Ivan Gevorkian

Ivan Khristoforovich Gevorkian, born Hovannes Khachaturi Gevorkian Armenian Russian was a prominent Soviet Armenian surgeon and scientist who publishedmonographs 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, Gevorkian was working as the Chief Surgeon of Yerevan Military Hospital.

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