Name: Tomasz Żarnowski
Date and place of birth: December 11th, 1965, Lublin, Poland
Nationality: Polish
Education:
1984-1990 Medical School, Lublin – “summa cum laude” (M.D. 1990)
2003 British Council Fellowship (1 month), St. John’s College, Oxford, UK
2005 Habilitation dissertation on neuroprotective properties of endogenous compound kynurenic acid
Positions held:
1990-93 Research assistant, Department of Pharmacology, Lublin Medical School
1993-2005 Research assistant, Department of Ophthalmology, Lublin Medical School
2005- 2008 Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Lublin Medical School
2008 – Chairman and Head of Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University
2011 Chairman and Head of Department of Diagnostics and Microsurgery of Glaucoma, Medical University, Lublin, Poland
2012 Full Professor awarded by State President Bronislav Komorowski
Current position:
Chairman and Head of Department of Diagnostics and Microsurgery of Glaucoma, Medical University, Lublin, Poland
Scientific interest
Management of glaucoma (wound healing, complications, new methods)
Neuroprotection in neuroscience (glaucoma, epilepsy)
Glaucoma genetics, clinic-genetical correlations
Management of complicated cataracts
Author of 220 full papers, IF=400, h=22, 1640 citations, 430 congress abstracts
Orcid id 0000-0002-6978-7417
Memberships:
Polish Ophthalmological Society, Polish Glaucoma Society, ARVO, EVER, ESCRS
Awards:
1995, 2003, 2004, 2005 Award of the Minister of Health for the results in research work
2000 Cup Award – Congress European Glaucoma Society, London 26-30.06. best poster
See also Wikipedia https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomasz_%C5%Żarnowski
