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Irena Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz

Irena Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz

Polish doctor and neurologist

Irena Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz, née Ginzburg (27 December 1917 – 7 July 2015) was Polish doctor and neurologist who specialized in neuromuscular diseases.[1] [2][3][4][5]

She was a pioneer of myology and a founder of myology and electromyography in Poland.[6][7][5]

She was born in Warsaw to a family which came from Lwow.

Her father was a literary critic and her mother was a dermatologist.[2]

Awards

  • Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta on the 50th anniversary of the Polish Academy of Sciences (2002)
  • Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1986)
  • Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (22 July 1951, for outstanding scientific activity in the field of medicine )[8]
  • Silver Cross of Merit[1]
  • Medal of the National Education Commission (1985)

References

  1. [1]
    Who's Who in Poland 1984 . Ed. 1. Warsaw: Interpress Publishing House, 1984, p. 289. ISBN 83-223-2073-6
  2. [2]
    Paul E. Barkhaus, Anna Kaminska, "Irena Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz, MD, PhD (1917–2015)" doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000002270
  3. [3]
    Irena Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz. 50 years for neurology and neuromuscular diseases, doi:10.1016/0960-8966(95)00033-x
  4. [4]
    Professor Irena Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz, 1917-2015, doi:10.1002/mus.24881
  5. [5]
    Obituary: Professor Irena Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz (1917–2015) doi:10.1016/j.nmd.2015.09.004
  6. [6]
    Andrew Targowski, The History, Present State, and Future of Information Technology, 2016, ISBN 1681100029, p. 121
  7. [7]
    rena Hausmanow-Petrusewicz Obituary in Gazeta Wyborcza
  8. [8]
    Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej z dnia 22 lipca 1951 r. o nadaniu odznaczeń państwowych.


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