Nikolay Sklifosovsky

Nikolay Vasilyevich Sklifosovsky
Nikolai Sklifosovskiy
Born (1836-03-25)March 25, 1836
Dubăsari
Died November 30, 1904(1904-11-30) (aged 68)
near Poltava
Residence Russian Empire
Education Doctor of Science (1863)
Alma mater Imperial Moscow University (1859)
Known for
Scientific career
Fields Medicine
Institutions Imperial Moscow University
Thesis About the bloody tumor

Nikolai Vasilyevich Sklifosovsky (Russian: Николáй Васильевич Склифосóвский; 6 April [O.S. 25 March] 1836 — 13 December [O.S. 30 November] 1904) was a Russian surgeon and physiologist of Greek origin (his grandfather's surname was Sclifos). He was born near the town of Dubasari, which is now in Transnistria. Sklifosovsky was a professor of medicine in Saint Petersburg and Kiev.

Professor of the Department of Surgical Clinic (1880-1893), Dean (1882-1888), Medical Faculty of the Imperial Moscow University.

The initiator and one of the founders of the «Clinical Town» at Devichye Pole.

The Moscow Institute of Emergency First Aid, often abbreviated as Sklif, bears his name since 1923.

In 2001, the Central Bank of Transnistria minted a silver coin honoring this native of today's Transnistria, as part of a series of memorable coins called The Outstanding People of Pridnestrovie.

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