Gorczyca, Janusz

Skrzat, Janusz

Sokołowska-Pituchowa, Janina

Walocha, Jerzy

Folia Morphologica

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Folia Morphol. Vol. 62, No. 2, pp. 1–9Copyright © 2003 Via MedicaISSN 0015–5659www.fm.viamedica.plO B I T U A R Y1Professor Andrzej Skawina(1934–2002)Professor Andrzej Skawina was bornon December 18th, 1934 in Przeworsk.After completing his primary and second-ary schooling there, he studied medicineat the Academy of Medicine in Krakówand qualified as a Doctor in 1959. He ob-tained his Doctoral Degree in Medical Sci-ences in 1978 and qualified as AssistantProfessor in regular anatomy in 1992. He was nom-inated Assistant Professor in 2000.While still in his third year of medical studies, hebegan working at the Institute of Anatomy andworked his way through all the levels of an academ-ic career, first as a demonstrator, next as a deputyassistant and, after qualifying as a doctor, as an as-sistant. He broke off his work in the Department ofAnatomy in autumn 1959 when he was called upinto the army. He worked in the Medical Section, ofthe Army Unit in Braniewo and later in the local hos-pital in Przeworsk on the Internal Medicine Ward.In 1962 he returned to Kraków to the Depart-ment of Anatomy to be taken onto the permanentstaff and began his scientific career as senior assis-tant, lecturer, and tutor. In 1978, Janina Sokołowska--Pituchowa conferred a doctoral degree on him,based on a thesis entitled: Badania nad unaczynien-iem kości długich kończyny dolnej płodów ludzkich.Continuing his studies in the angiology of foetalmaterial, Professor Skawina carried out a number ofvaluable pieces of research, which allowed him toqualify as Assistant-Professor of Regular Anatomy,based on the thesis Angiomorfologia nasady i przy-nasady bliższej kości udowej człowieka w rozwojuprenatalnym. Badania w mikroskopie świetlnym iskaningowym mikroskopie elektronowym.From 1992 Skawina held the Chair of Anatomyin Kraków. He was particularly interested in the prob-lems of foetal angiology, and also worked on oste-ology, myology and the ossification ofextra-skeletal tissues. Professor Skawinaproduced more then a hundred and twen-ty publications, including original papers,case studies, methodological and confer-ence reports. Forty-three of these werepublished in “Folia Morphologica”.While working in the Depart-ment between 1962 and 1969, he also worked vol-untarily in the II Clinic of Internal Medicine in Kraków,where he obtained the first stage of specialisation,followed, in 1969, by the second stage of Speciali-sation in Internal Medicine. After gaining these spe-cialist qualifications, he worked as a specialist in in-ternal medicine in the ambulance service in Krakówuntil 1998.Professor Skawina’s scientific interests were usu-ally concentrated on the research issues in which theDepartment was involved. This tradition included thesubject of angiology, initiated by Teichmann andestablished by Sokołowska-Pituchowa, a traditionwhich is still maintained, as evidenced by the quan-tity of Skawina’s research on the vascular system.His first publications, which appeared in 1966, wereconcerned with angiological problems. Altogethertwenty-four collective works appeared dealing withthe blood vessel systemProfessor Skawina and his scientific staff stud-ied together the skeletal system as well as the vas-cularisation of particular sections of the gastro-in-testinal system, the head, the spinal cord, certainglands and tumours. Some of their work dealt withthe venous vessels and venous dural sinuses. Profes-sor Skawina studied the variability of the veins andthe structure of their walls, especially the structureof the portal and umbilical veins and ductus Aranti.His account of the injection methods worked out inthe Institute was especially valuable, as was the con-struction of the cephalostat, which facilitated thestudy of foetuses.Professor Andrzej Skawina was a respected lec-turer, and teacher of practical classes, having ac-quired the pedagogical skills needed from the out-set of his work in the Department.In 2002 he entered into an agreement with theEditorial Board of the Jagiellonian University for thedrawing up of a topographical manual, to be pub-lished in parts. Five parts have been published todate.Professor Skawina considered it his responsibili-ty to prepare young assistants to uphold high stan-dards in teaching and in relations with students,while at the same time introducing them to the worldof scientific research, which he did by co-opting theminto participation in his own studies. The mainte-nance of teaching standards and the simultaneouscontinuation of scientific research was seen as a nec-essary condition for continuing the tradition of theoldest chair and the one which first introduces stu-dents into the life of the University Professor Skawi-na conferred degrees on three occasions.Apart from performing the particular superviso-ry duties of a scientific and pedagogical nature whichfell to the chair he held, Professor Skawina lookedafter the building of the Theatrum Anatomicum. Hehad several repairs carried out, mainly to the monu-mental lecture room and the museum. He stockedthe department with modern educational equipmentand the most up-to-date technical achievements.For many years Professor Skawina served asa member of the Polish Anatomical Society and asChairman of the Kraków Branch of this association.He was awarded the Rector’s Prize several times andin 1981 he was awarded a Golden Cross of Merit.Professor Andrzej Skawina fulfilled admirably theoffice of Head of the Chair of Anatomy until his un-timely death on August 5th 2002. His efforts markedthe conclusion of the first four hundred years of workof the Chair and Department of Descriptive Anato-my at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.Jerzy A. Walocha, Janusz Gorczyca, Janusz Skrzat, Janina Sokołowska-PituchowaChair of Anatomy, Medical Collegeof Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland

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