Prof. Andrzej Brodziak, M.D., Ph.D., Dr.Sc.
Katowice, Poland
Curriculum Vitae
Date and place of birth: 14.12.1941, Raszkow near Ostrow Wielkopolski
Marital status: married with Rose, one child - daughter: Tamara Romaniuk
Place of residence: Katowice, Poland
Education:
Elementary School: No. 9 in Raciborz in the years 1948-1955
High School: by name of Jan Kasprowicz in Raciborz in the years 1955 - 1959
Higher education: in the Silesian Medical Academy, Faculty of Medicine, Katowice
in the years 1959 - 1965, graduating with diploma of a physician
( ~M.D.) on 14.06. 1965
Doctoral study: in the years 1968 - 1970 in a range of applications of
mathematics in medicine under the guidance of the Institute of Mathematics
of Polish Academy of Sciences in Wroclaw, Poland.
Medical specialization: in the realm of internal medicine (I degree 1971, II degree 1974)
Scientific degrees and titles:
The degree of doctor of medical sciences (~ Ph.D.), granted by Silesian Medical
Academy in 1970. The thesis sub title: Algoritmization of natural medical diagnosis.
The degree of "dr with habilitation" ( ~ Dr of Sciences), granted by Silesian Medical
Academy in 1978. The thesis sub title: Software for the dialogues: patients-computer-doctor
The title of professor - given by the State Council (President of Country) in 1989
The position of professor at the Medical University of Silesia - given by the Minister of Health on 20.06.2001
The course of work as a physician (development of professional medical experience):
Postgraduate: in Departments of Silesian Medical Academy in the years 1966 -1967
Assistant and senior assistant at the Department of Internal Medicine of Silesian Medical Academy (Katowice)
between 1970 -1973
Assistant Professor in the Department of Gastroenterology, Silesian Medical Academy
in the years 1973 - 1978
Head of the Department and Hospital Ward of Internal Diseases of Silesian Medical Academy (Bytom)
in the years 1982-2001
Head of the Department and Hospital Ward of Internal Diseases of the Faculty of Public Heath of Medical University
of Silesia (Bytom) in the years 2002-2011
Independent Researcher in the Institute of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, Sosnowiec, Poland,
in years 2011 - 2018
Head of the Institute of Nursing of University of Applied Sciences in Nysa, Poland since 2001 - 2020
Current employment
Lecturer at Faculty of Medical Sciences of University of Applied Sciences in Nysa,
- Besides additionally.:
Private medical office - a specialist in internal medicine in the years 1990 – 2001
Employment in Cumberland Infirmary Ward for Elderly Care - Carlisle, National Health Service, UK - Senior
Locum Consultant - November 2004
Scientific international internships:
Clinique de Maladies Mentales et d'Encephale de l'Hopital Sainte Anne, Paryż 1975 -76,
Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Palo Alto 1987,
Kings Collage, Londyn, 1988,
Aarhus University, Denmark, 2003,
Thomas Bata University, Zlin, Czech Republic, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Some important scientific achievements
I am the author of approximately 300 peer-reviewed papers. There are listed in this homepage.
The most important are:
1. Algoritmization of natural medical diagnostics (Annales of Medical Section of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 1970)
– my Ph.D. thesis
2. Psychonics - the theory of structures and information processes of human central nervous system and its use
in computing. (Edited by Polish Academy of Sciences, 1974)
3. Evolutionary model of the disease with particular emphasis on psychosomatic disorders
4. Neurophysiology of the mental image (Medical Science Monitor, 2001)
5. Activation of Endogenous Retroviruses to infection of the mother's body during early pregnancy - the likely cause
of schizophrenia and multiple sclerosis. Medical Science and Technology Med Sci Tech 2011; 52(1-2): RP1-6
6. Clinical significance of knowledge about the structure, function, and impairments of working memory.
Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:327- 338, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3659070/
7. A current model of neural circuitry active in forming mental images. Med Sci Monit. 2013;19:1146-58.
8. How to understand the fundamentalism and acts of terrorism ? Psychiatr Pol. 2016, 50(1): 293–297
9. Does the recent intensification of nationalistic and xenophobic attitudes in Eastern European countries
adversely affect public mental health ? BMC Public Health, 2016; 16(1):1115,
10. One of key arguments in promotion of positive public mental health - cosmological meaning of human life exists !
JOJ Nurse Health Care. 2018; 5(5): 555675.
12. How to develop a supportive, friendly worldview promoting positive public mental health and helping the
psychotherapeutic counseling
13. Medical personnel can influence climate change by affecting eating habits.
`14. How the Brain Works – Insights for AI Systems Analysts. ARC Journal of Neuroscience, 2025; 8(1):23–38.
15. Integrating Afterlife Beliefs of Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Shintoism Through the Cyclic Universe Model: A Multidisciplinary Approach with Practical Implications for Mental Health and Caregiving Professions. Qeios, 2024.