Petros Kokkalis
Greek physician, university professor, resistance fighter and communist politician
About Petros Kokkalis
Lived 1896 – 1962 (aged 65). Petros Kokkalis was a Greek university teacher and physician.
Petros Kokkalis (; 18 September 1896 – 15 January 1962) was a distinguished professor of medicine in the University of Athens has been one of the leading figures of Medicine in pre WWII Greece, introducing pioneering methods in thoracic surgery and neurosurgery. His main medical achievements include the introduction of thoracoplasty in Greece and removal of the phrenic nerve for the treatment of tuberculosis, as well as the first pneumonectomy with the Tourniquet method and the first pericardiectomy for the release of compressive pericarditis.
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Who was Petros Kokkalis?
Greek physician, university professor, resistance fighter and communist politician
When was Petros Kokkalis born?
Petros Kokkalis was born on 18 September 1896 in Livadeia.
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Petros Kokkalis died on 15 January 1962 in East Berlin.
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Petros Kokkalis was a university teacher and physician.
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Petros Kokkalis was Greek.
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