P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Qahhorov, Abdurauf

Tajik surgeon Abdurauf Nosirovich Qahhorov was born in Khujand

on September 22, 1933. He joined the CPSU in 1982.

Qahhorov graduated from the Tajikistan State Medical Institute in

1958. Thereafter, he worked at the Anatomy Department of the same

institute as a Lecturer. Qahhorov received his doctorate degree in medi-

cine in 1977 and became a professor in 1980. From 1977 to 1981, he

was Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Department of General Surgery in

the Tajikistan State Medical Institute.

Qahhorov's research deals with hemorrhoids, as well as with the dis-

eases of the internal organs including the stomach and liver.

He became a Distinguished Scientist of Health at the Union Level in

1980.