P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Khojaev, Zikrullo

Tajik neurosurgeon Zikrullo Pochoevich Khojaev was born in Khu-

jand on May 9, 1916.

Between 1933 and 1939, Khojaev was a student at both the

Dushanbe and Tashkent Medical Institutes. From 1939 until 1941, he

interned at the Dushanbe surgery clinic of the Republic. After the War,

he became a Lecturer, and later, Assistant Professor and Director of the

Surgery Department of the Tajikistan State Medical Institute. From

1957 to 1965, he was Dean of the same institute. He received his doc-

torate degree in medicine in 1970, and became a professor in 1971.

Khojaev's research deals with various types of problems involving

surgery, including neurosurgery. He is the founder of Department of

Neurosurgery in the Republic. His contributions include Klinika i leche-

nie yazvi zheludka i dvenadtsatiperstnoi kishki (The Care and Treat-

ment of Stomach and Duodenal Ulcers) in Healthcare in Tajikistan,

Vol. 5, 1965.

Khojaev became a Distinguished Scientific Contributor to Tajik

Health in 1959. Hospital No. 3 in Dushanbe is named after him. In addi-

tion, he is the recipient of the Order of Lenin, the Order of Red Star, the

Order of the Patriotic War, nine medals, and the Honorary Order of the

Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.

Khojaev died in Dushanbe on December 13, 1973.