Teodor PolakPhysician, surgeon
Born Warsaw, Poland, Nov. 9, 1928; married Marie Potapowicz; children: lvona (born Nov. 4, 1961 in Santa Monica, CA), Eva (born Nov. 5, 1964 in Los Angeles, CA).
Education: Graduate, Warsaw Medical School, Warsaw, Poland, 1952.
Career: Surgical residency, Department ot Surgery, Warsaw Medical School 1952-56; assistant prof., surgery, Department of Surgery, Warsaw Medical School, 1956-58; intern, Grant Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1959-60; research surgeon, Department of Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 1960-63; staff member, Department of Surgery, Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Panorama City, CA, 1964-65; private practice 1965-. License California 1963-, certificate American Board of Abdominal Surgery, 1970.
Author: Contributor of 12 articles to professional American and Polish journals.
Military: Polish Home Army (PHA), youth section, participant Warsaw Uprising 1944.
Member of: American Medical Association (AMA), California Medical Association, Los Angeles County Medical Association, Fellow American Society Abdominal Surgery. Co-founder and chairman Anti-Defamation Committee California, Polish American Congress (PAC) 1988-, instrumental in lobbying for inclusion of the genocide and the Polish history of World War II to the model school curriculum California.
Resident: Los Angeles, CA.
From: "Polish Americans in California, Vol. II," National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs & Polish American Historical Association, California 1995.