Andrzej Szczeklik

Who was Andrzej Szczeklik?

Andrzej Szczeklik was a Polish physician, professor and chairman of the Department of Medicine, Jagiellonian University School of Medicine in Kraków.

He received his graduate degree from the University of Krakow, and after completing his one-year internship in the USA he worked for seven years at the Academy of Medicine in Wrocław. He completed his postgraduate training abroad; at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm and University of Uppsala, Sweden as well as at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA.

In 1979 he became chairman of Department of Medicine, Jagiellonian University School of Medicine in Krakow. In 1990-1993 he was elected the Rector of the Copernicus Academy of Medicine in Cracow, and then Vice-Rector of the Jagiellonian University for Medical Affairs.

Szczeklik's main research interest include: cardiopulmonary diseases, aspirin-induced asthma, chemical mediators in diseases of circulatory and respiratory systems with special reference to eicosanoids.

Szczeklik has been lecturing extensively in major European, American and Japanese universities.