Jozef Cywinski
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| Born | 13th of March 1936 Warsaw, Poland |
| Nationality | Polish naturalized American in 1973 |
| Fields | Biomedical engineering, Medical electronics, computer science |
| Institutions | Politechnika Warszawska, University of Pennsylvania, University of Missouri, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Valmed-SA, Institute of Medical Technology |
| Known for | Development of medical devices (pacemakers, Veinoplus…) |
| Notable awards | Senior Member of the IEEE Fellow of the American College of Cardiology International Certificate in Clinical Engineering by the AAMI |
Jozef Cywinski (Polish: Józef Cywiński), born on the 13th of March 1936 in Warsaw, Poland, is a Polish-American scientist, specialist in the field of biomedical engineering and specifically in electrical stimulation of living organisms. His work has been the subject of 12 patents, 2 books and over 100 scientific publications. He developed several first-on-the market electro-medical devices like cardiac stimulators pacemakers, train-of-four nerve stimulators, PACS, EMS, TENS and Veinoplus calf pump stimulators.
Jozef Cywinski was born in pre-war Warsaw, Poland in 1936. During World War II his family was heavily involved with the underground fighting against the Nazi. Because his family is part of a noble Polish family (using the Puchala coat of arms), the Cywinski family lost their residence and resources in Warsaw and moved to the small city of Bielsko in a mountainous region in the south of Poland. Circumstances like these were common with disastrous effects on millions of Poles. Cywinski, like many others did not receive the typical education most students would receive in school during peaceful times. In 1945, several displaced professors from Lviv and Vilnius Universities settled in Bielsko too, creating an accelerated and highly sophisticated climate in which to learn. They taught Cywinski physics, chemistry and math personally, while he attended the Liceum im. Asnyka. There, he was awarded a Leader in Science and Social Work certificate. Graduating from high school, he won the concourse for admission to the Telecommunications Program at the Warsaw Polytech [Politechnika Warszawska]. At the age of 16 he was one of the youngest students ever admitted there.
Three years later, in 1955, Cywinski enrolled in a newly created graduate program in Medical Electronics, which was a joint venture between the University of Warsaw Medical School (Akademia Medyczna) and the Warsaw Poytech. Here, Cywinski constructed his first invention: a linear-motor automatic scanner for chromatography of blood samples. The analyzer was the first of its kind and type developed at these times in Poland.
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