7.10.05

Russia’s Oldest Practicing Surgeon Turns 101, Still Working - NEWS - MOSNEWS.COM

Russia’s Oldest Practicing Surgeon Turns 101, Still Working - NEWS - MOSNEWS.COM: "
World’s oldest practicing surgeon Fedor Uglov from St. Petersburg, Russia, has turned 101 and is not quitting his job yet, the Interfax news agency reports.

Fedor Uglov from the Russian Medical Science Academy has performed 6,500 surgeries in the 76 years of doing his job. He has published eight monographs and 600 articles.

“He is a doctor with a unique surgical technique, many of the world’s famous surgeons applauded his operations,” Uglov’s colleague from the Pavlov Medical University of St. Petersburg said.

Uglov, who the Guinness World Records Book calls the oldest working surgeon of the former Soviet territories, keeps teaching students, consulting patients, is active in social and research work."

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