Judith Ann Pachciarz
Pathologist, physician
Born Sept. 28, 1941, Danville (IL), U.S.; daughter of Walter and June (Finney).
Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.), 1964, Master of Science (M.S.) (in microbiology), 1965, University of Illinois, Champaign - Urbana; Ph.D., St. Louis University (MO), 1971; Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), University of Louisville (KY), 1983.
Career: postdoctoral training, Departments of Pathology and Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1971; fellow, Department of Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, 1971-74; assistant prof., Department of Veterinary Science, University of Kentucky, 1974-79; resident in pathology, 1983-87, chief resident, 1987-88, Veterans Administration - Wadsworth Medical Center, Los Angeles (CA); fellow, Transfusion Medicine, Los Angeles Red Cross / Memorial Medical Center, Long Beach (CA), 1988-89; laboratory service chief, H. Claude Hudson Comprehensive Health Center, Los Angeles, 1989 -.
Author: chapters in: Proceedings, Fourth International Conference on Equine Infectious Diseases, 1978, and Limiting Homologous Exposure, 1987; several articles in professional journals.
Member of: fellow, College of American Pathologists; national science advisory board member, Handicapped in Science Project, National Science Foundation (NSF), 1977-78; program committee member, Foundation for Science and Handicapped, 1978-79; medical director, World Games for the Deaf, 1983-85; American Society of Clinical Pathology; Committee of Developmental Disabilities, California Medical Association, 1987-90; Committee of Physically Challenged Physicians, Los Angeles County Medical Association; Los Angeles Society of Pathologists.
Honors: Delta Sigma Omicron; H. Scharper Achievement Award, University of Illinois, 1964; Outstanding Young Woman of America for Kentucky, 1978; Lucille Abt Award, Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf, 1980-81, 1981-82; grant, Polish Federation Scholarship, 1980-81; Silver Achievement award in science, Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) of Los Angeles, 1986.
Languages: English, sign language.
Hobbies: jogging, golf.
Office: H. Claude Hudson Comprehensive Health Center, 2829 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90007.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996.