Author: Janusz Subczynski
Born: September 1928
Bio: Janusz Subczynski was born on the fifth of September, 1928. He completed his primary and secondary education partially in the underground during the Second World War. From 1946 to 1951, he attended medical school in Poznan, and in 1951, he received his diploma of physician (M.D.). Independently, he also completed the study of psychology at the University of Poznan and obtained a Masters in Psychology. In 1957, he became a Specialist of the Polish Board of Neurosurgery. In 1961, he arrived in the United States to be trained in stereotactic surgery of the brain. In 1963, after establishing this type of surgery in Warsaw, Poland, he returned to the United States. He obtained the title of the Diplomat of American Board of Neurological Surgery. He also became a Fellow of the American College of Surgery. For over twenty-five years, he worked first as an independent neurosurgeon, then as a chief of the section of neurosurgery at St. John Hospital and Medical Center in Detroit. After retirement, he wrote three books, published first in Polish. Dr. Subczynski was involved in anticommunist action as a member and then coordinator of the Polish-American organization POMOST. He is currently retired in the warm climate of Florida, devoting his time to writing and providing political commentary on American/Polish radio.