Katarzyna J. Macura (Madura)

Physician, knowledge engineer, researcher

Born Jul. 18, 1964, Zabrze. Poland; daughter Eugeniusz & Elzbieta (Dziedzic); married Robert Macura; children: Tomasz, Wiktor.

Education: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), 1989, Ph.D. (magna cum laude), 1991, Lodz Medical Academy (Poland); certified knowledge engineer, International Association of Knowledge Engineers, 1993.

Career: fellow, Department of Oncology, Lodz Medical Academy, 1988-91; intern, Polish Mother's Health Center, Lodz, 1989-91; visiting research scientist, Artificial Intelligence Center, University of Georgia, Athens, 1991-92; fellow, research assistant, 1992-93, assistant prof., 1993 -, Department of Radiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta.

Author: associate editor, Journal of Medical Education Technologies; over 50 scientific papers, abstracts, presentations and software reviews.

Member of: International Association of Knowledge Engineers; American Medical Informatics Association; review committee member, Society of Applied Learning Technology.

Honors: Sigma Xi; Sigma Delta Epsilon; Certificate of Merit, Radiological Society of North America, 1992; Distinguished Paper award, Computer - Aided Training and Virtual Environment Conference, 1993; grants, Kosciuszko Foundation, 1992, Georgia Center for Advanced Telecommunications Technology, 1994.

Languages: Polish, English.

Office: Medical College of Georgia, 1459 Laney-Walker Boulevard AE-2018, Augusta, GA 30912.

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