Krzysztof Kolasa

Physician

Born Nov. 15, 1957, Lodz, Poland; came to U.S., 1986; son of Stanislaw and Sylwina (Kuroszczyk); married Katarzyna (Czarnocka); children: Matthew, Thomas, Natalie.

Education: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Lodz Medical Academy (Poland), 1983; 1st degree specialization (in internal medicine), 2nd degree specialization (in nephrology), Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick (NJ), 1995.

Career: physician, Department of Nephrology, Lodz Medical Academy, 1983-85; residency (internal medicine), 1989-93, (nephrology), 1994 -, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

Member of: executive vice president, Medicus - Polish - American Medical Association; chief medical examiner, Polish Army Veterans Association - Stowarzyszenie Weteranow Armii Polskiej (S.W.A.P.); American College of Physicians (ACP); American Medical Association (AMA); American Society of Nephrologists; National Kidney Foundation; Polish - American Republican Caucus.

Honors: grant, National Kidney Foundation, 1994, 1995.

Affiliation: Republican. Catholic.

Languages: Polish, English, German, Russian.

Hobbies: swimming, jogging, travel.

Office: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Nephrology Department, One RWJ Place, New Brunswick, NJ 08903.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996