Maria Gieron-Korthals
Physician
Born Feb. 2, 1947, Kurzelow, Poland; came to U.S., 1974; daughter of Antoni and Miroslawa (Gielniewska); married Jan Korthals; child: Mark.
Education: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Warsaw Medical Academy (Poland), 1971; Special Qualification in Child Neurology, Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1983.
Career: residency (pediatrics), Bronx, Brooklyn (NY), 1975-77; residency (pediatric neurology), Brooklyn, 1977-80; associated prof. (tenured), College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa.
Author: 30 articles in medical journals.
Member: fellow, American Academy of Neurology; Child Neurology Society; American Electroencephalographic Society; civic member, Polish - American Club, Tampa.
Honors: research grants, Veterans Administration, 1981-85, 1986-89.
Languages: Polish, English, Russian.
Hobbies: travel, gardening, art collecting.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996