Surgery
Uncover the world of celebrity surgery! Explore a curated list of famous individuals who have undergone surgical procedures, from cosmetic enhancements to life-saving interventions. Dive into their stories, surgeries, and recovery journeys to gain insights into the impact of surgery on the lives of celebrities.

Alfred Blalock
USA
USAAmerican surgeon of the 20th century

Heinrich Waldeyer
Germany
GermanyGerman anatomist and histologist.

Walter Dandy
USA
USAAmerican neurosurgeon and scientist

Nikolay Milanov
Russia
RussiaLaureate of the USSR State Prize and the Russian Federation Government Prize

Rashid Askerkhanov
Cardiologist surgeon, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences

Alexander Kosinets
Belarus
BelarusBelarusian politician, doctor of medical sciences, professor

Andrey Gulyaev
Soviet surgeon, teacher, Honored Scientist of the RSFSR

Claude Francois Lallemand
France
FranceFrench doctor.

Jean-Marc-Gaspard Itard
France
FranceFrench doctor

Henry Norman Bethune
Canada
CanadaCanadian surgeon, innovator in surgery

Semen Pinskiy
Ukraine
UkraineSurgeon

Alexey Korzh
Ukraine
UkraineLaureate of the State Prize of the USSR, Honored Scientist of the Ukrainian SSR, Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor

Vladimir Efetov
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian scientist, surgical oncologist, professor,

Theodor Billroth
Germany
GermanyAustrian surgeon and amateur musician of German descent

Robert Peacock
Russian surgeon

Tomas Pfayfer
Germany
GermanyFamous sports surgeon

David Samadi
USA
USAOutstanding American surgeon in the field of robotic oncology

Werner Forssmann
Germany
GermanyNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1956, jointly with Andre Cournan and Dickinson W. Richards

Nikolay Amosov
Ukraine
UkraineSoviet and Ukrainian thoracic surgeon, medical scientist, writer.

Abu al-Qasim Al-Zahrawi
Spain
SpainArab doctor and scientist

Alexander Shalimov
Ukraine
UkraineSurgeon, one of the founders of the Ukrainian surgical school

Vera Gedroyts
Ukraine
UkraineDoctor of Medicine, professor, first female surgeon in Russia

Rudiger Dohler
Gibraltar
GibraltarGerman orthopedist, surgeon and professor of medicine

Konstantin Konik
Estonia
EstoniaEstonian surgeon and politician, member of the Estonian Salvation Committee

Ernst von Feuchtersleben
Austria
AustriaAustrian scientist, surgeon, psychiatrist, writer, poet, philosopher

Hermann Krukenberg
Germany
GermanyGerman surgeon

Jean Cruveilhier
France
FranceFrench pathologist

Ashot Kamalyan
Russia
RussiaImplantologist, periodontist, surgeon, maxillofacial surgeon

Veniamine Zack
Russian and Soviet surgeon, Hero of Labor.

Yuriy Grinevich
Belarus
BelarusBelarusian surgeon

Leonid Poluektov
Russia
RussiaAcademician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Honorary Citizen of the City of Omsk

James Barry
Great Britain
Great BritainThe first female surgeon in history to live her life under a man's name

Leonid Rozgov
Russia
RussiaSoviet surgeon and polar explorer performed an appendectomy on himself

Christiaan Barnard
South African surgeon who performed the world's first heart transplant in 1969

James Parkinson
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish doctor who discovered Parkinson's disease

Rudolf Kronlein
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSurgeon

Johannes Friedrich August Von Esmarch
Germany
GermanyGerman surgeon

Robert Douglas
Great Britain
Great BritainScottish Field Marshal, Earl of Skenninge

Arkadiy Livshits
Israel
IsraelFamous neurosurgeon

Nikolay Bogoraz
Russian surgeon, professor

Petr Kovalenko
Russia
RussiaLaureate of the USSR State Prize, Honored Scientist of the RSFSR, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Honorary Citizen of the City of Rostov-on-Don

Veniamin Teplits
Soviet military doctor, surgeon

Fedor Krause
Germany
GermanyGerman surgeon, one of the founders of German neurosurgery.

Isa Ahunbaev
Kyrgyzstan
KyrgyzstanKyrgyz surgeon, founder of thoracic surgery in Kyrgyzstan

Ted Rummel
USA
USAParalyzed surgeon

Harold Gillies
Great Britain
Great BritainLondon otolaryngologist, considered the father of modern plastic surgery

Galen
Ancient physician

Gennadiy Knushov
Ukraine
UkraineDoctor of Medical Sciences (1975), Professor (1984), Academician of the Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine (surgery, March 1994)

Nikolay Elanskiy
Soviet surgeon, doctor of medical sciences, professor

William Beaumont
USA
USAUS Army surgeon, gastroenterologist and physiologist.