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Andranik Ovassapian
Andranik "Andy" Ovassapian (; January 27, 1936 – June 17, 2010) was an Iranian Armenians, Iranian-Armenian and American anesthesiologist known for the development and teaching of airway management and tracheal intubation using an optical fiber endoscope. He founded the . Throughout his career, Ovassapian was a professor at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Northwestern University, and the University of Chicago. Early life and education Andranik Ovassapian was born in on January 27, 1936, in Arak, Iran. He studied at the local Armenian school, then at the Araki Pahlav school. In 1961, he completed a medical degree at Shiraz University. Later that year, Ovassapian started a Residency (medicine), residency and research fellowship at the Namazi Hospital, Namaz Hospital. In 1963, he started a residency and fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Career and research After completing his fellowship, Ovassapian taught at University of Pennsylvania for 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arak, Iran
Arak (; ) is a city in the Central District of Arak County, Markazi province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. The city is nicknamed the "Industrial Capital of Iran". As a major industrial city, Arak hosts several industrial factories inside and within a few kilometers outside the city, including the factory of Machine Sazi Arak and the Iranian Aluminium Company. These factories produce nearly half of the needs of the country in the steel, petrochemical, and locomotive industries. Etymology Arâk The term ''Arâk'' remains from a name given to the region since the medieval period. It derives from Arabic '' al-ʿIrāq'', meaning "root", itself derived possibly from Akkadian ''Uruk'' (, ''Erech''). According to Ali Nourai, the word Arak has the same roots with the words Iran and Arran, and the name Iraq is an Arabicized Persian word. During the Seljuk era, a region comprising the whole territory of Media (northwestern Iran) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
