Waldemar Olszewski

Prof. Waldemar Olszewski

Prof. Waldemar Lech Olszewski (born 3 September 1931, Piastów, Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish lymphologist.[1][2][3] His main area of study is the human lymphatic system.[4][5] Clinical and research interests comprise vascular surgery, transplantation, physiology and surgery of the lymphatic system[6] and immunology. He discovered fundamental processes in human tissues connected with function of the lymphatic system.[7][8]

He has published around 600 publications, seven scientific books and is a member of numerous medical bodies.[9]

Early life

Olszewski was born in 1931 in Piastow/Warsaw, Poland into a family of landowners, his father was a linguist and a banking specialist. He received his General Certificate of Education in 1948 in Warsaw and undertook university studies, first in the Faculty of Law, Warsaw University from 1948 to 1950 and then in the Faculty of Medicine at Warsaw University. Graduating in 1954, Olszewski passed the Board in Surgery exams in 1962 and received his PhD in 1962 and D.Science in 1968.

Since 1970 Olszewski has been an associate professor at the Department of Surgery, the Medical Academy, and the Medical Research Center at Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. In 1978 he was made a full professor at the same centers, and chairman of the Clinical Department of Surgery, Ministry of Internal Affaires/Polish Academy of Science Hospital, Warsaw.[10]

At present Olszewski is at the Medical Research Center, Polish Academy of Sciences [11][12] (Head of Dept) and Ministry of Internal Affaires Clinical Hospital, Warsaw, Poland (Chief Consultant).

He is the father of one daughter.

Research

Olszewski received postgraduate training and carried out research studies at Hammersmith Hospital, London from 1962 to 1963, then at Harvard Medical School in Boston, United States of America, from 1968 to 1970. He worked at City Hospital, Warsaw, and then Dept. of Surgery, Medical Academy, and Medical Research Center, Warsaw as head of Dept. of Surgical Research & Transplantation and since 1997 as Chief of Clinical Department of Surgery, Ministry of Internal Affaires/Polish Academy of Sciences Hospital, Warsaw. Other professional positions include Visiting Professor at Radiumhospitalet, Oslo, (since 1976-), St.Bartholomew's Medical School, London (since 1994-), Research Officer World Health Organization, Madras-Pondicherry-Benares, India (since 1992-).[13]

Olszewski served as a member of editorial boards of many international medical journals, including:[14][15]

Main scientific contributions include designing and introducing into clinical practice the surgical lympho-venous shunts (1966), discovery of spontaneous rhythmic lymphatic contractility in humans (1980), proving that bacterial factor is responsible for development of human limb lymphedema (1994),[18] introducing low-dose, long-term penicillin administration for prevention of chronic dermatitis and lymphangitis in Asian countries (1996), detecting the phenomenon of non-specific elimination of cell grafts (1990), preservation of tissues for transplantation in dehydrating sodium chloride (2003).[19]

Awards and honors

Honorary member of:

Books

References

  1. ↑ "Recognition for prof. Waldemar Olszewski (Bauerfeind 02.2012, international magazine, page 31)". Bauerfeind.com. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
  2. ↑ "The European Journal of Lymphology : Volume 23 No. 66 : 2012" (PDF). Eurolymphology.org. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Nowoczesna limfologia" (PDF). Imdik.pan.pl. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "The Flexitouch System vs. The Bio Compression 3008 System". Biocompression.com. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20130424064407/http://lymphnet.org/aboutNLN/history.htm. Archived from the original on April 24, 2013. Retrieved May 30, 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ "My Life With Lymphedema". Mylifeiwthlymphedema. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "A Polish professor is one of the best researchers of the lymphatic system | News | Science & Scholarship in Poland". Naukawpolsce.pap.pl. 2005-12-22. Retrieved 2015-02-23.
  8. ↑ ""Dr Waldemar I. Olszewski of Poland is one of the most sought after researcher for writing on “systemic response to lymphatic immune system”". Indian J Plast Surg. 2012. pp. 180–181. doi:10.4103/0970-0358.101258.
  9. ↑ "Olszewski WL (author search)". PubMed. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), U.S. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  10. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20120617185803/http://www.cmdik.pan.pl:80/prof.html. Archived from the original on June 17, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ↑ "A Pole among the most outstanding researchers of the lymphatic system | News | Science & Scholarship in Poland". Naukawpolsce.pap.pl. Retrieved 2015-02-23.
  12. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20110726151159/http://www.cmdik.pan.pl/zespoly/zcht/pracownicy_eng.html. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. Retrieved May 30, 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ↑ "Award for promoting polish medicine abroad". Imdik.pan.pl. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
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  15. ↑ r. "European Society of Lymphology – Official Site » » Editors". Eurolymphology.org. Retrieved 2015-02-23.
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  17. ↑ "20 lat współpracy miedzy Polską i Indyjską Akademią Nauk w dziedzinie chorób układu limfatycznego | Aktualności o polskiej nauce, badaniach, wydarzeniach, polskich uczelniach i instytutach badawczych". Naukawpolsce.pap.pl. Retrieved 2015-02-23.
  18. ↑ "Inicjatywa powołania ośrodków diagnozujących i leczących obrzęki kończyn | Puls Medycyny - portal lekarzy i pracowników służby zdrowia". Pulsmedycyny.pl. 2005-02-28. Retrieved 2015-02-23.
  19. ↑ "Reasons Compression Pump Therapy for Clinical Lymphedema Is Not the Cause of Extreme Genital Swelling". Nationalnewstoday.com. 2011-11-29. Retrieved 2015-02-23.
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  21. ↑ "American prize for Polish lymphologist | News | Science & Scholarship in Poland". Naukawpolsce.pap.pl. 2006-11-27. Retrieved 2015-02-23.
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  23. ↑ "Nagroda dla prof. Olszewskiego". Oil.org.pl. 2007-01-05. Retrieved 2015-02-23.
  24. ↑ "Prof. Waldemar L. Olszewski - News Orthopädie, Phlebologie, Fussorthopädie und Messtechnologie". Bauerfeind.com. 2012-09-25. Retrieved 2015-02-23.
  25. ↑ "Notable Polish surgeon Prof. Waldemar Lech Olszewski awarded “Bene Merito”". Newdelhi.mfa.gov.pl. Retrieved 2015-02-23.
  26. ↑ "Experimental and Clinical Transplantation of Hepatocytes in MMRC". Imdik.pan.pl. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  27. ↑ "Członkowie honorowi PTT - Polskie Towarzystwo Transplantacyjne". P-t-t.org. 2013-03-19. Retrieved 2015-02-23.
  28. ↑ "Lymphedema: A Concise Compendium of Theory and Practice" (PDF). Lymphnet.org. Retrieved 2013-10-13.

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