Janusz Szymas
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Personal Information
Date and place of birth: March 1, 1948, Poznan, Poland
Marital status: married, two children
Education
1964 - final secondary school examination at the A. Mickiewicz College, Poznan
1970 - graduate (with honors), Medical Faculty University of Medical Sciences, Poznan
1975 - M.D. Medical Faculty University of Medical Sciences, Poznan
1987 - Habilitation, Medical Faculty University of Medical Sciences, Poznan (awarded by the Minister of Health)
1999 - Professor, Medical Faculty University of Medical Sciences, Poznan
Specialization
1973 - I° pathology
1979 - II° pathology
Professional Employment
July 1970 - July 1972, Research-Teaching Jung Assistant, Institute of Pathology, University of Medical Sciences, Poznan
Aug. 1972 - Sept. 1974, Research-Teaching Assistant, Institute of Pathology, University of Medical Sciences, Poznan
Oct. 1974 - Sept. 1979, Research-Teaching Old Assistant, Institute of Pathology, University of Medical Sciences, Poznan
Oct. 1979 - Sept. 1989, Assistant Professor, Institute of Pathology, University of Medical Sciences, Poznan
Oct. 1989 - present, Associate Professor, Institute of Pathology, University of Medical Sciences, Poznan
Positions Held
Sept. 1977 - present, Head of the Laboratory of Laboratory of Neurosurgical Pathology within the Institute of Pathology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences
Invited Positions
1975 - 1976 scholarship of the Max-Planck-Society, Max-Planck Institut for Brain Research, Cologne, Germany
1985 - 1986 invited Professor at the Heinrich-Heine-University of Dusseldorf, Institut of Neuropathology, Dusseldorf, Germany
1986 - 1987 invited Professor at the Max-Planck Institut for Neurological Research, Cologne, Germany,
Invited Lectures
1985 - Heinrich-Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany
1988 - University of Humbold, Berlin, Germany,
1994 - Kopfklinik, Erlangen, Germany
Membership
Polish Society of Pathology - board member
Polish Association of Neuropathology - board member
Polish Society of Scull Base Surgery - memeber
Polish Association of Medical Internet - founding member, president since 1997
European Society for Analytical Cellular Pathology - member
International Society for Neuropathology - member
Committee of Neurooncology, Polish Academy of Sciences - member since 1984
Committee of Medical Informatics, Polish Academy of Sciences - member since 1991
Editorial Boards
"Medical Science Monitor"
"Electronic Journal of Pathology and Histology"
"Contemporary Oncology"
"Neuroscope"
Co-ordination of European Projects:
TEMPUS Project - Tempus-Phare application for a Structural Joint European Project in the academic years 1996/97 - 1998/99
Organisation of Scientific Conferences
1992 - 1st National Workshop "Microcopmputers in Pathology", Poznan, 26-27.11.1992.
1993 - 2nd National Workshop "Microcopmputers in Pathology", Poznan, 26-27.11.1993.
1994 - 3rd 1st National Workshop "Microcopmputers in Pathology", Poznan, 26-27.11.1994.
1995 - 4th National Workshop "Microcopmputers in Pathology", Poznan, 26-27.11.1995.
1996 - 5th 1st National Workshop "Microcopmputers in Pathology", Poznan, 26-27.11.1996.
1997 - 6th National Workshop "Microcopmputers in Pathology", Poznan, 26-27.11.1997.
1999 - 7th 1st National Workshop "Microcopmputers in Pathology", Poznan, 26-27.11.1999.
2000 - 5th National Conference of Medical Internet, Poznan, 10-11.11.2000.
Member of the Programme Committee of International Conferences
Major Awards for Scientific Achievements
Minister of Health Award (1990, 1993)
Scientific Award of the Polish Association of Neuropathology (1983)
Research Interests
Methodology and diagnostic techniques of head and neck tumors including histochemistry, electron microscopy, immunohistochemistry and quantitative method.
New technologies media in telepathology. Decision support in medicine, technology, multi-criteria decisions analysis, knowledge-based decision support,
artificial intelligence, rough set theory.
Publications (see the list)
Author and co-author of 11 monographs, 3 textbooks and more than 200 papers published in international and in major Polish scientific journals, as well as in edited monographs.
Last update: August 25, 2000