Agabek Ashum Oglu Sultanov (1938–2007) was a prominent
Azerbaijani
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* Azerbaijani language
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psychiatrist
A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry, the branch of medicine devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, study, and treatment of mental disorders. Psychiatrists are physicians and evaluate patients to determine whether their sy ...
, scholar, and public activist.
Agabek Sultanov graduated from
Azerbaijani Medical Institute in 1960. In 1961, he moved to
Moscow where, in 1967, he defended his PhD candidacy dissertation and by 1973 obtained a doctorate degree from the
Moscow Serbsky Institute for Social and Forensic Psychiatry. Later he moved back to
Azerbaijan. Since 1990 Agabek Sultanov headed the Faculty of Psychiatry of
Azerbaijan Medical University. He was a Chief Psychiatrist of
Azerbaijan, member of World Federation of Psychiatrists, Vice-President of Association of Azerbaijani Psychiatrists on Ethics and Protection of the Rights of Mentally Ill Persons.
Agabek Sultanov published about 200 scholarly works, 32 of which were published abroad.
He was well-known also for his public activity in
Azerbaijan, particularly related to protection and development of cultural heritage.
References
* Скончался Агабек Султанов. "Зеркало", 13 июня 2007.
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Azerbaijani psychiatrists
1938 births
2007 deaths
20th-century Azerbaijani physicians
21st-century Azerbaijani physicians