Abstract
Jerzy Morawiecki (1910–1997) – a distinguished figure in Gdańsk ophthalmology
School of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland
Institute for Research in Ophthalmology, Foundation for Ophthalmology Development, Poznań, Poland
KLINIKA OCZNA 2026, 128, 3: 95-101
This study examines the life and career of the Polish ophthalmologist Jerzy Morawiecki. Born on 4 April 1910 in Berdychiv, he earned his medical degree in 1937, followed by a doctorate in 1946 and a habilitation in 1956, before being appointed associate professor in 1973. He authored more than sixty scientific publications focusing on ophthalmic serology and immunopathology, and initiated the expansion of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Medical Academy in Gdańsk.
During the Second World War, he served in the Polish Army and later acted as a physician in the Home Army during the Warsaw Uprising under the nom de guerre “Lubicz”. He died in 1997 in Gdańsk and was laid to rest at Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw.
Keywords
Jerzy Morawiecki, University of Warsaw, Medical University of Gdańsk, ophthalmology, serology, immuno-
pathology
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