Adam Ostrzenski
Obstetrician, gynecologist, reproductive endocrinologist
Born Aug. 29, 1940, Poland; married Maria (Molenda); children: Katarzyna, Bartosz.
Education: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), 1966, Ph.D., 1970, Wroclaw Medical Academy (Poland); Greater Baltimore Medical Center (MD), 1983.
Career: internship, 1966-68, residency, 1968-71, Wroclaw Medical Academy; adjunct, Lublin Medical Academy (Poland), 1971-73, Warsaw Medical Academy (Poland), 1973-78; residency, assistant instructor, State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo, 1980-82; director, Institute of Laser and Video Laparoscopy, 1991-94, prof., director, Operative Gynecology - Endoscopy and Laser Surgery, 1994 -, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington (DC); prof., consultant, La Sapienza University, Rome (Italy), and Jagiellonian University College of Medicine, Cracow (Poland); visiting prof., Faculty of Medicine Kuwait University, University of Warsaw School of Medicine, Silesia University School of Medicine (Poland).
Author: one book and several book chapters published in United States, Poland, Italy, Brazil; co-editor-in-chief, The International Journal of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Medicine; editorial board member, Materia Medica Polona International, Polish Medical Journal of Medicine and Pharmacy; numerous scientific conference papers; over 90 articles in professional journals; inventor, new surgical techniques.
Member of, i.a.: honorary member, Polish Gynecologists and Obstetricians Society; president, National Polish American Medical Society; Polish Gynecological Society; advisory committee member, National Coalition of 100 Black Women; American Association of Gynecological Laparoscopists; American Fertility Society; North American Menopause Society.
Honors: Grand Prize, Polish Academy of Sciences, 1974; Silver Medal, 1973, patent award, 1976, Polish Patent Bureau; fellowship, Warsaw Medical Academy, 1973-75; listed in: International Register of Profiles (United Kingdom), Who's Who in the East, Who's Who Among Outstanding Americans.
Languages: Polish, English.
Home: 1112 Tara Road, Potomac, MD 20854.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996.