Two inventions that saved millions of human lives, the polio vaccine and the louse-borne typhus vaccine, won the contest “100 years of medical innovations in Poland” contest held by the “Rzeczpospolita” newspaper. Prof. Henryk Skarżyński took second place. He was ..

The Warsaw’s Cultural Education Award is a competition for the best cultural education projects and programs, organized and funded by the City of Warsaw. This year, the first prize in the category “Other Wonderful Projects” was awarded to Professor Henryk ..

On April 17, 2019, the Senate of the Maria Grzegorzewska University has appointed Prof. Henryk Skarżyński to become the head of the first University Board Pursuant to the provisions of the Higher Education and Science Law, the election was carried ..

The European Academy of Sciences and Arts is a non-governmental non-profit association dedicated to promotion of scientific and social progress. Among the 2000 of its members there are world’s most prominent researchers and artists, including 32 Nobel Prize winners. Recently, ..

March 3rd marks the celebration of the World Hearing Day as declared by the World Health Organization. Several months ago, in July 2018, the third global meeting on the program for the prevention and treatment of hearing loss was held ..

February 25th marks the International Cochlear Implant Day and the 62th anniversary of world’s first implantation of a cochlear implant. In Poland, the first surgery making use of this technique to restore hearing in a deaf patient was performed on ..

On February the 18th 2019 at Polonia Palace hotel in Warsaw a ceremonial Gala was held during which the results of LIST OF 100 2018 plebiscite were announced. Rector of Warsaw Medical University Professor Mirosław Wielgoś and Minister of Health ..

The debate titled “Modern medical technologies and their impact on prophylaxis and everyday clinical practice in the Polish healthcare system” co-organized by professor Henryk Skarzynski and the Speaker of the House, Mr. Stanislaw Karczewski, took place on 17 October 2018. ..

The President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, awarded the Medal of the Century of Regaining Independence to people who rendered meritorious service to the state and society. Professor Henryk Skarżyński was in the group of 28 people who ..

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Polish independence, the Prime Minister awarded professor Henryk Skarżyński with the “Medal of the 100th Anniversary of Regaining Independence”, handed by Voivode of Mazovia Zdzisław Sipiera. The ceremony took place on November ..

“Health First” Program is an initiative of Prof. Henryk Skarżyński launched in 2016 and implemented on an increasingly large scale. The third edition of the Program began in June at the Polish Television building and the building of Polish Radio ..

Director of the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Prof. Henryk Skarżyński, took part in the debate entitled “Regional Health Programs in Local Government Policy”, held during this year’s Economic Forum in Krynica, on September 4, 2018. Health policy ..

“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom the emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand wrapped in awe, ..

From August 4 to 5, 2018, Tokyo the capital of Japan, in one of the largest congress centers in the country – Tokyo Big Sight, hosted the 3rd edition of the Japan Design, Idea & Invention Expo-2018, organized by the ..

On August 26, in Dakar, Senegal, the first telefitting took place, that is, remote adjustment of the speech processor by specialists from Poland from the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing and the International Center of Hearing and Speech ..

On behalf of all employees of the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, dr. Danuta Raj-Koziak expressed gratitude for prof. Henryk Skarżynski on the occasion of the jubilee: ‘Thank you that we were given a chance to build the ..

In July the World Health Organisation (WHO) held at its domicile in Geneva the third global meeting on programme on prevention of deafness and hearing loss treatment programme. The World Health Organisation announced the establishment of the World Hearing Forum ..

On the 12th  July we will celebrate the 16th anniversary of the first in the world cochlear implantation by Prof. Henryk Skarżyński in a partially deaf person. This was an opportunity to electrically complement normal hearing in the low frequency ..

The world famous institution, a result of the transformation of the Cochlear Center established in 1993 into the World Hearing Center, celebrates its 25th anniversary. “We are proud that the 25th jubilee of building and developing our identity coincides with ..

On February 28, 2018, in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, cooperation between specialists in the field of otolaryngology, audiology and phoniatrics from Poland and doctors from South Asia was inaugurated. The Polish delegation was represented by prof. Henryk Skarzynski, Director ..

One of the priorities of Prof. Henryk Skarżyński and the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing under his management is the program of hearing screening in children at various ages. The team of the Institute in cooperation with numerous Polish ..

The Festival culminated in the Gala Finale that took place in the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. Around 700 guests arrived to see the concert. The organizer of the event was the World Hearing Centre of the Institute ..

On 17th June 2016, a press conference was held dedicated to screening hearing examination program conducted among children from primary schools in rural districts (gminas) of Zachodniopomorskie voivodeship. Results of this screening program presented on the conference showed that even ..

An award „Not indifferent” of the 3rd International Congress of Irena Sendler Schools is an exceptional distinction, handed out for the first time this year. An extraordinary ceremony during which we have learnt the names of the first ‘Not Indifferent’ ..

On 8 and 9 June 2016, in the Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw took place the Congress of Innovative Economy, organized for the 7th time by the National Chamber of Commerce. One of the topics of the Congress were new ..