Davydov Mikhail

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Mikhail Ivanovich Davydov (Russian: Михаил Иванович Давыдов; 11 October 1947 – 8 February 2025) was a Russian doctor and medical scientist. He received the Russian State Prize Laureate, was an Honored Science Worker of the Russian Federation, Director of the Russian Cancer Research Center, member of the Presidium and Academician of RAS, member and President of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. Davydov was born in Konotop, Sumy Oblast, in Ukrainian SSR. He graduated from the Kyiv Suvorov Military School, and then served three years in the Russian Airborne Troops. His mother wanted him to become a musician. However, after reading the Yuri German trilogy “My dear man”, Davydov decided to become a surgeon. In 1975, Davydov graduated from the I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (being a student he worked as a laboratory assistant at the sub-department of operative surgery). Then there were residency training (1975–1977) and postgraduate studies (1977–1980) in the Blokhin Cancer Research Center. He defended his master's and doctoral dissertations and then became a professor. In 1986, Davydov became a leading researcher in the Thoracic department.