Gavriil Ilizarov practised at a period when medicine itself was being rebuilt on new foundations.
The record lists Gavriil Ilizarov as Soviet physician and inventor (1921-1992).
Gavriil Ilizarov was born at Białowieża in 1921. His recorded nationality is Russia. He trained at Crimea State Medical University named after S. I. Georgievsky.
Antibiotics, imaging and the randomised trial defined twentieth-century medicine; evidence replaced authority as the standard.
His posts were held at Russian Ilizarov Scientific Center for Restorative Traumatology and Orthopaedics.
The recorded fields of work are orthopedics and medicine.
Clinical knowledge is accumulated slowly and revised often, usually at some cost.
Recognition followed: Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Lenin Prize and Medal "Veteran of Labour".
That the work was done from Russia matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Gavriil Ilizarov died in 1992, aged 71. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Order of Lenin
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Lenin Prize
- Medal "Veteran of Labour"
- VDNKh gold medal
- Held posts at Russian Ilizarov Scientific Center for Restorative Traumatology and Orthopaedics
- Fields: orthopedics and medicine
