Zofia Majewska was a Polish neurologist and professor.[1] She was born on January 13, 1907 in Warsaw under the name Angela Gelbard,[1] to a family with jewish ancestry. Her father, Henryk, was a surgeon, and her mother, Helena nee Lichtenfeld, a dentist.[2] She was a student of the Secondary School of Teacher's Trade Union in Warsaw, and in 1924 she began her studies at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Warsaw3. Six years later she obtained a doctor of general medical sciences4. Zofia volunteered in the internal medicine and neurology departments of the Ujazdowski Hospital, in 1932 she was employed at the Department of Neurology at the University of Warsaw, headed by Professor Kazimierz Orzechowski2.

She worked in the Department of Neurology until the outbreak of World War II, when she was forced to leave due to her Jewish ancestry.[3] Until 1943, she worked in the infectious disease ward in a hospital in Czyste, at the same time participating in secret teaching of medical students4. In 1951, she replaced Professor Jakimowicz as the head of the Department and Clinic of Neurology at the Medical University of Gdańsk, and in 1954 she became an associate professor and in 1960 a full professor3. Also, she first woman in the history of the Medical Academy in Gdańsk.[3] In 1970, she became the head of the Developmental Neurology Clinic, which she ran until her retirement in 19774.

Her achievements include 177 publications, mainly in the field of neuropediatrics. Also, contemporary child neurology would not exist with her.[4]

She died in Gdańsk on November 19th, 19973.

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  1. ^ a b Dilling-Ostrowska, E. (1987). "[Prof. Zofia Majewska (on her 80th birthday)]". Neurologia I Neurochirurgia Polska. 21 (6): 466–468. ISSN 0028-3843. PMID 3329701.
  2. ^ "Ludzie Akademii Medycznej w Gdańsku : praca zbiorowa | WorldCat.org". search.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
  3. ^ a b c Konieczna, Seweryna (2008). "Professor Zofia Majewska - the founder of the Polish school of developmental neurology". Neurologia I Neurochirurgia Polska. 42 (3): 274–277. ISSN 0028-3843. PMID 18763373.
  4. ^ Steinborn, Barbara; Jóźwiak, Sergiusz (2010). "History of Pediatric Neurology in Poland". Journal of Child Neurology. 25 (2): 246–249. doi:10.1177/0883073809338411. ISSN 0883-0738.
    1. B. Steinborn, S. Jóźwiak "History of Pediatric Neurology in Poland" (Journal of Child Neurology, 2010)
    2. Seweryna Konieczna: Profesor Zofia Majewska – twórczyni polskiej szkoły neurologii rozwojowej. „Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska”. 2008. Vol. 42, nr 3. ISSN 0028-3843.
    3. Katarzyna Rückemann, Majewska Zofia (1907–1997), [w:] Ludzie Akademii Medycznej w Gdańsku. Tom I, Zbigniew Machaliński (red.), Gdańsk: AM, 2003, s. 74–80, ISBN 83-87047-70-8, OCLC 749433900.
    4. Ewa Dilling-Ostrowska, Leokadia Dobrzyńska: Wspomnienie o prof. Zofii Majewskiej. „Gazeta AMG”. 2/1998. ISSN 1506-9745.
    5. Barbara Steinborn and Sergiusz Jóźwiak "History of Pediatric Neurology in Poland" (Journal of Child Neurology, 2009)