The International Association of Top Professionals named Jerzy Sarosiek, MD, its Top Professor of the Year in Medicine, KLKN-TV reports.
Here's what you should know:
1. The association awarded Dr. Sarosiek the honor for outstanding leadership and commitment to the profession.
2. Dr. Sarosiek has served in medicine for almost five decades. He's a researcher, physician and professor.
3. He is currently El Paso-based Texas Tech University Health Sciences' internal medicine research committee chairman.
4. The International Association of Top Professionals previously awarded Dr. Sarosiek its Lifetime Achievement Award.