Franciszek Kokot is a Polish nephrologist and endocrinologist. Kokot is known as the pioneer of nephrology in Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe

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. He is a full member of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Polish Academy of Sciences

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, having previously served as its rector

Rector

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Franciszek Kokot was born in Rosenberg O.S.

Olesno

Olesno is a town in Opole Voivodship, Poland about north-east of the city of Opole. It is the capital of Olesno County and seat of the Gmina Olesno.-History:The area near the ancient Amber Road had been settled since the Neolithic era...

, Germany

Germany

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 (today Olesno in Poland

Poland

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). He studied medicine from 1948 to 1953 in the Silesian School of Medicine

Medical University of Silesia

The Medical University of Silesia is located in Katowice, Poland. Established on March 20, 1948, it is reportedly the largest Medical school in Poland....

 in Katowice

Katowice

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. He then worked as a technician and became an expert in radio-immune assays. This enabled him to enter the Department of Pharmacology of the Silesian School of Medicine where he completed a period of training in Internal Medicine

Internal medicine

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Kokot was one of the first individuals to study abnormalities

Abnormalities

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 of volume regulating hormones and of volume status

Volume status

In medicine, intravascular volume status refers to the volume of blood in a patient's circulatory system, and is essentially the blood plasma component of the overall volume status of the body, which otherwise includes both intracellular fluid and extracellular fluid...

 in acute renal failure

Acute renal failure

Acute kidney injury , previously called acute renal failure , is a rapid loss of kidney function. Its causes are numerous and include low blood volume from any cause, exposure to substances harmful to the kidney, and obstruction of the urinary tract...

, and one of the first to document abnormalities in humans with renal ischemia

Renal Ischemia

Renal ischemia or ischaemia, also called nephric ischemia is the deficiency of blood in one or both kidneys, or nephrons, usually due to functional constriction or actual obstruction of a blood vessel....

, particularly renal artery stenosis

Renal artery stenosis

Renal artery stenosis is the narrowing of the renal artery, most often caused by atherosclerosis or fibromuscular dysplasia. This narrowing of the renal artery can impede blood flow to the target kidney...

. He was also a pioneer in studying in great detail the reversal of hormonal abnormalities of patients with endstage kidney disease by renal transplantation.

Awards and honors

The following is a list of the awards and honors of Franciszek Kokot:

• Honorary member of 14 European societies of nephrology;
• Volhard Golden Medal of the Gesellschaft für Nephrologie;
• Member of the Ordo Sanctus Silvestri Papae by Pope John Paul II
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• Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
  Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
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• Doctor honoris causa of nine Universities (Wrocław, Katowice, Szczecin, Kosice, Lublin, Warsaw, Cracow, Białystok and Łódź).