Outstanding surgeon - Oleksandr Shalimov

2008, National Television Company of Ukraine. The program "Against all odds... Surgery!" is dedicated to Oleksandr Shalimov, MD, one of the founders of the Ukrainian surgical school.

The video features: screensavers, an interview with Oleksandr Shalimov, archival photos and videos, chronicle footage, operating rooms, the process of surgery, and exhibits of the Museum of Medicine.

Comments: Mykhailo Nychytailo, MD, PhD, Professor; Serhiy Shalimov, MD, Professor.

Reference: Oleksandr Oleksiyovych Shalimov (January 20, 1918 - February 28, 2006) was a prominent Ukrainian Soviet surgeon, academician of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Medicine. He founded a modern Ukrainian surgical school, introduced more than 800 new techniques, including liver and stomach resection and pancreatic surgery, and organized the Institute of Surgery and Transplantation, which is named after him. Under Shalimov's leadership, the first heart transplant in Ukraine was performed. During his life, he performed about 40,000 operations, published more than 830 scientific papers, and was awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine.