Mirrahimov Mirsayid Mirhamidovich (1927),
Doctor of Medical Sciences (1965), Professor (1966), Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Kirghiz SSR (1974), Laureate of State Prizes in the field of science and technology of the Kirghiz SSR (1978, 1984) and the USSR (1981)
Uzbek. Born in Frunze. Graduated from KGMI (1948).
Worked as head of the department, vice-rector of KGMI, director of the Research Institute of Cardiology, and since 1996 - director of the National Center for Cardiology and Therapy at the Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Specialist in internal medicine, cardiology, mountain physiology, and medicine. Academician of RAMN (1988), New York Academy of Sciences.
Awarded the Orders of Lenin (2), Badge of Honor (2), October Revolution, Manas III degree of the Kyrgyz Republic, medals of the USSR,
Honorary Certificates of the Supreme Soviet of the Kirghiz SSR (4).
Hero of Socialist Labor (1987). Honored Doctor of the Kirghiz SSR (1962). Honored Worker of Science and Technology of the Kyrgyz Republic (1972).
Published over 700 scientific works, including 23 monographs, 19 inventions.
Under his supervision, 30 doctoral and 70 candidate dissertations have been defended.
Main works:
1. The State of the Cardiovascular System in High-Altitude Conditions. Leningrad, "Medicine," 1968.
2. Treatment of Internal Diseases with Mountain Climate. Leningrad, "Medicine," 1977.
3. Peripheral Chemoreceptors and Human Adaptation to High Altitude. Biomed. Biochim. Acta, 1988, 47.
4. New Approaches to Noninvasive Assessment of Pulmonary Artery Pressure (co-authored). J. Clin. Cardiology, 1992, 15.
5. The Cardiovascular System at High Altitude (co-authored). Handbook of Physiology. Section 2. Environmental Physiology. V. II. Publ. New York, Oxford, 1996.
