Irena Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz
# Irena Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz

Irena Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz, née Ginzburg (27 December 1917 – 7 July 2015) was Polish doctor and neurologist who specialized in neuromuscular diseases.

She was a pioneer of myology and a founder of myology and electromyography in Poland.

She was born in Warsaw to a family which came from Lwow.

Her father was a literary critic and her mother was a dermatologist.

## Awards

* Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta on the 50th anniversary of the Polish Academy of Sciences (2002)
* Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1986)
* Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (22 July 1951, for outstanding scientific activity in the field of medicine )
* Silver Cross of Merit
* Medal of the National Education Commission (1985)
