Preceded by Inaugural holder Fields Medicine (Dermatology) Role Dermatology | Full Name Kamila Krysicka Name Camila Janniger Children Edmund Janniger | |
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Born July 16, 1959 (age 64)
Sopot, Poland ( 1959-07-16 ) Spouse(s) Robert A. Schwartz
(m. 1984–present) Alma mater Medical University of Warsaw
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Institutions Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
(1990–present) Residence Englewood, New Jersey, United States Parents Felicja Kurnatowska, Stanislaw Krysicki Education Medical University of Warsaw, Albert Einstein College of Medicine | ||
Camila Krysicka Janniger (born July 18, 1959) is a Polish American physician, biomedical researcher, and university professor who is the 1st and current President of the International College of Cosmetic Medicine and Surgery. She has made a significant impact on dermatology through original work in Kaposi's sarcoma.
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A dissident in communist Poland, Krysicka was an activist in the Independent Students' Union (NZS) and co-founder of NZS at the Medical University of Warsaw. Krysicka earned a Doctor of Medicine from the Medical University of Warsaw in 1984. She subsequently completed an internship at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and a dermatology residency at the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.
Janniger is a Professor of Dermatology and the Chief of Geriatric Dermatology at the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. She also advises governments, corporations, and universities. She has been a consultant to the Qatar National Research Fund and the Ministry of Health of Kuwait
Janniger has authored or co-authored four books or monographs and over 200 articles and book chapters, mainly concerning medical and cosmetic dermatology. Janniger has been a principal investigator for Allergan, focusing her work on injectable fillers.
Janniger is a founding Section Editor of Cutis, a peer-reviewed clinical journal. Janniger is a member of the editorial boards of numerous Polish and English language scholarly journals.
Heritage and youth
Kamila Krysicka was born in Sopot, Poland on July 18, 1959, the child of attorney Stanislaw Krysicki and executive Felicja Kurnatowska. Her parents were both natives of Plock, Poland.
Krysicka's parents were Polish Army officers who fought in World War II. Felicja Krysicka was a combatant in the Warsaw Uprising and was thereafter held at Bergen-Belsen and Stalag VI-C; Stanislaw Krysicki served as a sapper in General Stanislaw Maczek’s Motorized Cavalry Brigade and later was appointed Judge Advocate of the Polish Armed Forces in the West.
In 1974 Krysicka enrolled at Klementyna Hoffmanowa High School. At Hoffmanowa, Krysicka was active in the Polish Scouting and Guiding Association.
University and democracy activism
In 1978 Krysicka entered the Medical University of Warsaw. A democracy activist, she co-founded the Independent Students' Union at the Medical University of Warsaw. Janniger graduated with a Doctor of Medicine in 1984.
From 1986 to 1987 Janniger was a medical intern at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center. She was a resident physician in dermatology at the New Jersey Medical School from 1987 to 1989. From 1989 to 1990 Janniger was chief resident at the New Jersey Medical School.
Career
Janniger earned board certification in dermatology from the American Board of Dermatology in 1990. She was appointed Clinical Assistant Professor and Chief of Geriatric Dermatology in 1990, and was promoted to Clinical Associate Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics at the New Jersey Medical School in 1995.
Janniger authored the original descriptions of two new subtypes of Kaposi's sarcoma, namely Ecchymotic Kaposi's sarcoma and Keloidal Kaposi's sarcoma. Janniger was promoted to Clinical Professor in 2002.
Janniger has been a member of the editorial board of Cutis since 1991. In 1992 she was named as founding Pediatric Dermatology editor, a position she retains. Additionally, she served as Special Issues Co-editor in 1992 and 1996. Janniger is also a member of the editorial boards of SkinMed, Mikologia Lekarska, Dermatologia Kliniczna, Przeglad Dermatologiczny, Serbian Journal of Dermatology and Venereology, Journal of Dermatology and Cosmetics, and Indian Journal of Pediatric Dermatology and is a managing editor of Medscape Dermatology.
Janniger has edited or written 4 books or monographs, and is the author of 35 book chapters, 153 articles and 21 other publications. Her latest monograph has been published by the British Medical Journal. She was elected a Charter Member of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, is a Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology, served a three year term as a Member of the National Tuberous Sclerosis Association Professional Advisory Board, and was named to Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare in its first edition.
Janniger served, inter alia, as a consultant to the Qatar National Research Fund and the Ministry of Health of Kuwait. Her recent article published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology showed a novel triggering factor for Kaposi's sarcoma in Africans. Janniger has been a principal investigator for Allergan, focusing her work on injectable mid facial cosmetic fillers.
Janniger has been elected a member honoris causa of the Kuwait Society of Dermatology in 2012 and the Jordanian Society for Dermatology and Venereology in 2013. She has been named a Top Doctor by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. and a Super Doctor by Key Professional Media, Inc.
On January 2, 2015 Janniger was sworn in as the President of the International College of Cosmetic Medicine and Surgery.
Personal life
In 1984, Janniger married Robert A. Schwartz. Their son Edmund Janniger is a student at the Rutgers School of Public Affairs and Administration and a Rutgers University Senator.