Natalia Gheorghiu (29 November 1914 – 2 April 2001) was a Soviet and Moldovan pediatric surgeon, physician and professor and doctor of medical sciences.

[1][2][3] Born in the town of Bender (Tighina), she graduated from the Medical Faculty of University of Bucharest in 1940 and began a career in pediatric surgery in Chișinău.

She was a professor at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Chișinău and authored more than 250 papers into surgical methods, dermatoplasty, and imaging techniques in her field.

[1][2] After graduating with her medical degree from University of Bucharest, she moved to the capital of Moldova, Chișinău, and began her career as a family practitioner and a pediatric surgeon.

Methods of medical diagnosis and treatment of surgical diseases and malformations, developed by Professor Gheorghiu, entered the world pediatric surgery.