P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Iraj Bashiri

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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Ishoqi, Yusuf

Tajik otolaryngologist Yusuf Bashirkhonovich Ishoqi was born in

Khujand on July 21, 1932. He joined the CPSU in 1957.

Ishoqi graduated from the Tajik State Medical Institute in 1954. In

1958, he became a Lecturer, and in 1961, an Assistant Professor and the

Chief Physician for Hospital No. 4. He became a medical doctor in

1968, a professor in 1969, and a Corresponding Member of the Acad-

emy of Sciences of the Soviet Union in 1978. From 1969 to 1973, he

was the Pro-Rector of the Tajikistan State Medical Institute. Between

1973 and 1990, he was Rector of the same institute. He was one of the

founders of Health Services in Tajikistan.

Ishoqi's research is devoted to diseases of the ear, nose, and throat.

His emphasis is on the impact of mountain conditions on those parts of

the body. Ishoqi's contributions include Yadoviti zhivotnie (Poisonous

Animals, Dushanbe, 1964); Yad zmen Giorzi (The Poison of the Gurza

Snake, Dushanbe, 1968).

Ishoqi was winner of the Ibn Sina State Prize in 1979, and was rec-

ognized as a Distinguished Contributor to Science in 1987. He is the re-

cipient of the Order of Lenin, the Red Banner of Labor, and other

medals.

Ishoqi was killed on May 6, 1996.