Poland Recognizes Dr. Siemionow, Face Surgeon

[Jaga]

I did not realize that the lead surgeon was a woman trained in Poland! Did you hear about this face surgery some time ago?

Here is the article about Dr. Siemionow:

www.polishsite.us/index.php/emigration-and-genealogy/polonia-in-usa/428.html

[Jaga]

here is more about Dr. Siemionow:
www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/NewsSearch?st=face%20transplant%20Siemionow&

[Jaga]

this woman was trained during communism in Poland and she is such an excellent doctor!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Siemionow

Maria Siemionow is a renowned Polish surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic. She gained public notice in December, 2008, when she led a team of six surgeons in a 22-hour surgery, performing the first face transplant in the United States on patient Connie Culp.[1] She is currently Director of Plastic Surgery Research and Head of Microsurgery Training at the Cleveland Clinic. She is also Professor of Surgery in the Department of Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine.

[edit] Education
Siemionow received her MD from Poznan Medical Academy in 1974, later receiving her PhD from the same institution in microsurgery.[2]

[edit] Decoration
Professor Maria Siemionow has received the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland. Presented by Ambassador Robert Kupiecki, the Order of Merit was awarded to Professor Siemionow for her outstanding contribution to the development of microsurgery and transplantation medicine[3].