Roger Altounyan
Inventor of Cromolyn sodium as a remedy for asthma Roger Edward Collingwood Altounyan (1922–1987) was a Syrian-born Anglo-Armenian physician and pharmacologist who pioneered the use of sodium cromoglycate as a remedy for asthma. His family relocated to the United Kingdom where he studied medicine and started his pioneering research. War service Altounyan joined the Royal Air Force in 1941 and became a flying instructor. He was […]
Ana Aslan
Inventor of Gérovital, an anti-ageing agent Ana Aslan (born Ana Aslanian 1897-1988), physician, inventor, biologist, gerontologist and university professor, born in Romania into a family of Armenian intellectuals, was one of the pioneers in the fight against aging. She became world-famous for her discoveries and the development, in 1955, of H3 (Gérovital), an anti-ageing agent […]
Virginia Apgar
Inventor of the Apgar score for newborn Virginia Apgar was an American physician, obstetrical anesthesiologist and medical researcher, best known as the inventor of the Apgar score, a way to quickly assess the health of a newborn child immediately after birth in order to combat infant mortality. In 1952, she developed the 10-point Apgar score to assist physicians and nurses […]
Leon Orbeli
Developer of evolutionary physiology Leon Abgarovich Orbeli was an Armenian physiologist active in the Russian SFSR. He was a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union and Armenian SSR (the latter was founded by his brother Joseph Orbeli). Leon Orbeli became director of the Institute of Physiology in 1950. Orbeli played an important part in the development of evolutionary physiology and wrote […]
Varaztad Kazanjian
Founder of the modern practice of plastic surgery Varaztad H. Kazanjian was an Armenian American oral surgeon who pioneered techniques for plastic surgery and is considered to be the founder of the modern practice of plastic surgery. He graduated from Harvard School of Dental Medicine in 1905. He served as professor of oral surgery from 1922 to 1939 and he was the first to hold […]
Giorgio Baglivi
Groundbreaking Anatomist Giorgio Baglivi was a renowned anatomist and physician in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Baglivi was born Giorgio Armeno in the Republic of Ragusa, part of modern-day Croatia. He took the last name of his adoptive father, Pietro Angelo Baglivi. Taking after Pietro Angelo, a physician, in the course of his […]
Mkhitar Heratsi
Father of Armenian medicine and author of the Relief of Fevers Mkhitar Heratsi was a 12th-century Armenian physician. He was born in Khoy (present-day northwestern Iran). He was well versed in the Persian, Greek, and Arabic languages. Heratsi, is often being called the father of Armenian medicine, was the author of the Relief of Fevers, an encyclopedic work in which he discussed, among other subjects, surgery, diet and psychotherapy. Legacy A […]
