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Vladimir Filatov

1875 - 1956

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Vladimir Petrovich Filatov (Russian: Владимир Петрович Филaтoв, 27 February [O.S. 15 February] 1875 – 30 October 1956) was a Russian Empire and Soviet ophthalmologist and surgeon best known for his development of tissue therapy. He introduced the tube flap grafting method, corneal transplantation and preservation of grafts from cadaver eyes. He founded the Institute of Eye Diseases & Tissue Therapy in Odessa, Soviet Union (today Ukraine). Filatov is also credited for restoring Vasily Zaytsev's sight when he suffered an injury to his eyes from a mortar attack during Battle of Stalingrad. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vladimir Filatov is the 522nd most popular physician (down from 439th in 2019), the 1,425th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,246th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Russian Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Vladimir Filatov ranks 522 out of 726. Before him are Frederic Lewy, Franz Josef Ruprecht, Thomas Erastus, Emil Zuckerkandl, Aleksandr Bogomolets, and Alfred Blalock. After him are Friedrich von Berchtold, George Huntington, Anthony Carlisle, John Crawfurd, Jill Stein, and Burrill Bernard Crohn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Vladimir Filatov ranks 132. Before him are Archibald Reiss, Juho Sunila, Herman Georges Berger, Charles D. B. King, Ramiro de Maeztu, and Leopold Andrian. After him are Federico Laredo Brú, Herbert Jamison, Oleksandr Murashko, George Larner, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Émile Delchambre. Among people deceased in 1956, Vladimir Filatov ranks 135. Before him are Paul Renner, Navvab Safavi, Tommy Dorsey, Willem Hendrik Keesom, Hans Carossa, and Herminio Masantonio. After him are Johannes Jørgensen, Mohammed Hussein Heikal, Austin Osman Spare, Sergei Vasilenko, Louis Bromfield, and Doca.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vladimir Filatov ranks 1,425 out of 3,761. Before him are Izmail Sreznevsky (1812), Grigory Gagarin (1810), Marina Oswald Porter (1941), Viktor Sukhorukov (1951), Nadezhda Udaltsova (1885), and Yevgeny Grishin (1931). After him are Boris Melnikov (1938), Valentin Gaft (1935), Veikko Karvonen (1926), Serhii Plokhy (1957), Aleksey Krylov (1863), and Olga Preobrajenska (1871).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Russia

Among physicians born in Russia, Vladimir Filatov ranks 5. Before him are Leonid Rogozov (1934), Nikolai Korotkov (1874), Vera Weizmann (1881), and Eugene Botkin (1865). After him are Nadezhda Suslova (1843), Arkady Vorobyov (1924), Sergey Botkin (1832), Nikolay Burdenko (1876), Nikolai Semashko (1874), Yevgeniy Chazov (1929), and Peter Lesgaft (1837).

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