Vladimir Demikhov
Soviet-Russian scientist
>
Vladimir Petrovich Demikhov was a Soviet Russian scientist and organ transplantation pioneer, who performed several transplants in the 1940s and 1950s, including the transplantation of a heart into an animal and a heart–lung replacement in an... Wikipedia
Born: July 18, 1916, Moscow, Russia
Died: November 22, 1998 (age 82 years), Moscow, Russia
Known for: The founder of the transplantation of vital organs
Education: Moscow State University
Parents: Pyotr Demikhov and Domnika Demikhova
Spouse: Liya Demikhova (m. 1946)