Irena Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz

Irena Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz, née Ginzburg (27 December 1917 – 7 July 2015) was a Polish doctor and neurologist who specialized in neuromuscular diseases.

She was a pioneer of myology and a founder of myology and electromyography in Poland.

She was born in Warsaw to a family which came from Lwow.

Her father was a literary critic and her mother was a dermatologist. Her sister was the dermatologist Stefania Jabłońska. Her husband Kazimierz Petrusewicz, was a biologist and politician.

Awards

• Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta on the 50th anniversary of the Polish Academy of Sciences (2002)
• Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1986)
• Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (22 July 1951, for outstanding scientific activity in the field of medicine )
• Silver Cross of Merit
• Medal of the National Education Commission (1985)

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