Stanley (Stanislaw) Marian Garstka
Physician, surgeon
Born Feb. 22, 1916, Warsaw, Poland; came to U.S., 1949; son of Jan and Bronislawa (Oglecka); married Martha (Alshibaya).
Education: J. Pilsudski University, Warsaw, 1935-39; Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) (cum laude), Erlangen University Medical School (Germany), 1946.
Career: internship, Albany Medical College (NY), 1949-51; residency (general medicine), Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago (IL), 1951-53; residency (surgery), Georgia Medical College, Augusta, 1957-59; chief surgery resident, Bakersfield General Hospital (CA), 1959-60; private practice, Bakersfield, 1961-69; senior medical officer, Health Department, State of California and County of San Bernardino, 1969-80. Retired.
Author: medical and historical articles in: Przeglad Lekarski, Kern County Medical Bulletin, Polish Cultural Network, 1965, 1966, 1974, 1985.
Member of: board member, Studium - North American Study Center for Polish Affairs; American Medical Association (AMA); Abdominal Surgeons Association; Kosciuszko Foundation; Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.); Polish American Historical Association (P.A.H.A.); Polish Studies Association.
Honors: honorary citation, 1966, Certificate of Appreciation, 1968, Republic of Vietnam, Ministry of Health; citation, U.S. Department of State, 1967.
Served with: Polish Home Army - Zwiazek Walki Zbrojnej (Z.W.Z.), Armia Krajowa (A.K.), information officer, 1939-41; German extermination camps prisoner, Auschwitz, Neuengamme, Dachau, Flossenburg, 1941-45
Affiliation: Republican. Roman Catholic
Languages: Polish, English, German
Hobbies: chess, music
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996