Petros Kokkalis
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Petros Kokkalis | |
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| Secretary of Health and Social Welfare in the Provisional Democratic Government | |
| In office 1947–1949 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1896年09月18日)September 18, 1896 Livadeia, Greece |
| Died | January 15, 1962(1962年01月15日) (aged 65) East Berlin, German Democratic Republic |
| Political party | Communist Party of Greece |
| Spouse | Niki Kouletsi |
| Children | Socrates Kokkalis Avgi-Polyxeni Kokkalis |
| Parent(s) | Socrates Kokkalis (1856–1944) Polyxeni Nakou (1866–1937) |
| Relatives | Petros S. Kokkalis (grandson) |
| Alma mater | University of Athens Humboldt University of Berlin |
| Occupation | Physician, surgeon, professor |
| Known for | Advances in thoracic surgery; pioneering heart and lung transplantation |
Professor Petros Kokkalis (Greek: Πέτρος Κόκκαλης, 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.[1] [2]
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- 1896 births
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- Greek surgeons
- Communist Party of Greece politicians
- National Liberation Front (Greece) members
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni
- University of Bern alumni
- Democratic Army of Greece personnel
- Exiles of the Greek Civil War
- Greek expatriates in East Germany
- East German physicians
- People from Livadeia
- 20th-century Greek physicians
- Greek military personnel of World War II
- Humboldt University of Berlin alumni