Theodor Burghele

Theodor Burghele (12 February 1905 – 3 June 1977) and President of the Romanian Academy, and Minister of Health.

He was born in Iași in an old Moldavian boyar family, the son of Theodor Burghele and Fenareta, née Stoianovici. In 1937 Burghele became lecturer in the Department of Surgery at Colțea Hospital and in 1940 he was promoted to associate professor. In 1941 he was conscripted, and in 1942 he served as doctor in Tiraspol. In 1964, he was awarded the Order of the Star of the Romanian People's Republic, 3rd class.

Burghele died in Bucharest on 3 June 1977, and is buried at Bellu Cemetery.

The Panduri Hospital in Bucharest which he led as director for many years was renamed in 1991, and is now called the "Prof. Dr. Theodor Burghele" Clinical Hospital.

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