10 Facts About Andrzej Szczeklik

Andrzej Szczeklik was a Polish immunologist working at the Jagiellonian University School of Medicine in Krakow.

Andrzej Szczeklik 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.

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

Andrzej Szczeklik was a visiting professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Sheffield, UK, King's College School of Medicine, London, UK and Hochgebirgsklinik Davos-Wolfgang, Switzerland.

Andrzej Szczeklik is perceived as an expert on aspirin-sensitive asthma.

Andrzej Szczeklik is an author and co-author of about 600 papers published in the leading biomedical journals, including: Nature, The Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Investigation, British Medical Journal, Blood, Circulation, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, etc.

Andrzej Szczeklik is author and co-author and co-editor of several international and Polish medical textbooks.

Andrzej Szczeklik published two largely successful and well received books: "Katharsis", 2002 and "Kore", both of which contained his philosophical reflections on life and medicine and aimed to set his scientific stance in a broader landscape.

Andrzej Szczeklik is a member of numerous scientific societies, such as the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in the Vatican and Royal College of Physicians in London, UK, American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology, European Academy of Allergy Clinical Immunology, European Respiratory Society, International Society of Thrombosis Haemostasis, Polish Academy of Sciences.

In 1995 Andrzej Szczeklik was awarded with "Gloria Medicinae" a medal of Polish Society of Medicine.