RSU History: Professor Georgs Andrejevs (1932–2022)

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Professor, Dr. habil. med. Georgs Andrejevs (1932–2022) is the founder of Latvian anesthesiology and resuscitation. G. Andrejevs was a physician, scientist-inventor, and teaching staff in Riga Medical Institute (RMI). He is the author of more than 200 scientific publications and 10 inventions. On 4 May 1990, Georgs Andrejevs voted for the independence of Latvia and promoted its name worldwide as a politician and Foreign Minister, ambassador, and diplomat.. Comparative historical research. The professor devoted 30 years of work to the Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation of the Riga Clinical Hospital, from being a physician, RMI assistant professor, professor, and head of the chair to a full member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. During his studies, G. Andrejevs developed the first scientific work in microbiology, which he presented in 1956 at the State Medical Institute of Minsk (Belarus) at the student scientific conference. In 1962, G. Andrejevs was approved as the chief anesthesiologist of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Latvian SSR. The professor was one of the first medical researchers in the Latvian SSR who went on scientific missions with his inventions outside the USSR. The most important practical innovations were an ambulance based on the "RAF -2203" minibus and a special anesthesiology mask. . Special mention should be made of his research achievements through international scientific cooperation. It contributed to the elevation of anesthesiology and reanimatology in Latvia to a high level. Under his leadership, anesthesiology and reanimatology in Latvia became a separate branch of medicine, but his inventions in anesthesiology are still in use today.
Period29 Mar 2023
Event titleRSU International Research Conference 2023: Knowledge for Use in Practice
Event typeConference
OrganiserRīga Stradiņš University
LocationRiga, LatviaShow on map
Degree of RecognitionInternational

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