Stanisław Głuszek, doctor, full professor, habilitated doctor of medical sciences. A graduate of the Faculty of Medicine at the Medical University of Łódź (1978). Specialist in general surgery (1984) and oncological surgery (1986). Rector of the Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce. Author or co-author of approx. 400 scientific publications, editor-in-chief of the journal "Studia Medyczne". In 1988, he received the first prize at the International Congress of Surgeons in Milan for his scientific work entitled “Experimental studies on hormonal changes following various types of vagotomy”, and in 2000, received the first prize of the Polish Society of Parenteteral and Enteral Nutrition for his work on the importance of nutrition in stomach and cardiac cancer. In 2001, he received the Gloria Medicinae medal. Honored with the City of Kielce Award for 2016. In 2004, for his professional work for health care, he was awarded the Gold Cross of Merit.