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.

Izyaslav Lapin
Izyaslav Lapin
Russia
Doctor, psychopharmacologist, writer. Doctor of Medical Sciences, professor.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr
USA
American physician, poet and writer
Joseph Kleynerman
Joseph Kleynerman
USA
American doctor
Yuriy Kulikovich
Yuriy Kulikovich
Ukraine
Ukrainian doctor, candidate of medical sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Mikhail Varshavski
Mikhail Varshavski
USA
The doctor who put himself up for auction
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
James Mackenzie
James Mackenzie
Great Britain
Scottish cardiologist, one of the first researchers of cardiac arrhythmias
Carlos Chagas
Carlos Chagas
Brazil
Brazilian doctor
Isa Ahunbaev
Isa Ahunbaev
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz surgeon, founder of thoracic surgery in Kyrgyzstan
Howard Rickets
Howard Rickets
USA
American pathologist, studied typhus
Aulus Cornelius Celsus
Aulus Cornelius Celsus
Italy
Ancient Roman scholar and encyclopedist
Gagik Stamboltsyan
Gagik Stamboltsyan
Armenia
Armenian doctor.
Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold
Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold
Germany
German physiologist and zoologist
Carolus Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus
Sweden
Swedish naturalist, creator of the system of flora and fauna
Petrus Camper
Petrus Camper
Netherlands
Dutch anatomist
Sandra Lee
Sandra Lee
USA
Female dermatologist posting shocking videos on YouTube
Wiliyam Morton
Wiliyam Morton
USA
The dentist who invented anesthesia
Lev Vacker
Lev Vacker
USA
Soviet and American psychologist
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)
Hans Baruch
Hans Baruch
USA
American physiologist and inventor
Emil Theodor Kocher
Emil Theodor Kocher
Germany
Surgeon, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1909
Jacques Lacan
Jacques Lacan
France
French psychiatrist
Kenneth Kamler
Kenneth Kamler
USA
Doctor, participant of many dangerous expeditions
Jean Fernel
Jean Fernel
France
French scientist, doctor
Lord Darzi
Lord Darzi
Great Britain
Surgeon, professor at Imperial College
Turageldi Sharmanov
Turageldi Sharmanov
Kazakhstan
Honored Worker of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor
Andrey Gulyaev
Andrey Gulyaev
Soviet surgeon, teacher, Honored Scientist of the RSFSR
Doncho Kostov
Doncho Kostov
Bulgaria
Bulgarian geneticist.
Friedrich Ernst Krukenberg
Friedrich Ernst Krukenberg
Germany
German doctor
Mario Capecchii
Mario Capecchii
USA
American geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate
Eve C. Johnstone
Eve C. Johnstone
Great Britain
Researcher of psychotic illnesses
Alfred Adler
Alfred Adler
Austria
Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist
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
Chrysoula Zacharopoulou
Chrysoula Zacharopoulou
France
French gynecologist, politician and statesman
Valery Glazko
Valery Glazko
Ukraine
Russian geneticist, biotechnologist, molecular biologist
Max Delbruck
Max Delbruck
USA
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1969, jointly with Alfred Hershey and Salvador Luria
Wilhelm Weinberg
Wilhelm Weinberg
Germany
German doctor
David Schneider
David Schneider
Israel
Israeli obstetrician-gynecologist, oncogynecologist, professor
Joseph Capuron
Joseph Capuron
France
French obstetrician.
Ernst Bergmann
Ernst Bergmann
Germany
Surgeon, founder of asepsis
Eduard Jenner
Eduard Jenner
Great Britain
English doctor who created the smallpox vaccine
Barbara McClintock
Barbara McClintock
USA
American geneticist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1983
Jean-Marc-Gaspard Itard
Jean-Marc-Gaspard Itard
France
French doctor
Alexander Arutyunov
Alexander Arutyunov
Soviet neurosurgeon
George Alexander Kelly
George Alexander Kelly
USA
American psychologist, author of the theory of personal constructs
Guy Beckley Stearns
Guy Beckley Stearns
USA
Doctor, homeopath