Lev Medved
Soviet medical worker
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Lev Ivanovich Medved (Russian: Лев Иванович Медведь, Ukrainian: Левко Іванович Медведь; 18 June 1905 – 22 February 1982) was a Soviet medical worker.[1] He is the founder and former head of the Institute of Ecohygiene and Toxicology. He was a professor of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences,[2] and Honored Scientist of the Ukrainian SSR (1961).[3][4][5]
Career
- In 1927, he graduated from the Vinnitsa Chemical and Pharmacological Institute (now Vinnytsia National Medical University. N. I. Pirogov).
- In 1939, he graduated from Kyiv Medical Institute (now Bogomolets National Medical University).
- From 1941 to 1945, he was director of the Kyiv Medical Institute.
- From 1947 to 1952 he was Minister of Health of the Ukrainian SSR.[6]
- In 1964, he started and headed the Institute of Ecohygiene and Toxicology until his death in 1982.[7]