Professor Katarzyna Rostropowicz-Denisiewicz, the long-standing Head of the Developmental Age Rheumatology Clinic and Policlinic of the National Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Institute in Warsaw, passed away on September 2nd, 2020. She was born on April 15th, 1926, as a?child of the teacher Helena Rostropowicz (née Barańska) and attorney-at-law W?adys?aw Rostropowicz. During the German occupation she was a?medical orderly with the Grey Ranks (Szare Szeregi) – the underground paramilitary Polish Scouting Association. Prof. K. Rostropowicz-Denisiewicz passed her baccalaureate exam in July 1945 and began studying medicine at the Medical Faculty of the Medical University in ?ód?. She finished her studies in 1950 and started to work in the State Antituberculosis Sanatorium in ?agiewniki – a?present borough of the city of ?ód?. At that time she married the military doctor and a?renowned endocrinologist Ro?cis?aw Denisiewicz and gave birth to their only child – a?son, Bogdan. She earned the medical doctor degree in 1952. In the years 1952–1954 she worked at the Children’s and Neonatal Ward of the Hospital in Elbl?g and in 1954 started her work at the outpatient clinic for children at Warszawa-W?ochy. From 1956 she started to work simultaneously as a?volunteer at the 2nd Children’s Illnesses Clinic at the Medical Academy in Warsaw. She earned her 1st and 2nd degree specialization in pediatrics in 1959 and 1963 respectively. Her professional career in the Institute of Rheumatology began in 1962 – the year the institute moved from its former headquarters at 58 Nowogrodzka St. in Warsaw, at the Jesus Child Hospital, to its present location at Spartańska St. The newly opened facilities included the Clinic and Policlinic of Childhood Rheumatology (which later changed its name to the Clinic and Policlinic of Developmental Age Rheumatology), headed by Prof. Edward Wilkoszewski. His team, which included two pediatricians working previously at Nowogrodzka St. – Zygmunt ?azowski and Irena Kozicka-Polakowa – was joined by several other specialists, including Katarzyna Rostropowicz-Denisiewicz. The clinic consisted of 82 hospital beds and an outpatient clinic – with Professor Rostropowicz-Denisiewicz not only working in both facilities, but also being involved in the clinic’s scientific work and giving lectures presented to pediatricians both in Warsaw and other parts of the...
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