Irena Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz, née Ginzburg (27 December 1917 – 7 July 2015) was a Polish doctor and neurologist who specialized in neuromuscular diseases.Who's Who in Poland 1984 . Ed. 1. Warsaw: Interpress Publishing House, 1984, p. 289. Paul E. Barkhaus, Anna Kaminska, "Irena Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz, MD, PhD (1917–2015)" Irena Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz. 50 years for neurology and neuromuscular diseases, Professor Irena Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz, 1917-2015, Obituary: Professor Irena Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz (1917–2015)
She was a pioneer of myology and a founder of myology and electromyography in Poland.Andrew Targowski, The History, Present State, and Future of Information Technology, 2016, , p. 121rena Hausmanow-Petrusewicz Obituary in Gazeta Wyborcza
She was born in Warsaw to a family which came from Lwow.
Her father was a literary critic and her mother was a dermatologist. Her sister was the dermatologist Stefania Jabłońska. Her husband Kazimierz Petrusewicz, was a biologist and politician.
Awards Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta on the 50th anniversary of the Polish Academy of Sciences (2002) Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1986) Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (22 July 1951, for outstanding scientific activity in the field of medicine )Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej z dnia 22 lipca 1951 r. o nadaniu odznaczeń państwowych. Silver Cross of Merit Medal of the National Education Commission (1985)
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