Professor Jerzy Kotowicz is a lecturer at the neurology department of the Medical Academy in Warsaw. During his many years of work in the military medical corps he served as Deputy Director of the medical services to the UN special forces in Egypt. He was also the Director of the Electrophysiology Department of the Central Clinical Hospital in Warsaw and Deputy Director of the Neurology Department. He attained the rank of colonel in the medical corps.
He is a graduate of the Medical Academy of Warsaw as well as the Military Medical Academy in Łodź, where he gained his specialization in neurology. From 1996 he has been a professor at the Central Clinical Hospital in Warsaw.
He has twice served as vice-president of the Polish Red Cross. He was the president of the Polish Clinical Neurophysiology Association, and has since 2006 served as chairman of the Review Committee of the Polish Clinical Neurophysiology Association.
He is the recipient of many awards, including the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, the Golden Service Cross, medals awarded by the Polish Red Cross, the Golden Service Cross of the City of Warsaw, and the United Nations' Medal for Service in Defense of Peace.
He is the author of more than 80 papers in his field, his main interests being the areas of hardening of the arteries, Parkinson's disease and clinical neuro-physiology.
He is fluent in both Russian and English.
Dr. Cieszanowski is a graduate of the Warsaw Medical Academy. He has earned a first-degree specialization in radiodiagnosis and a second-degree specialization in radiology and diagnostic imaging from the Magnetic Resonance Laboratory.
After defending his doctorate he qualified as an assistant professor in the area of "Detecting and differentiating focal changes in the liver by magnetic resonance tomography. "He received a scholarship from the Batory Foundation to attend the Boston University School of Medicine Department of Radiology to further his knowledge in the areas of USG, CT-scan and MRI. He completed specialist training courses organized by the European Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology on the subjects of MRI imaging of the vascular system in Lyon, and courses in MRI technician-craft in Antwerp, Heraklion and Leuven. He has also taken part in courses in the fields of MRI imaging, the nervous system (Leuven), cardio-vascular system (Rome) and many more.
He has worked as a radiology consultant at the University Hospital Glasgow Royal Infirmary as well as at the Basildon University Hospital (England).
Dr. Cieszanowski is the author of more than one hundred papers, including dozens published in foreign journals.
He has participated in numerous congresses, scientific symposia and conferences, far too many to list here. He is an acclaimed authority in the field of MRI imaging.
He is fluent in English.