Academician Fyodor Grigorievich Uglov (1904–2008)

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An outstanding surgeon, a prominent scientist, a teacher, a talented leader, Academician of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences (1967), Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1991), Winner of the Lenin Prize (1961), winner of the international prize of the Holy All-Laudable Apostle Andrew the First-Called and the Center of National Glory of Russia «For Faith and Fidelity» with the award of the Order of Andrew the First-Called on a blue moire ribbon (2003), laureate of the Academician A. N. Bakulev Prize (2004), Professor Fyodor Grigorievich Uglov was born on October 5, 1904 in the village of Chuguevo, Kirensky district, Irkutsk region. In 1923, Fyodor Grigorievich entered Irkutsk University, then transferred to Saratov University and graduated with honors in 1929. He studied at the internship at the clinic of Professor V. A. Oppel (1931–1933). In 1937, he entered the postgraduate course of the Department of Surgery of the Leningrad State Institute for Advanced Medical Training named after S. M. Kirov. He defended his PhD thesis in 1939 and his doctoral dissertation in 1949. Fyodor Grigoryevich Uglov worked at the Department of the Academician N. N. Petrov until 1950. The next 58 years of Fyodor Grigoryevich’s working activity was associated with the Medical University named after Academician I. P. Pavlov (1 LMI, Pavlov University). During this period of time, he performed unique operations, developed new methods of surgical treatment of diseases in almost all sections of surgery. Being an excellent teacher, Fyodor Grigoryevich Uglov brought up excellent surgeons. Many of them became doctors of sciences, academicians, and heads of surgical departments. Fyodor Grigoryevich also founded a bright school of thoracic and cardiac surgeons.. Academician F. G. Uglov died on June 22, 2008 and was buried on June 25, 2008 at the Nikolsky Cemetery at the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in St. Petersburg.