Aleksandr Vishnevsky belongs to the medical record as a figure whose work changed what could be treated.
The record lists Aleksandr Vishnevsky as Soviet surgeon (1906-1975).
Aleksandr Vishnevsky was born at Kazan in 1906. His recorded nationality is Russia. He trained at Kazan Federal University.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, laboratory medicine, vaccines and public health began to change mortality at population scale.
His posts were held at A.V. Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery.
The recorded fields of work are surgery, cardiac surgery and military surgery.
Medicine advances against a moving target, and its successes are counted in lives rather than papers.
Recognition followed: USSR State Prize, Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of the Red Banner and Order of Lenin.
That the work was done from Russia matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Aleksandr Vishnevsky died in 1975, aged 69. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- USSR State Prize
- Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Order of the Red Banner
- Order of Lenin
- Order of the Red Star
- Held posts at A.V. Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery
- Fields: surgery, cardiac surgery and military surgery
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