Mirosław Mossakowski

Mirosław Mossakowski
Born(1929-09-23)23 September 1929
Byaroza
Died26 December 2001(2001-12-26) (aged 72)
CitizenshipPolish
OccupationsNeurologist, neuropathologist

Mirosław Jan Mossakowski (23 September 1929 – 26 December 2001) was a neurologist, neuropathologist, president of the Polish Academy of Sciences from 1999 until 2001, co-founder and president of the Polish Neuroscience Society.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

In 1953 Mossakowski graduated from the Medical School in Gdańsk.[1] He studied for a Ph.D. at the Department of Histopathology of the Central Nervous System of the Polish Academy of Sciences. His supervisor was Adam Opalski.[1]

In 1953 he joined the Polish United Workers' Party. He became a neurologist at the Neurological Clinic of the Medical School, where he undertook further training under Irena Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz[1] In 1959 he trained at the Montreal Neurological Institute under Wilder Penfield.[1] In 1960 he was awarded a PhD by the Warsaw Medical School for his thesis titled Astrocytomas of cerebrum and cerebellum.[1]

In the years 1966–1967 he visited the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in Bethesda, in the laboratory of Igor Klatzo.[1] In 1973 he became a correspondent member, and in 1986 became a full member of the Polish Academy of Sciences.[2]

He was part of the Association of Polish Neuropathologists,[1] the Polish Neuroscience Society (President from 1991 until 1992 and from 1997 until 1999),[5] and the Polish Society of Cytochemistry and Histochemistry.[1] He was also a two-term vice-president of the International Society of Neuropathology.[1] He was a member of the editorial boards of Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis and Clinical Neuropathology.[1] He supervised nine doctoral dissertations.[2]

He was married to Bibiana Mossakowska.[2][6] He had a son Paweł Mossakowski.[2]

He was buried at the Powązki Cemetery.[7] The Mossakowski Medical Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences (MMRI PAS) is named after him.[8]

Books

  • Podstawy neuropatologii. 1981.
  • Guzy układu nerwowego. Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich. 1997. ISBN 83-04-04366-1.

Distinctions

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Prof. Mirosław Mossakowski (1929-2001)" (PDF). ptbun.org.pl. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2026. In English: "Prof. Mirosław Mossakowski (1929-2001)" (PDF). ptbun.org.pl. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Curriculum vitae" (PDF). rcin.org.pl. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 September 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
  3. ↑ "Mossakowski Mirosław Jan". encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Archived from the original on 14 January 2026. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "Mossakowski Mirosław". encyklopedia.interia.pl. Archived from the original on 14 January 2026. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
  5. ↑ "Zarząd". ptbun.org.pl. Archived from the original on 22 October 2025. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  6. ↑ Bajer, Magdalena (2006). "Mossakowscy". prenumeruj.forumakademickie.pl. Archived from the original on 14 June 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
  7. ↑ "Pogrzeb prof. Mirosława Mossakowskiego". wiadomosci.wp.pl. 4 January 2002. Archived from the original on 14 January 2026. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
  8. ↑ "About Institute". imdik.pan.pl. Archived from the original on 14 November 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 Kto jest kim w Polsce 1989. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Interpress. 1989. pp. 871–872.
  10. ↑ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 29 сентября 2001 года № 1163 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации граждан Республики Польша»". Retrieved 14 January 2026.

Bibliography

  • Albrecht, Jan (2003). "Profesor Mirosław Mossakowski: neurobiolog – intuicjonista i wizjoner – Wspomnienie". Postępy Biologii Komórki. 30 (1).
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