NOTES ON PEOPLE (09/15/02)

NOTES ON PEOPLE

Listed in guide of top surgeons

PHILADELPHIA - Andrew S. Olearchyk, M.D., Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery in the specialty of thoracic and cardiac surgery, is listed by the Washington-based Consumers' Research Council of America in the "Guide to America's Top Surgeons," 2002-2003 Edition. The guide includes the best 8 to 10 percent of all surgeons in the United States.

Dr. Olearchyk was born in the city of Peremyshl (Przemysl) on the Ukrainian-Polish borderland. Upon graduating from the Medical Academy in Warsaw in 1961, he worked in the city and regional hospitals in Starachhowice and in Kielce, respectively, where he became a first-degree specialist in anesthesiology and in general surgery.

Upon emigrating to the United States in 1966 and becoming a U.S. citizen in 1972, he became a licensed physician, certified by the American Board of Surgery (1976-1987) and the American Board of Thoracic (and Cardiac) Surgery (1982).

Since 1982, he has been practicing thoracic and vascular surgery in Philadelphia and Cherry Hill, N.J.

Dr. Olearchyk is a member of the Ukrainian Medical Association of North America, the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., is an honorary member of the Association of the Cardiovascular Surgeons of Ukraine, and a member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society in the U.S.A. He is also a member of the Ukrainian National Association Branch 83.

Dr. Olearchyk is the author of numerous papers and monographs, and of the book "A Surgeon's Universe ("Medytsyna Svitu"), Lviv, 2002 (in press.)

Notes on people is a feature geared toward reporting on the achievements of members of the Ukrainian National Association. All submissions should be concise due to space limitations and must include the person's UNA branch number. Items will be published as soon as possible after their receipt, when space permits.

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