Improver

Rafal Kurzawa

Family Physician at Marram Health Center

Greater Chicago Area

After seven years at HealthLinc CHC, in August of 2021, I started working for Marram Health Center.
My goal is to continue serving rural population of NW Indiana and help with access to quality primary care.
In the past, after graduation from residency program, I served as Family Doctor, as well as Site Medical Director of the FQHC Clinic and continued to educate medical students in the diverse field of family medicine.
Additionally, I worked as a postdoctoral fellow at IU Northwest School of Medicine, and prior to that as an assistant professor at Jagiellonian University Medical College in Cracow, Poland.
In the past, I served as a Senior House Officer with experience in internal medicine, intensive care and geriatrics.
Publications:
- Kennedy BG, Torabi AJ, Kurzawa RR, Mangini NJ. 2012. TRPV5 and TRPV6 Calcium Channel Expression in Retinal Pigment Epithelium - ISER 2012 (abstract presentation July 21-25.2012 Berlin)
- Kennedy BG, Torabi AJ, Kurzawa RR, Echtenkamp SF, Mangini NJ. 2010. Expression of transient receptor potential vanilloid channels TRPV5 and TRPV6 in retinal pigment epithelium. Mol Vis, 16, 665-75
- Mangini NJ, Kurzawa RR, Kennedy BG. 2008. Calcium-Sensing Receptor (CaSR) activity in human retinal pigment epithelium. Invest Ophtalmol Vis Sci, 49, ARVO E-Abstract
- Kurzawa R, Baron T, Grodzicki T. Pulmonary function test abnormalities in the elderly with systolic heart failure. Kardiol. Pol. 2007 Aug;65(8):875-80; discussion 881-2
- Sak I, Kurzawa R, Kurzawa RR. et al., Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA) as the first symptom of Cystic Fibrosis-Case Report. Int. Rev. Allergol. Clin. Immunol., 2007,13;69-73
- Marek-Szydlowska T, Szydlowski L, Widerska-Kurzawa A, Kurzawa R. What is good for bronchi is not always good for the myocardium. The impact of various drugs currently used in therapy of asthma on the heart and circulatory system in children. Medical Standards 10/2003; 5: 1328-1336
- Doniec Z, Tomalak W, Nowak D, Kurzawa R. The influence of non specific bronchial challenges on hydrogen peroxide content in breath condensate of asthmatic children. Abstract Book EAACI 2003,118

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Experience:

• Family Medicine Physician (Marram Health Center)
• Postdoctoral Fellow (Indiana University School of Medicine-Northwest)
• Site Medical Director (HealthLinc Community Health Center)
• Resident Physician (Indiana University)
• Family Physician (HealthLinc Community Health Center)
• Senior House Officer in Internal Medicine (University Hospital of Cracow)

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