P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Bobokhojaev, Muhammad

Tajik therapeutist Muhammad Bobokhojaev was born in Khujand on

November 19, 1924. From 1942 to 1946, he served at the war front. He

joined the CPSU in 1945.

Bobokhojaev graduated from Tajikistan State Medical Institute in

1951; for a while, thereafter, he worked at the same institute. In 1964,

he became the Director of the Department of Therapeutics of the Fac-

ulty of Pediatrics. He became a doctor of medicine in 1964, and a pro-

fessor in 1965. In 1975, he became the Head of the Department of

Dushanbe Hospital No. 1 and the Head Therapist and Hematologist of

the Ministry of Health and Well-being of the Republic. Bobokhojaev's

research is focused on the problems of cardiology, hematology, and en-

zymology. Under Bobokhojaev's supervision, a center for hematology

at Dushanbe and branches of cardiorheumatology in all districts of the

republic were established. Bobokhojaev's contributions include Kasali-

hoi Dilu Ragho va Pishgirii Onho (Diseases of the Heart and Veins and

Methods of Preventing Them, Dushanbe, 1977); and Zdrovoe serdtse i

visokogorie (Healthy Heart and High Altitude Conditions, Dushanbe,

1975).

Bobokhojaev was decorated with a number of medals.