Mikheil Tsinamdzghvrishvili (1882–1956) was a
Georgian
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physician and academic, member of the
Georgian National Academy of Sciences from 1946.
Born on in
Surami, Georgia (then in the Russian Empire), Tsinamdzghvrishvili studied medicine at
Kharkov University. He came back to his native Georgia in 1915 and settled in
Tbilisi. He worked at the Faculty of Medicine, later the
Tbilisi Medical Institute. In 1946 he founded the Institute of Cardiology, which he headed until his death.
Tsinamdzghvrishvili died in Tbilisi on 28 December 1956, and the Institute of Cardiology was named after him in 1957. A street in central Tbilisi also bears his name. He was awarded the
Order of Lenin and the
Order of the Red Banner of Labour.
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1882 births
1956 deaths
National University of Kharkiv alumni
Academic staff of Tbilisi State University
Recipients of the Order of Lenin
Members of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences
Soviet physicians
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