Ivan Gevorkian
| Ivan Khristoforovich Gevorkian | |
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Ivan Gevorkian's picture as displayed in the Yerevan State Medical Institute Museum.
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| Born |
Hovannes Gevorkian March 28, 1907 Karmir, Gavar region of Armenia |
| Died | October 19, 1989 (aged 82) Yerevan, Armenia |
| Awards |
Order of the Red Star (1) Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Leningrad Medical University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Medicine, Surgery, Science |
| Institutions | Yerevan Medical Institute |
Ivan Khristoforovich Gevorkian, born Hovannes Khachaturi Gevorkian Armenian: Հովհաննես Խաչատուրի Գևորգյան; Russian: Иван Христофорович Геворкян; (March 28, 1907 – October 19, 1989) was a prominent Soviet Armenian surgeon and scientist who published 10 monographs and more than 230 scientific papers. His main research was dedicated to anesthesia, blood transfusion, the treatment of endarteritis of extremities and other surgical illnesses.
Ivan Gevorkian was born in the village Karmir, near the city of Gavar in Armenia. He graduated from medical school in Leningrad in 1930. During World War II he was a military surgeon, and from 1943, he served as the Chief Surgeon of Yerevan Military Hospital.
From 1952-1979 Gevorkian was the chairman of the Department of Surgery of Yerevan State Medical Institute. Under his leadership 10 doctoral and 30 master's theses were completed. In 1961 he was named an honored scientist of the Armenian SSR. In 1962 Professor Gevorkian was elected to the ASSR Academy of Sciences as a Corresponding Member, and in 1963 he was elected a member of the Surgeon’s International Society in Rome. For many years Gevorkian performed the duties of chief surgeon of Armenia and was a founder of the Armenian Surgical Association. He was awarded the Order of the Red Banner, the Order of the Red Star, and a number of other medals.
136, [1] p. silt. Yerevan Hayastan 1987
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