The Legacy of Yasargil: the Father of Modern Neurosurgery

Professor Mahmut Gazi Yasargil was born in Lice, Turkey, on July 6th, 1925, and moved with his family to Ankara at the age of 3 months old [1, 2]. During his childhood, he lost his brother Ihsan having succumbed to abdominal typhus; this unfortunate event inspired him and his brothers to study medic...

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Published inIndian journal of surgery Vol. 78; no. 1; pp. 77 - 78
Main Authors Lovato, Renan Maximilian, Vitorino Araujo, João Luiz, de Paula Guirado, Vinícius Monteiro, Veiga, José Carlos Esteves
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Delhi Springer India 01.02.2016
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Birthdays
Cardiac Surgery
Focus - Institution and Surgeons
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Neurosurgery
Pediatric Surgery
Physicians
Plastic Surgery
Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Yasargil, Mahmut Gazi
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Summary:Professor Mahmut Gazi Yasargil was born in Lice, Turkey, on July 6th, 1925, and moved with his family to Ankara at the age of 3 months old [1, 2]. During his childhood, he lost his brother Ihsan having succumbed to abdominal typhus; this unfortunate event inspired him and his brothers to study medicine [1]. In 2015, we celebrate Yasargils 90th birthday, and nowadays, he works at the Yeditepe University in Istanbul and is still participating in microneurosurgery courses, which he created, held annually in the university [7] (Fig. 1).
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ISSN:0972-2068
0973-9793
DOI:10.1007/s12262-015-1421-6