Gavriil Ilizarov

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Abramovich and the family name is Ilizarov.
Gavriil Abramovich Ilizarov
Гавриил Абрамович Илизаров
Ilizarov in 1991
Born(1921-06-15)15 June 1921
Białowieża, Białystok Voivodeship, Poland
Died24 July 1992(1992-07-24) (aged 71)
Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast, Russian Federation
EducationCrimea Medical School
Known forIlizarov apparatus for lengthening limb bones
Medical career
ProfessionSurgeon, Physician
InstitutionsKNIIEKOT
Sub-specialtiesOrthopedic surgery
Awards
Order of Lenin Order of Lenin Order of Lenin Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Lenin Prize (1979)

Gavriil Abramovich Ilizarov (Russian: Гавриил Абрамович Илизаров; 15 June 1921 – 24 July 1992) was a Soviet physician, known for inventing the Ilizarov apparatus for lengthening limb bones and for the method of surgery named after him, the Ilizarov surgery.[1]

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