Medicine

Discover renowned medical professionals who have made significant contributions to the field of medicine. Explore biographies of famous doctors, surgeons, scientists, and other notable figures who have revolutionized healthcare and inspired generations.

Rashid Askerkhanov
Rashid Askerkhanov
Cardiologist surgeon, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences
Viktor Protopopov
Viktor Protopopov
A famous Russian, Ukrainian and Soviet psychiatrist, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR
Hans Eppinger
Hans Eppinger
Austrian doctor
Fedor Inozemcev
Fedor Inozemcev
A famous doctor in his time
George Palade
George Palade
USA
American biologist Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1974
Gaspare Aselli
Gaspare Aselli
Italy
Italian anatomist.
Friedrich Ernst Krukenberg
Friedrich Ernst Krukenberg
Germany
German doctor
James Barry
James Barry
Great Britain
The first female surgeon in history to live her life under a man's name
Nikolay Strazhesko
Nikolay Strazhesko
Ukraine
Ukrainian Soviet therapist, organizer of science. Academician of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Academy of Sciences of the USSR
Tatiana Shapovalenko
Tatiana Shapovalenko
Russia
Head of the Center for Restorative Medicine of the Ministry of Health and Social Development
Fedor Krause
Fedor Krause
Germany
German surgeon, one of the founders of German neurosurgery.
Max Delbruck
Max Delbruck
USA
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1969, jointly with Alfred Hershey and Salvador Luria
Nikolay Bogoraz
Nikolay Bogoraz
Russian surgeon, professor
Gennady Knushov
Gennady Knushov
Ukraine
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Director of the Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery named after N. M. Amosov
Anry Labory
Anry Labory
Vietnam
The unrecognized genius of medicine
William Cullen
William Cullen
Great Britain
Scottish physician, chemist and agronomist.
Johann Blumenbach
Johann Blumenbach
Germany
A famous German anatomist, anthropologist and naturalist; doctor of medicine, professor.
Werner Forssmann
Werner Forssmann
Germany
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1956, jointly with Andre Cournan and Dickinson W. Richards
Andrey Efimov
Andrey Efimov
Ukraine
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor
Ashutosh K. Tewari
Ashutosh K. Tewari
USA
American physician, urologist and oncologist, leading specialist in urology at the School of Medicine at New York's Mount Sinai Hospital.
Ernst Salkowski
Ernst Salkowski
Germany
German physiologist
John Robert Veyn
John Robert Veyn
Great Britain
English pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate
Gennadiy Fuzailov
Gennadiy Fuzailov
USA
Founder and CEO of the non-profit charity Doctor's Collaborating to Help Children
Joseph Kleynerman
Joseph Kleynerman
USA
American doctor
Robert Edwards
Robert Edwards
Great Britain
British physiologist and IVF pioneer
August Krogh
August Krogh
Denmark
Danish physiologist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1920
Gagik Stamboltsyan
Gagik Stamboltsyan
Armenia
Armenian doctor.
Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold
Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold
Germany
German physiologist and zoologist
Sandra Lee
Sandra Lee
USA
Female dermatologist posting shocking videos on YouTube
Rashad Sholan
Rashad Sholan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani surgeon-urologist, transplantologist
Daniel Bovet
Daniel Bovet
Switzerland
Swiss-Italian physiologist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine
Otto Loewi
Otto Loewi
USA
Austrian pharmacologist and physiologist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1936 (jointly with G.H. Dale)
Jacques Lacan
Jacques Lacan
France
French psychiatrist
Andrey Gulyaev
Andrey Gulyaev
Soviet surgeon, teacher, Honored Scientist of the RSFSR
Timofey Krasnobaev
Timofey Krasnobaev
Russia
Russian surgeon, one of the founders of domestic pediatric surgery, academician of the Academy of Medical Sciences
Amraam Cohen
Amraam Cohen
Israel
Lieutenant Colonel of Medicine
David Schneider
David Schneider
Israel
Israeli obstetrician-gynecologist, oncogynecologist, professor
Eduard Jenner
Eduard Jenner
Great Britain
English doctor who created the smallpox vaccine
Guy Beckley Stearns
Guy Beckley Stearns
USA
Doctor, homeopath
Roni Gamzo
Roni Gamzo
Israel
Israeli physician, professor, director of the Sourasky Medical Center
Vyacheslav Krasnopolsky
Vyacheslav Krasnopolsky
Russia
Laureate of the Russian Federation Government Prize, Honored Doctor of Russia, Director of the Moscow Regional Research Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Honorary Citizen of the Moscow Region
Mihail Kovalsky
Mihail Kovalsky
Ukraine
Scientist-morphologist working in the field of operative surgery and topographic anatomy, surgery, human anatomy,
Etienne-Jean Georget
Etienne-Jean Georget
France
French psychiatrist
Thomas Story Kirkbride
Thomas Story Kirkbride
USA
American physician, founder of the Association of Superintendents
Hans Kosterlitz
Hans Kosterlitz
Germany
German-British pharmacologist
Jose Arigo
Jose Arigo
Brazil
Folk healer
Andrew Balfour
Andrew Balfour
Great Britain
Scottish physician, specialist in tropical medicine.
Erl Uilbur Sutherland
Erl Uilbur Sutherland
USA
American biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1971
Ernst Bumm
Ernst Bumm
Germany
Prominent German obstetrician-gynecologist
Julie Gerberding
Julie Gerberding
USA
Physician and infectious disease expert