Fyodor Uglov
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Born | Fyodor Grigorievich Uglov October 5, 1904 |
Died | June 22, 2008 Saint Petersburg, Russia | (aged 103)
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Children | 5 |
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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.
Biography
Uglov was born into a peasant family in
Uglov was one of the first surgeons in Russia to successfully perform complex operations on the esophagus and mediastinum to treat pancreatic cancer, lung diseases, congenital and acquired heart defects, and aortic aneurysm.
Beginning in 1950, he taught at the 1st Leningrad Medical Institute (now the First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Petersburg named after academician Ivan Pavlov). From 1950 to 1991, he headed the Department of Hospital Surgery No. 2 at the First Leningrad Medical Institute. Until 1972 he was the director of the All-Russian Research Institute of Pulmonology of the USSR Ministry of Health, and created a large surgical school. He also served as the editor-in-chief of Russia's oldest surgical journal from 1953 to 2006.
Uglov gained a measure of renown in the 1970s with a series of publications and tracts campaigning against
Personal life
Uglov was married four times. His first wife was Vera Mikhailovna, a gynecologist. The couple met when they were studying in the same group at the university. Uglov became seriously ill with
Uglov was a devout Orthodox Christian and a close friend of Metropolitan John, the Archbishop of Leningrad/St Petersburg.
Legacy
- On October 7, 2014, the grand opening of a public garden named after Fyodor Uglov took place in St. Petersburg. The square is located at the intersection of Lev Tolstoy and Roentgen streets, in front of the windows of the hospital surgery clinic of the current State Medical University, which was headed by Uglov for many years.
- On October 7, 2016, a monument to Fedor Uglov was erected near St. Petersburg State Medical University. The monument depicts a medical worker half-bending over a patient. The words of Uglov are inscribed on the pedestal: "The work of a doctor is extremely humane and noble".
- "Akademik Fedor Uglo" is one of five mobile consultation and diagnostic centers of Russian Railways.
Publications
- The Surgeon's Heart (1974)
- Under the White Robe (1984)
- Take Care of your Health and Honor from a Young Age (1988)
- A Century is Not Enough for a Man (2001)
- The Truth and Lies About Legal Drugs (2004)
- Shadows on the Roads (2004)
- Memoirs of a Russian Surgeon: One Revolution and Two Wars (2015)
Monographs
- "Lung Resection" (1950, 1954)
- "Lung Cancer" (1958, 1962; translated into Chinese and Polish)
- "Teratomas of the presacral region" (1959) (co-authored with R. A. Mursalova)
- "Diagnostics and treatment of adhesive pericarditis" (1962) (co-authored with M. A. Samoilova)
- "Surgical treatment of portal hypertension" (1964) (co-authored with T. O. Koryakina)
- "Complications during intrathoracic operations" (1966) (co-authored with V. P. Pugleeva, A. M. Yakovleva)
- "Cardiac catheterization and selective angiocardiography" (1974) (co-authored with Yu. F. Neklasov)
- "Pathogenesis, clinical picture and treatment of chronic pneumonia" (1976)
- "Basic principles of syndromic diagnosis and treatment in the activities of a polyclinic surgeon" (1987)
He authored more than 600 articles in scientific journals.
References
- ^ "Углов Федор Григорьевич". lavraspb.ru. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ a b c "Fyodor Uglov". The Daily Telegraph. June 25, 2008. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
External links
- Official website (in Russian)
- Unofficial website (in Russian)