Irena Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz
Polish doctor and neurologist
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Irena Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz, née Ginzburg (27 December 1917 – 7 July 2015) was a 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] Her sister was the dermatologist Stefania Jabłońska. Her husband Kazimierz Petrusewicz, was a biologist and politician.[8]
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 )[9]
- Silver Cross of Merit[1]
- Medal of the National Education Commission (1985)
