Robert T. Macura
Computer scientist, researcher, physician
Born Jul. 12, 1961, Mrozy, Poland; came to U.S., 1990; son of Leon & Danuta (Wasowska); married Katarzyna (Madura); children: Tomasz, Wiktor.
Education: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), 1986, Ph.D. (in medical informatics), 1990. Silesian Academy of Medicine, Zabrze (Poland); postgraduate (in computer science), Institute of Computer Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 1986-87; post - doctoral, Artificial Intelligence Center, University of Georgia, Athens (GA), 1990-91.
Career: intern, Silesian Academy of Medicine, 1986-87; research scientist, Department of Medical Informatics, Polish Mother's Health Center, Lodz, 1987-90; fellow, 1990-91, visiting research scientist, 1991-92, Artificial Intelligence Center, research scientist, 1992-93, assistant prof., 1993 -, chief, Medical Infoormation Section, 1995 -, Department of Radiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta.
Author: editor, Journal of Medical Education Technologies, reviewer, 5 scientific journals; over 50 abstracts, presentations, editorials and scientific papers.
Member, i.a.: session chairman, scientific committees member, over 20 national and international conferences and congresses; American Medical Information Association; Society for Computer Applications in Radiology; Society of Applied Learning Technologies; International Brain Research Organization.
Honors: Sigma Xi; grants, Kosciuszko Foundation, 1990, National Cancer Institute, 1994-95, Georgia Center for Advanced Telecommunications Technologies, 1995; Certificate of Merit, Radiological Society of North America, 1992; Distinguished Paper award, Intelligent Computer - Aided Training and Virtual Environment Technology Conference, 1993; invited speaker, Computer Aided Radiology '93, Berlin (Germany).
Languages: Polish, English.
Office: Medical College of Georgia, Department of Radiology, Medical Physics Section, 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