Jan Zaorski

Jan Zaorski (May 6, 1887 in Kraków – March 10, 1956 in Warsaw) was a Polish surgeon, a student of Ludwik Rydygier and Zygmunt Radliński. During the Occupation of Poland, he founded a conspiratory Vocational Public School for Assistant Sanitary Staff (Prywatna Szkoła Zawodowa dla Pomocniczego Personelu Sanitarnego).

In 1931, Zaorski became a director of the Elisabethan hospital in Warsaw. Since 1945, he was a professor of Warsaw University. He was an author of more than 60 works, mainly about abdominal cavity surgery. He was also an author of scripts for students.

References

• "Zaorski Jan". Internetowa encyklopedia PWN (in Polish). Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
• "Zaorski Jan". WIEM Encyklopedia (in Polish). Retrieved 2007-11-04.