Frederick Joseph Fleszar
Physician, surgeon
Born Jul. 2, 1916, Syracuse (NY), U.S.; son of Szczepan and Irena (Kotowska); married Maria (Stala); child: Ewa.
Education: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Medical Department, University of Poznan (Poland), 1939.
Career: internship, private practice, Warsaw (Poland), 1941-47; in Buffalo (NY) - internship, residency (general surgery), 1948-54, private practice (general surgery), 1955-77, physician (emergency medicine), 1977-87, chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Joseph Hospital, 1978-84. Retired.
Author: popularized in Buffalo area new diagnostic procedure - laparoscopy, 1958.
Member of: organizer, director, "The Singing Doctors of Buffalo" group, 1967; emeritus member, American Medical Association (AMA), New York State Medical Society, Erie County Medical Society, St. Joseph Hospital Medical Staff.
Honors: Citizen of the Year, American-Polish Eagle, 1989.
Served with: Polish Home Army - Armia Krajowa (A.K.), Garwolin County physician.
Affiliation: Republican. Roman Catholic
Languages: Polish, English, French, German, Latin, Spanish
Hobbies: singing and recording songs, photography, travel
Home: 7 Seminole Ln., Buffalo, NY 14225
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996