Professor Henryk Skarżyński, M.D., Hab.

Professor Henryk Skarżyński, M.D., Hab.

Henryk Skarżyński was born in Rosochate Koscielne in the Podlaskie Voivodeship on 3 January 1954. In 1979 he graduated from the Medical Academy in Warsaw and began to work at the Department of Otolaryngology of the Central Clinical Hospital, Warsaw Medical Academy. He received his M.D. in 1983 and his postgraduate degree (Dr hab.) in 1989. He was nominated associate professor of the Medical Academy in 1993 and obtained his full, titular professorship in 1995.

In 1993 Professor H. Skarżyński founded "Cochlear Centre", the Diagnostic, Therapeutic and Rehabilitation Centre for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. In 1996 this Centre became the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing and Professor H. Skarżyński was appointed its Director. In 2003 an ultramodern diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitation complex, the International Hearing and Speech Centre, was opened in Kajetany. Professor H. Skarżyński inspired and organised this initiative.

In 2002 Professor Henryk Skarżyński became head of the Chair of Audiology and Phoniatrics at the F. Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw where he organised a state of the art diagnostic laboratory and, together with his collaborators, began to realise many original research projects concerning voice and speech, the development of auditory attention, and the effects of music on the inner ear and intellectual development.
Professor H. Skarżyński is the author or co-author of over 800 scientific works which he has published at home and abroad.

He is a member of many scientific societies including the prestigious world organisation of otolaryngologists, Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum. He is also the founding member of the European Academy of Otology and Neuro-Otology (EAONO), elected member of the American Academy of Audiology, honorary member of the Slovakian Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Association, honorary professor of the Department of Audiology and Speech Therapy at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA and member of the European Society for Artificial Organs.

He has received many scientific awards including the following:

• First Class Award of the Minister of Health for outstanding achievements in health care (four times)
  
• First Prize of the Prime Minister for outstanding scientific and technological achievements the Stockholm Challenge Award 2000 for the best Internet service
  
• Nomination to the European Multimedia Oscar, Frankfurt, for the best multimedia product
  
• "Eskulap 2001" award in the category "specialist physician" in the Mazovian Voivodeship
  
• Grand Prix International de l'Organisation Mondiale de la Press Périodique, Brussels for his "Multimedia systems for the examination of hearing, vision and speech"
  
• Award of the President of the Scientific Research Committee for innovative utilisation of IT instruments in health protection
  
• Gold medal for unique achievements in the field of inventions in health protection awarded at the International Inventiveness Fair Councours Lépine, Paris (three times)
  
• www.telewelfare.com website - finalist of the eEurope Awards for eHelath Competition, Cork, Ireland, Gloria Medicinae Medal 2004
  
• "Company of the Year 2004" - award
  
• Conferring of the prestigious "Teraz Polska" [Now Poland] Promotional Logo for treatment of hearing disorders by means of hearing implants and many others.

• 1992 - treatment program for complete deafness by means of cochlear implants,
  
• 1995 - program for the early diagnosis of hearing deficits in newborns and infants
  
• 1998 - treatment program for complete deafness and aural nerve neoplasms by means of brain stem implants
  
• 1999 - completely original multimedia programs for mass, online hearing, speech, ear buzzing and vision examinations
  
• 2003 - middle ear hearing implant program.

Compiled by: The Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music