Ivan Gevorkyan

Ivan Khristoforovich Gevorkyan, born Hovannes Khachaturi Gevorkyan (Armenian: Հովհաննես Խաչատուրի Գևորգյան; Russian: Иван Христофорович Геворкян; March 28, 1907 – October 19, 1989), was a Soviet Armenian surgeon and scientist who published 10 monographs and more than 230 scientific papers.

His main research was dedicated to anesthesia, blood transfusion, the treatment of endarteritis of extremities and other surgical illnesses.

[1][2][3] Ivan Gevorkyan was born in the village Karmir, near the city of Gavar in Armenia.

[1][2] From 1952-1979 Gevorkyan was the chairman of the Department of Surgery of Yerevan State Medical Institute.

[4] For many years Gevorkyan performed the duties of chief surgeon of Armenia and was a founder of the Armenian Surgical Association.