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Kristaps Keggi
Kristaps Juris Keggi (August 9, 1934 – July 4, 2023) was a Latvian-American orthopedic surgeon. He was considered to be the pioneer of the anterior approach to total hip replacement. Keggi was the recipient of multiple national and international awards and four Honorary Doctorates. Biography Kristaps Keggi was born in Riga, Latvia on August 9, 1934, in the family of surgeon Jānis Kegi. His grandfather was a folklorist, teacher and pastor :lv:Ludis Bērziņš, Ludis Bērziņš (1870–1965). During World War II, he fled with his family to Germany in 1944, and moved to the United States in 1949. He studied medicine at Yale University (1951–1959) and was a resident at the Roosevelt Hospital in New York and at Yale New Haven Hospital, Yale-New Haven Hospital. From 1965 to 1966 he participated in the Vietnam War as a military doctor. Keggi was stationed with the 173rd Airborne as Chief of Surgery at the 3rd Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in Biên Hòa, Vietnam. In 1966, he joined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riga
Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Baltic Sea. Riga's territory covers and lies above sea level, on a flat and sandy plain. Riga was founded in 1201 and is a former Hanseatic League member. Riga's historical centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, noted for its Art Nouveau/Jugendstil architecture and 19th century wooden architecture. Riga was the European Capital of Culture in 2014, along with Umeå in Sweden. Riga hosted the 2006 NATO Summit, the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, the 2006 IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, 2013 World Women's Curling Championship and the 2021 IIHF World Championship. It is home to the European Union's office of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC). In 2017, it was named the European Region of Gastronomy. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
