Doris Bartuska (Gorka)
Physician, educator
Born Apr. 18, 1929, Nanticoke (PA), U.S.; daughter of Edward and Sophie (Wombal); married Anthony Bartuska; children: Ann, Kathleen, Lisa, Karen, Christina, Mia.
Education: B.S. (in biology), Bucknell University, Lewisburg (PA), 1949; M.D., Women's Med. College of Pennsylvania, 1954.
Career: assistant dean, associate (medical), 1958-66, assistant prof., 1966-71, Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania; consultant in endocrinology, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Philadelphia (PA), 1970; associate prof., Medicine and Pathology Department, 1971-77, director, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 1973 -, associate dean, 1974-76, prof. (medicine), 1977 -, Medical College of Pennsylvania.
Author: editor, Internal Medicine for Dentistry, 1990; over 50 medical articles in professional journals.
Member of, i.a: fellow, American College of Physicians (ACP); past president, American Medical Women's Association, and Philadelphia County Medical Society; American Medical Association (AMA); American Diabetes Association; American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); American Federation for Clinical Research; Endocrine Society; Key Contact, Pennsylvania Medical Society; Association of Women in Science; Pennsylvania Political Action Committee; East Falls Community Council.
Honors, i.a: Phi Sigma; Alpha Omega Alpha; fellowships, Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce, 1949, Kosciuszko Foundation, 1951,Kate Hurt Mead, 1955, National Institutes of Health (NIH), 1957, 1966-68; Outstanding Educator of America, 1975; Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania, State of Pennsylvania, 1988; Excellence in Science award, Women's Committee of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 1988; Calcium Nutrition Education Award, 1990, president's recognition award, 1991, American Medical Women's Association; president's award, Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1991; listed in: Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities, The World Who's Who of Women in Education, Who's Who of American Women, American Biographical Institute Book of Honor.
Served with: Roman Catholic.
Languages: English, Polish, German, Latin.
Hobbies: piano, voice, botany.
Office: Medical College of Pennsylvania, 3300 Henry Ave, Philadelphia,PA 19129
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996