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Svyatoslav Fyodorov



Svyatoslav Nikolayevich Fyodorov

Svyatoslav Fyodorov
BornJune 9,1913
Proskurov, Ukrainian SSR
DiedJune 02 2000 (aged 72)
Moscow, Russia
ProfessionSurgeon and Politician
InstitutionsMoscow Research Institute of Eye Microsurgery
Specialism Ophthalmology, Eye surgery,
Researchradial keratotomy
intraocular lens replacement
Known forCreating radial keratotomy
EducationRostov Medical Institute

Svyatoslav Nikolayevich Fyodorov (Russian: Святослав Николаевич Фёдоров; born August 8, 1927 – June 2, 2000) was a Russian ophthalmologist, eye microsurgeon, creator of radial keratotomy, professor, full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Russian Academy of Medical Sciences and politician.

Fyodorov was born in Proskurov, Ukrainian SSR (now Khmelnytskyy, Ukraine), to ethnic Russian parents. Graduated from Rostov Medical Institute, then worked as a practicing ophthalmologist in a small town in Rostov Oblast. In 1960 he performed the first in the Soviet Union intraocular lens replacement operation. In 1980 he became a head of Moscow Research Institute of Eye Microsurgery.

Fyodorov was a member of the Congress of People's Deputies in 1989-1991. He was elected to the lower house of the Russian parliament, the State Duma, in 1993. He ran for president in 1996.

Returning from an academic conference in 2000, Fyodorov died in the crash of his clinic's four-seater helicopter on the outskirts of Moscow.

 
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