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Fyodor Grigorievich Uglov (Russian: Фёдор Григорьевич Углов; 5 October [O.S. 22 September] 1904 – 22 June 2008) was a Soviet and Russian surgeon. In 1994 he was listed by Guinness World Records as the oldest practicing surgeon in the world. [1] [2] He retired from practice at the age of 102.
Surgeons are now considered to be specialized physicians, whereas in the early ancient Greek world a trained general physician had to use his hands (χείρ in Greek) to carry out all medical and medicinal processes including, for example, the treating of wounds sustained on the battlefield, or the treatment of broken bones (a process called ...
British orthopaedic surgeon, President of the Royal Society of Medicine and the Royal College of Surgeons of England [51] Wanda Półtawska: 1921–2023: 101: Polish psychiatrist [52] Ingeborg Rapoport: 1912–2017: 104: German pediatrician [53] Paul Rohmer: 1876–1977: 100: French pediatrician and biologist [54] Andrew Best Semple: 1912 ...
At 89 years old Alla Ilyinichna Levushkina is believed to be the oldest working surgeon in Russia and quite possibly the world.
Two doctors, the first a Pneumaticist, the second an Empiricist Hua Tuo: 2nd century CE: Chinese: abilities in acupuncture, moxibustion, herbal medicine and medical Daoyin exercises Huangfu Mi: 3rd century CE: Chinese: compiled the Canon of Acupuncture and Moxibustion: Ji Ben: 3rd century CE: Chinese: physician who started a failed rebellion ...
Silvano Raia (born 1930), Raia was the first surgeon to achieve a successful living donor liver transplantation in July 1989; B. K. Misra (born 1953), First neurosurgeon in the world to perform image-guided surgery for aneurysms, first in South Asia to perform stereotactic radiosurgery, first in India to perform awake craniotomy and laparoscopic spine surgery.
By 2000, Harefield ran the largest heart and lung transplant programme in the world. Yacoub and his team went on to perform more than 3,000 heart and heart–lung transplants. [13] [18] Morris retired at the age of 65 and outlived his wife Beryl. [4] When 25 years arrived, Morris expressed surprise: "It was an anniversary I thought I would ...
Tomiko Itooka, a 116-year-old Japanese woman who became the oldest living person in August 2024, died on Dec. 29, 2024, according to Guinness World Records.