Full Professor, Habilitated Doctor Krystyna Czechowicz-Janicka

Graduate of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow (1958)
Doctor of Medical Sciences (1968)
Obtained the degree of a Habilitated Doctor in 1978
Became Professor in 1992
Promoted to Full Professor in 2000

Specializations and main areas of scientific research:
Ophthalmology: glaucoma diagnostics and surgery. Author of the first Polish software for the management of patients in glaucoma clinics. Author and coordinator of the national program of glaucoma prevention in Poland, entitled "Don’t go blind, Poland".

Publications:
Over 150 scientific publications in Polish and foreign journals, 3 books, including a monograph on open-angle glaucoma
1 patent

The most important distinctions:
Award of the Polish Ophthalmological Society (1976)
Award of the Scientific Secretary of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1981)
Award of the Minister of Health (1992)
Medal of the Committee of National Education (2000)
The first Polish winner of the medal OPTIME DE GLAUCOMATOLOGIA MERENTI (2002) for propagation of knowledge about glaucoma

Membership of scientific organizations:
Polish Ophthalmological Society, since 1964
PTO - President of the Warsaw Section (1988-2003)
President of the Polish Society of Glaucoma Prevention (1998-2006)
President of the Medical Informatics Section of the Polish Ophthalmological Society since 1994
Member of the European Glaucoma Society since 1993
Member of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons since 1994