Przemyslaw Hirszel
Physician, educator
Born Jan. 14, 1936, Rowne, Poland; came to U.S., 1976; son of Ignacy and Maria (Palica); married Renata (Sielecki); child: Thomas.
Education: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), 1960, Doctor of Medical Sciences (D.M.S.), 1971, N. Copernicus Medical Academy, Cracow (Poland).
Career: adjunct, Department of Nephrology, Institute of Internal Medicine, Cracow, 1972-76; postdoctoral fellow, University of Missouri, Columbia, 1973-74; research fellow (nephrology), 1978-79, assistant prof., Division of Nephrology, 1979-82, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington; associate prof., 1982-90, prof., 1990 -, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Science, Bethesda (MD).
Author: over 60 scientific articles and papers; 5 book chapters.
Member of: fellow ACP; International Society of Nephrology; American Society of Nephrology; American Federation for Clinical Research; Polish American Congress (P.A.C.); Friends of John Paul II Foundation.
Honors: Sigma Xi; Medical House Officers Award: Excellence in Teaching, University of Connecticut, 1982; Mrs. F. O. Day Award, 1985, and Joseph M. Krainin Memorial Research Award, 1988, National Kidney Foundation.
Affiliation: Republican. Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, French.
Office: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, 4301 Jones Bridge Rd., Bethesda, MD 20814.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996