Volkovich

VOlkovich, Nikolai Markianovich, a noted surgeon (1858–1928). After graduating from the medical faculty of the University of Kiev in 1882, he was an intern for three years at the hospital surgical clinic of Professor Bornhaupt. From 1893 to 1903, he was the head of the surgical department of the city Alexander Hospital in Kiev. In 1903, he was elected to the chair of the hospital surgical clinic. In 1911, he was transferred to the chair of the faculty surgical clinic, which he held until 1922. From 1923, he served as the head of the research chair of medicine at the Kiev Department of Glavnauka. In 1908, he founded the Kiev Surgical Society, of which he was president until his death. At the 17th Congress of Russian Surgeons, he was elected a lifelong honorary member of the Society of Russian Surgeons. He has 80 scientific works, including 3 monographs. The first is "Rhinoclceroma from the clinical, patho-anatomical, and bacteriological sides" (dissertation, Kiev, 1889), which has not lost its great scientific significance to this day. The second is "Appendicitis, cholelithiasis, and tuberculous peritonitis" (Kiev, 1926), containing the author's views on these diseases, verified by long clinical experience. Finally, the third is "Injuries of bones and joints" (Kiev, 1928). In this field, Volkovich was an outstanding expert and an independent thinker. His well-known "Volkovich splint" gained great popularity.

He was a prominent surgeon and educator in Kiev, holding key academic positions and founding the Kiev Surgical Society. His major monographs covered rhinoclceroma, appendicitis, and bone and joint injuries, and he is best known for the "Volkovich splint."