Valery Shumakov
Valery Ivanovich Shumakov | |
|---|---|
 Valeriy Shumakov with orden of St. Andrew | |
| Born | November 9, 1931 |
| Died | January 27, 2008 (aged 76) Moscow, Russia |
| Education | Moscow State Medical Institute N1 |
| Years active | 1956–2008 |
| Known for | first successful human-to-human heart transplant in Russia |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | Surgeon |
| Institutions | Medical Research Institute of Transplantation and Artificial Organs of Ministry of Health of Russian Federation |
| Sub-specialties | Surgery Heart transplantation |
Valery Ivanovich Shumakov (Russian: Шумаков Валерий Иванович; November 9, 1931 – January 27, 2008) was a Russian surgeon and transplantologist, famous for being the founding father of organ transplants in Russia and was a pioneer of artificial organ surgery.
Career
Shumakov began his medical career by researching blood flow during congenital heart disorder operations.
He was the founding father of organ transplants in Russia, creating the Medical Research Institute of Transplantation and Artificial Organs, which he headed for more than 30 years (since 1974). He was the first doctor in Russia to successfully transplant a liver, a heart and a thyroid. Valery Shumakov has written more than 20 books and 450 scientific publications.
Doctor Shumakov was recognized by both the Soviet and Russian governments for his achievements in medicine. Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, he also won the international gold medal Outstanding World Surgeon.
In 2002 Valery Shumakov received the Russian state's highest distinction, the Order of Apostle Andrew the First-Called. Speaking in the ceremony, Vladimir Putin described Shumakov as "a surprising personality, a scientist whose name known to the world and an uncommonly talented surgeon."
Honours and awards
- Hero of Socialist Labour (26 December 1990) - for outstanding contributions to the development of Soviet transplantation and its application in practice, fruitful scientific and social activities
- Order of St. Andrew (3 November 2001) - for outstanding achievement in the field of health and medical science
- Order of Merit for the Fatherland;
- 2nd class (12 April 1999) - for outstanding contribution to the national transplant establishment and implementation of artificial organs in clinical practice, fruitful scientific and social activity
- 3rd class (20 March 1995) - for outstanding achievements in health and medical science, advances in transplantation and artificial organs
- Order of Lenin (1990)
- Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" (1997)
- Honoured Inventor of the RSFSR (1978)
- USSR State Prize (1971)
- Laureate of the Russian Federation in Science and Technology (1997)
- Honorary citizen of Moscow (1997)
See also
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- 1931 births
- 2008 deaths
- People from Moscow
- Russian surgeons
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology faculty
- Full Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Academicians of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences
- Academicians of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
- Recipients of the USSR State Prize
- Heroes of Socialist Labour
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Recipients of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 2nd class
- Recipients of the Order of St. Andrew