Andranik Ovassapian
Inventor of intubating airway Andranik « Andy » Ovassapian was an Iranian-Armenian and American anesthesiologist known for the development and teaching of airway management and tracheal intubation using an optical fiber endoscope. He founded the Society for Airway Management. Throughout his career, Ovassapian was a professor at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Northwestern University, and the University of Chicago. Early life and education Andranik Ovassapian was born in on January […]
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 […]
