Zbigniew Religa

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Zbigniew Religa was a pioneering Polish cardiac surgeon and politician, renowned for performing Poland’s first successful heart transplant and later serving as the country’s Minister of Health.

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instanceOf cardiac surgeon
human
politician
university teacher
awardReceived Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta NERFINISHED
Order of Polonia Restituta NERFINISHED
Order of the White Eagle (Poland) NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath lung cancer
countryOfCitizenship Poland
Polish People’s Republic NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1938-12-16
dateOfDeath 2009-03-08
educatedAt Jagiellonian University Medical College NERFINISHED
Medical University of Warsaw NERFINISHED
employer Cardiac Surgery Clinic in Zabrze NERFINISHED
Silesian Medical Academy in Katowice NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Poles
familyName Religa NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork cardiac surgery
heart transplantation
givenName Zbigniew NERFINISHED
hasPhotographDepicting iconic 1987 photograph showing him monitoring a patient after heart transplant
languageOfWorkOrName Polish
memberOf Polish Academy of Learning NERFINISHED
Polish Cardiac Society NERFINISHED
memberOfPoliticalParty Civic Platform (earlier cooperation/affiliation noted in some sources) NERFINISHED
Law and Justice NERFINISHED
Solidarity Electoral Action NERFINISHED
name Zbigniew Religa NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage Polish
notableAchievement performed first successful heart transplant in Poland in 1985
pioneered development of cardiac surgery in Poland
notableFor development of heart transplantation program in Poland
notableWork performed first successful heart transplant in Poland
occupation cardiac surgeon
physician
politician
university teacher
placeOfBirth Miedniewice, Poland NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Warsaw, Poland NERFINISHED
positionHeld Member of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland
Minister of Health of Poland
Senator of Poland
sexOrGender male
workLocation Warsaw, Poland NERFINISHED
Zabrze, Poland NERFINISHED

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Powązki Military Cemetery burialPlaceOf Zbigniew Religa
Zbigniew hasNotableBearer Zbigniew Religa