Waldemar Olszewski Explained

Waldemar Lech Olszewski (3 September 1931 – 8 November 2020) was 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]

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

Early life

Waldemar Lech Olszewski was born on 3 September 1931 in Piastów, 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.

From 1970 Olszewski was 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]

Olszewski later worked 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).

Olszewski was the father of one daughter. He died on 8 November 2020, at the age of 89.[13]

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-).[14]

Olszewski served as a member of editorial boards of many international medical journals, including:[15] [16]

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),[19] 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).[20]

Awards and honors

Honorary member of:

Books

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Recognition for prof. Waldemar Olszewski (Bauerfeind 02.2012, international magazine, page 31) . Bauerfeind.com . 2014-03-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130313233637/http://www.bauerfeind.com/specials/life/bf_life_international_0212/index.html#/30// . 2013-03-13 . dead .
  2. Web site: The European Journal of Lymphology : Volume 23 No. 66 : 2012 . Eurolymphology.org . 23 February 2015.
  3. Web site: Nowoczesna limfologia . Imdik.pan.pl . 23 February 2015.
  4. Web site: The Flexitouch System vs. The Bio Compression 3008 System . Biocompression.com . 23 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044638/http://www.biocompression.com/PDFs/Lymphedema-Studies/Flexitouch-Vs-Bio-Compression.aspx . 4 March 2016 . dead .
  5. Web site: National Lymphedema Network: 20 Years of Service . May 30, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130424064407/http://lymphnet.org/aboutNLN/history.htm . April 24, 2013 . dead.
  6. Web site: My Life With Lymphedema . Mylifeiwthlymphedema . 23 February 2015.
  7. Web site: A Polish professor is one of the best researchers of the lymphatic system | News | Science & Scholarship in Poland . https://archive.today/20130705192733/http://www.naukawpolsce.pap.pl/en/news/news,16129,a-polish-professor-is-one-of-the-best-researchers-of-the-lymphatic-system.html . dead . 2013-07-05 . Naukawpolsce.pap.pl . 2005-12-22 . 2015-02-23 .
  8. Patient education is equally important . 2012. 45 . 2 . 180–181. 10.4103/0970-0358.101258. 23162213. 3495364. Indian J Plast Surg . Agrawal . K . free .
  9. Web site: Olszewski WL (author search) . PubMed . National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), U.S. National Library of Medicine. 23 February 2015 .
  10. Web site: Profesorowie, doktorzy habilitowani i doktorzy IMDiK PAN . May 30, 2013 . pl . https://web.archive.org/web/20120617185803/http://www.cmdik.pan.pl/prof.html . June 17, 2012 . dead . Professors, habilitated doctors, and doctors of IMDiK PAN.
  11. Web site: A Pole among the most outstanding researchers of the lymphatic system | News | Science & Scholarship in Poland . Naukawpolsce.pap.pl . 2015-02-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131014210303/http://www.naukawpolsce.pap.pl/en/news/news,16106,a-pole-among-the-most-outstanding-researchers-of-the-lymphatic-system.html . 2013-10-14 . dead .
  12. Web site: Department of Surgical Research and Transplantology . May 30, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110726151159/http://www.cmdik.pan.pl/zespoly/zcht/pracownicy_eng.html . July 26, 2011 . dead.
  13. Web site: In memoriam: Professor Waldemar Lech Olszewski, PhD, MD. September 3, 1931 – November 8, 2020 . ResearchGate . 18 December 2023.
  14. Web site: Award for promoting polish medicine abroad . Imdik.pan.pl . 2014-03-21.
  15. http://www.phlebolymphology.org/wp-content/pdf/Phlebolymphology72.pdf
  16. Web site: r . European Society of Lymphology – Official Site » » Editors . Eurolymphology.org . 2015-02-23.
  17. The European Journal of Lymphology and Related Problems. 23 . 65. 2012.
  18. Web site: 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 . 2015-02-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150223171952/http://www.naukawpolsce.pap.pl/aktualnosci/news,71252,20-lat-wspolpracy-miedzy-polska-i-indyjska-akademia-nauk-w-dziedzinie-chorob-ukladu-limfatycznego.html . 2015-02-23 . dead .
  19. Web site: Inicjatywa powołania ośrodków diagnozujących i leczących obrzęki kończyn | Puls Medycyny - portal lekarzy i pracowników służby zdrowia . Pulsmedycyny.pl . 2005-02-28 . 2015-02-23.
  20. Web site: Reasons Compression Pump Therapy for Clinical Lymphedema Is Not the Cause of Extreme Genital Swelling . Nationalnewstoday.com . 2011-11-29 . 2015-02-23.
  21. Web site: Honoris causa dla polskiego chirurga . www.gazetalekarska.pl . 3 February 2022 . https://archive.today/20070721124555/http://www.gazetalekarska.pl/xml/nil/gazeta/numery/n2005/n200509/n20050909 . 21 July 2007 . dead.
  22. Web site: American prize for Polish lymphologist | News | Science & Scholarship in Poland . https://archive.today/20130705193252/http://www.naukawpolsce.pap.pl/en/news/news,16910,american-prize-for-polish-lymphologist.html . dead . 2013-07-05 . Naukawpolsce.pap.pl . 2006-11-27 . 2015-02-23 .
  23. http://www.lymphaticresearch.org/userfiles/file/2006fallwinter.pdf
  24. Web site: Nagroda dla prof. Olszewskiego . Oil.org.pl . 2007-01-05 . 2015-02-23.
  25. Web site: Prof. Waldemar L. Olszewski - News Orthopädie, Phlebologie, Fussorthopädie und Messtechnologie . Bauerfeind.com . 2012-09-25 . 2015-02-23.
  26. Web site: Notable Polish surgeon Prof. Waldemar Lech Olszewski awarded "Bene Merito" . Newdelhi.mfa.gov.pl . 2015-02-23.
  27. Web site: Experimental and Clinical Transplantation of Hepatocytes in MMRC . Imdik.pan.pl . 2013-10-13.
  28. Web site: Członkowie honorowi PTT - Polskie Towarzystwo Transplantacyjne . P-t-t.org . 2013-03-19 . 2015-02-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150223183055/http://www.p-t-t.org/honorary/index/idd/11 . 2015-02-23 . dead .
  29. Web site: Lymphedema: A Concise Compendium of Theory and Practice . Lymphnet.org . 2013-10-13.

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