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Dr. Twardowski was born and raised in Poland during World War II. His father, a physician, was sent to a concentration camp during the war. Dr. Twardowski studied medicine in Poland and in this interview he describes his first dialysis with the Alwall machine, his thesis on the capillary kidney, acute dialysis for crush syndrome funded by the Ministry of Coal Mines, making Scribner Shunts and coming to Missouri in 1976. Dr. Twardowski remains active as Professor Emeritus of Medicine at the University of Missouri.
DWM: It’s February 24, 2009 and it is my pleasure to be at the University of Missouri to talk to Dr. Twardowski about the history of nephrology. Dr. Twardowski has been a pioneer in dialysis therapies and is widely published in the nephrology literature about dialysis access, patient care and therapy parameters. He described the peritoneal equilibration test (PET) and invented the Missouri swan-neck catheter. He remains active as Professor Emeritus of Medicine at the University of Missouri. Dr. Twardowski I thank you for taking your time to let me come talk to you today. ....
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Zyblut Twardowski, MD -- Primary Interview Edit: Get the Flash Player to see this player.
Slices: Politics and Nephrology 6 min. 4 sec. Get the Flash Player to see this player. The Capillary Dialyzer in Theory 4 min. 18 sec. Get the Flash Player to see this player. Disappointment in Alwall 9 min. 16 sec. Get the Flash Player to see this player. Intermittent Peritoneal Dialysis 5 min. 5 sec. Get the Flash Player to see this player. Tastings: Daily Dialysis
2 min. 35 sec. Get the Flash Player to see this player. It May Be That This Idea Is Good 3 min. 21 sec. Get the Flash Player to see this player. Aksys Patents 4 min. 33 sec. Get the Flash Player to see this player. Constant Site Puncture Method 3 min. 47 sec. Get the Flash Player to see this player. Prophylactic Dialysis 2 min. 46 sec. Get the Flash Player to see this player. Peritoneal Equilibration Test 3 min. 56 sec. Get the Flash Player to see this player. Scribner Shunt 2 min. 52 sec. Get the Flash Player to see this player. The Alwall Machine 2 min. 35 sec. Get the Flash Player to see this player. | ||
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