) Religa.
Doctor of Medicine, Medical Academy, Warsaw, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, Medical Academy, Warsaw, 1973.
Intern City Hospital, Warsaw, 1963-1964, resident in surgery, 1966-1973. Fellow in vascular surgery Mercy Hospital, Rockwell Centre, New York, 1973-1974. Resident in cardiac surgery Sinai Hospital, Detroit, 1976-1977.
Vice chief department Holski Hospital, Warsaw, 1975-1980. Associate professor Institute of Cardiology, 1981-1984. Docent Medical Academy, 1981.
Head cardiac surgery Silesian School Medicine, Zabrze, Poland, 1984—2009, director Research Center for Artificial Heart Poland, 1988—2009, professor, 1990—2009, rector, 1997—1999. Minister health Government of Poland, Warsaw, 2005—2007. Consultant Viovodenship Hospital, Wroctaw, Poland.
Director Research Laboratory for Biological Valves, Foundation for Development of Cardiac Surgery, Zabrze.
Senator Polish Parliament, Warsaw, 1993. Member council Advisers for President of Poland, Warsaw, 1993. Member State Council for Transplantology, Warsaw, 1993.
Lieutenant Polish Medical Corps. Fellow American College Angiology. Member American Academy of Sciences, European Cardiothoracic Society, International Society Heart Transplantation, Polish Transplantology Society, Polish Cardiol.
Married Anna Beata Wayszczuk, October 20, 1962. Children: Mazgorzata, Grzegorz.