Vladimir Ivanovich PETROV-surgeon, scientist, rector
 (to the 95th of birthday)

Abstract

Vladimir Ivanovich Petrov was born in 1925 in Saransk. After graduation he works as a teacher of physical education and drawing. In 1942 he was drafted into the Red Army. At the time of evacuation of replenishment Vladimir Ivanovich was shell-shocked and got to hospital. After his recovery he fought on the Samland Peninsula, then in the Baltic States, East Prussia, where the assault on the city of Koenigsberg was wounded and received a disability group II. In 1945 V. I. Petrov entered the 1st Moscow medical Institute named after I. M. Sechenov, which he graduated from in 1951. In 1959, Vladimir Ivanovich defended his candidate's thesis, in 1970 his doctoral thesis. In 1974-1987 rector of the 1st Moscow medical Institute named after I. M. Sechenov. Corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1978). V. I. Petrov was engaged in the development of repeated operations on the lungs; he was the first to apply the method of ultrasonic cutting and welding of biological tissues in pulmonology, developed the principles of using ultrasound for pneumolysis, lung decortication, scar dissection during operations on the ribs, longitudinal sternotomy, with pleural empyema, treatment of the abdominal cavity. It is also known scientific work on the treatment of atherosclerosis, wasreally hypertension and endarteritis. In 1972 he was awarded the State prize of the USSR. V. I. Petrov is the author of more than 200 scientific works, including 4 monographs, 18 copyright certificates and three foreign patents. Under his leadership, 26 theses on medical and medical-technical subjects were defended. He was awarded the order of Lenin, the October Revolution, the Patriotic war I degree (1945, 1985), the red banner of Labor, "Badge of Honor" medal "For the capture of Koenigsberg" and 12 medals, the sign "Honorary inventor of the USSR." Vladimir Ivanovich died in 2001. About his life and work made a documentary film "Surgeon, scientist, rector" (1983).