Andrzej Stanislaw Zabiega
Neurologist, psychiatrist
Born Aug. 8, 1938, Lwow, Poland; son of Tadeusz and Janina (Artymowski); married Helena (Baran); children: Malgorzata, Tomasz.
Education: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), 1961, Doctor of Medical Sciences (D.M.S.), 1971, Wroclaw Medical Academy (Poland); Prof. of Medical Neurology (honorary), Royal Medical Society of Great Britain, 1982.
Career: assistant prof. to associate prof., Neurological Medical Center, Wroclaw, 1964-79; associate prof., St. Louis Medical Center (MO), 1990 -; consultant, Institution for Mentally Ill and Retarded, Centralia (IL).
Author: Neuroscience of Skin Sensation; over 40 research papers, invention of medical testing instrument esthesiometr.
Member of, i.a.: European Neurological Society; Polish Neurological Society; Royal Academy (United Kingdom); American Medical Association (AMA); American Psychological Association (APA); Illinois Medical Society; California Medical Society; American Acupuncture Society; American Academy of Psychosomatic Illnesses; founder, president, Polish Slavic Cultural Club, St. Louis; consultant, New Emigrant Council, 1972-74.
Honors: fellowship, Ventnor Foundation, 1962-63, Mayo Clinic, 1963-64, Loyola University, 1962-73; rector's award, Wroclaw Medical Academy, 1970; Science Council award, 1970.
Affiliation: Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, Russian, French, German, Spanish.
Hobbies: writing fiction and essays, classical music, tennis.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.