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Janusz E. Badurski M.D., Ph.D.

Born:12 07. 1939 in Lublin, Poland

Education:

1945-1952 Elementary School,
Katowice 1952-1956 High School, Katowice
1958-1964 Bialystok University School of Medicine-MD

Professional characteristics:

1964-1968 Internship / fellowship at the Regional Hospital Monki;
1968-1982 Bialystok University School of Medicine Hospital, Dept. of Internal Diseases and Rheumatology- Assistant, Senior Assistant, Associate Professor;
1973-1975 New York Medical College, Dept. of Medicine ,Fellowship;
1982-2000 Head, Department of Medicine and Osteoarthrology, Bialystok Sniadecki Hospital,
1991-University of Oulu, Finland, Dept. of Anatomy, Visiting Professor,
1990-1993 Bialystok University School of Medicine, Associate Professor, Lecturer
1993-Bialystok Technical University, Dept. of Bioengineering, Professor,
1996-Head, Centre of Osteoporosis and Osteo-Articular Diseases.

Specializations:

1968: Clinical Pathology - First degree
1971: Clinical Pathology - Second degree
1971: Internal Diseases - First degree
1975: Internal Diseases - Second degree

Scientific degrees:

1968: Ph.D. 1979: Associate Professor
1996: Professor Professional activities:
1967-1996: Founder and President, Section of Osteoarthrology Polish Medical Society (now Polish Society of Osteoarthrology);
From 1990: Founder and President, Polish Foundation of Osteoporosis;
From 1990: Editor-in-Chief; Progress of Osteoarthrology - The Official Journal of the Polish Foundation of Osteoporosis and Polish Society of Osteoarthrology;
From 1992: Member of OARSI (Osteoarthritis Research Society Int.);
From 1994: Member of Committee of National Societies, IOF (International Osteoporosis Foundation);
From 1996: Member of American Society of Bone and Mineral Res.; From 1994:
Member of International Society of Calcified Tissue;
From 1968: Member of Polish Society of Internal Diseases, and Polish Rheumatological Society.

Author and co-author of 230 research works, 4 monograph on osteoporosis and metabolic bone diseases, 6 chapters in textbooks.
Main field of interest: bone and joint cartilage metabolism, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, pain clinic.