Biography:Witold Zawadowski

Witold Eugeniusz Zawadowski (23 February 1888 in Skobełka near Horochow, Volhynia – 12 August 1980 in Warsaw) was a Poland radiologist, one of the pioneer of Polish radiology. He was a brother of Jan Wacław.

Zawadowski was a professor of the University of Warsaw (since 1946), professor of the Medical University of Warsaw (since 1950), member of the Polish Academy of Learning (since 1948), member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (since 1952) and national radiology consultant. Since 1930 he was an editor of Polski Przegląd Radiologiczny (since 1955 under name Polski Przegląd Radiologii i Medycyny Nuklearnej).

His main area of study was roentgen-diagnostics of the chest organs.

References

• "Zawadowski Witold Eugeniusz" (in Polish). Internetowa encyklopedia PWN. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. http://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo.php?id=4000636. Retrieved 2007-11-27. 
• "Zawadowski Witold" (in Polish). WIEM Encyklopedia. http://portalwiedzy.onet.pl/85249,,,,zawadowski_witold,haslo.html. Retrieved 2007-11-27.