Krystyna Elzbieta Wisniewska (Wylon)
Pediatric neurologist, neuropathologist
Born Jul. 8, 1930, Siemianowice, Poland; came to U.S., 1967; daughter of Boleslaw and Stanislawa (Oczkowska); married Henryk Wisniewski; children: Alexander, Thomas.
Education: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Gdansk Medical Academy (Poland), 1955; Ph.D., Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw, 1965.
Career, i.a.: residency (pediatrics), 1955-58, assistant prof., 1958-60, Gdansk Medical Academy; senior research scientist, Department of Neuropathology, Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw, 1960-67; associate prof., Warsaw Medical Academy, 1965-67; visiting scientist, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt (Germany), 1965: fellow (neuropathology), A. Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, and St. Barnabas Hospital for Chronic Diseases, Bronx (NY), 1967-70; residency (pediatrics), Jewish Memoria and Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, 1970-71; residency (pediatric neurology), A. Einstem College of Medicine, 1971-74; pediatric neurology, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (United Kingdom), 1974-76; associate director, Clinical Services, head, Pediatric Neuropathology Laboratory, director, Ultrastructural Consolidated Clinical Laboratory, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island (NY), 1976 -; attending associate prof. (pediatric neurology), 1976-92, prof., 1992 -, Health Science Center, State University of New York (SUNY), Brooklyn (NY).
Author: author and co-author over 200 scientific publications, book chapters and articles in Poland, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Japan in the fields of Down's Syndrome, Alzheimer's disease, Fragile X syndrome, neurometabolic diseases, mental retardation, developmental disabilities.
Member of: International Child Neurololy; International Affairs Committee, Child Neurological Society; Japan Child Neurology; American Child Neurology; American Academy of Neurology; American Association of Neurologists; American Association of Mental Deficiency.
Honors, i.a.: awards, Association for the Help of Retarded Chiidren, 1984, Letchworth Village Welfare League, 1985, Benevolent Society for Retarded Chiidren, 1986, numerous research grants from i.a.: National Institure of Child Health and Human Development, 1987-97, State of New York, 1987-94, National Institutes of Health (NIH), 1993-96.
Affiliation: Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, German, Russian.
Hobbies: skiing, tennis, hiking.
Home: 141 Nixon Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10304.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.