Stanisław Jan Konturek (8 October 1931 – 8 August 2019) was a Polish

physiologist Physiology (; ) is the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system. As a subdiscipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ systems, individual organs, cells, and biomolecules carry out chemical and ...

and

gastroenterologist Gastroenterology (from the Greek gastḗr- "belly", -énteron "intestine", and -logía "study of") is the branch of medicine focused on the digestive system and its disorders. The digestive system consists of the gastrointestinal tract, sometime ...

, a member of the

Polish Academy of Sciences The Polish Academy of Sciences (, PAN) is a Polish state-sponsored institution of higher learning. Headquartered in Warsaw, it is responsible for spearheading the development of science across the country by a society of distinguished scholars a ...

and the

Polish Academy of Learning The Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences or Polish Academy of Learning (, PAU), headquartered in Kraków and founded in 1872, is one of two institutions in contemporary Poland having the nature of an academy of sciences (the other being the Po ...

, and professor of

Jagiellonian University The Jagiellonian University (, UJ) is a public research university in Kraków, Poland. Founded in 1364 by Casimir III the Great, King Casimir III the Great, it is the oldest university in Poland and one of the List of oldest universities in con ...

Collegium Medicum.

Honors and awards (selection)

* Gold Cross of Merit (1974) * Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta (1982) * Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science (1995) * honoris causa degree of Medical University of Białystok (1995) *

City of Kraków Award The City of Kraków Award is an award bestowed annually by the President of Kraków, Poland, for contributions relating to the city, and the popularization of its culture at home and abroad. It is given to prominent artists in the field of theatre, ...

(1997) * honoris causa degree of Wrocław Medical University (1998) * Officer's Cross of Polonia Restituta (2001) * honoris causa degree of

Warsaw University of Life Sciences The Warsaw University of Life Sciences (, SGGW) is the largest agricultural university in Poland, established in 1816 in Warsaw. It employs over 2,600 staff including over 1,200 academic educators. The University is since 2005 a member of the Eu ...

(2008) * honoris causa degree of

Medical University of Łódź Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for patients, managing the Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, ...

(2008)

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Konturek, Stanislaw 1931 births 2019 deaths Polish physiologists Polish gastroenterologists Academic staff of Jagiellonian University Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta Officers of the Order of Polonia Restituta Members of the Polish Academy of Sciences Members of the Polish Academy of Learning