Andranik "Andy" Ovassapian (Armenian: Անդրանիկ Օվասափեան; January 27, 1936 – June 17, 2010) was an Iranian-Armenian and American anesthesiologist known for the development and teaching of airway management and tracheal intubation using an optical fiber endoscope.
[1] Later that year, Ovassapian started a residency and research fellowship at the Namaz Hospital.
In the 1970s, Dr. Ovassapian started using a flexible bronchoscope to facilitate the insertion of endotracheal tubes.
[4][5] In 1995, Ovassapian founded the Society for Airway Management [Wikidata] and served as the first president from 1995 to 1997 and executive director from 1998 to 2008.
Ovassapian died on June 17, 2010, after a stroke in Helsinki where he was attending the European Society of Anaesthesiology annual meeting.