Zbylut Jozef Twardowski
Physician, researcher, educator
Born Jun. 2, 1934, Stanislawice, Poland; came to U.S., 1981; son of Jozef and Marianna (Skoczek); married Halina (Nowosielska); children: Radomysl, Przemyslaw.
Education: Doctor of Medical Sciences (D.M.S.), N. Copernicus Medical Academy, Cracow (Poland), 1964; Doktor habilitowany (Dr.hab.), Silesian Medical Academy, Katowice (Poland), 1975.
Career: teaching assistant, Department of Physiology, 1954-57, internship, Departments of Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1958-59, residency (internal medicine), 1959-62, residency, Dialysis Center, 1962-63, N. Copernicus Medical Academy; chairman, Department of Internal Medicine and Dialysis Center, 1963-76, head, Nephrology Clinic, 1964-76, Central Hospital for Miners, Bytom (Poland); head, Department of Nephrology, associate prof., Lublin Medical Academy (Poland), 1977-82; consultant, Boone Hospital Center, Columbia (MO), 1987 -; staff physician, Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital, Columbia, 1983 -; visiting associate prof., Division of Nephrology, 1982-84, prof., 1985-87, tenured prof., 1987 -, Department of Medicine, director, Outpatient Peritoneal Dialysis Program, 1985 -, investigator, Dalton Research Center, 1991 -, University of Missouri, Columbia.
Author: 3 Polish and 5 U.S. patents on dialysis; editor, Peritoneal Dialysis Bulletin Supplement, 1983-84, American Journal of Kidney Diseases Supplement, l984, Advances in Continuous Ambulalory Peritoneal Dialysis, 1985-89; co-editor, Peritoneal Dialysis - New Concepts and Applications, 1990; editor, Peritoneal Dialysis Case Forum, 1992 -; over 220 scientific articles in professional journals.
Member of, i.a.: European Dialysis and Transplant Association; International Society of Nephrology; International Peritoneal Dialysis Society; Polish Medical Association, 1963-82; American Medical Association (AMA); American College of Physicians (ACP); American Society of Artificial Internal Organs; Biomedical Engineering Society; Missouri State Medical Association; editorial board member, Peritoneal Dialysis Bulletin (Canada), Uremia Investigation, International Journal of Artificial Organs; chairman of 12 scientific sessions in U.S., Japan and Europe; member of 24 scientific committees in U.S. and Poland.
Honors: honorary member, Colombian Society of Nephrology; grants, Polish Academy of Science, 1977-81, Polish Ministry of Health, 1980-81, Institute of Mother and Child (Poland), 1980-81, Missouri Kidney Program, 1982-83, Baxter - Travenol, 1985, 1986, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, 1988-94; "Internationally Renown", Department of Health and Human Services, 1983; Friendly Citizen of City of Matto, Ishikawa Prefecture (Japan), 1990; National Torchbearer Award, American Kidney Foundation, 1993; The Best Doctors in America, 1994.
Affiliation: Republican. Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English.
Hobbies: swimming, travel, computers.
Office: University of Missouri, MA 436 Health Sciences Center, 1 Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO 65212.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.