22 Notable alumni of
Azerbaijan Medical University
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Azerbaijan Medical University is 1235th in the world, 264th in Asia, and 6th in Azerbaijan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 22 notable alumni from Azerbaijan Medical University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Yuli Gusman
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- television presenterKVN actorfilm directoractorpolitician
- Biography
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Yuli Solomonovich Gusman is a Soviet, Russian and Azerbaijani film director and actor. He is the founder and CEO of the Nika Award.
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Ganira Pashayeva
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- physicianpoliticianjournalist
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Ganira Alasgar gyzy Pashayeva was an Azerbaijani politician who was a Member of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan from 2005 until her death in 2023.
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Rovshan Javadov
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- physicianmilitary personnelpolitician
- Biography
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Rovshan Bakhtiyar oghlu Javadov was an officer in the Azerbaijani Armed Forces and the chief of the Special Purpose Police Detachment of Azerbaijan (OPON).
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Flora Karimova
- Enrolled in Azerbaijan Medical University
- Studied in 1971
- Occupations
- actorsingerkhananda
- Biography
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Flora Alakbar gyzy Karimova is an Azerbaijani pop, mugam and opera singer and actress.
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Vali Akhundov
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- politician
- Biography
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Vali Yusif oghlu Akhundov, also spelled as Veli Akhundov, was an Azerbaijani politician and physician who headed the Azerbaijan SSR as the First Secretary of the Azerbaijan Communist Party from 1959 to 1969.
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Ogtay Shiraliyev
- Enrolled in Azerbaijan Medical University
- Studied in 1967-1973
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- politicianphysician
- Biography
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Ogtay Shiraliyev Kazim oglu was an Azerbaijani academic and politician who served as the Minister of Healthcare of Azerbaijan Republic from 2005 to 2021.
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Ali Insanov
- Enrolled in Azerbaijan Medical University
- Studied in 1965-1972
- Occupations
- physicianscientistuniversity teacherpolitician
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Ali Binnat oghlu Insanov was the Minister of Health of Azerbaijan from 1993–2005.
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Lala Shevket
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- politician
- Biography
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Lala Shevket; born 7 November 1951, Baku) is an Azerbaijani politician, the leader of the National Unity Movement, and former leader of the Azerbaijan Liberal Party. She served as the Secretary of State between 1993 and 1994.
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Ahliman Amiraslanov
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- politicianoncologistuniversity teachersurgeon
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Ahliman Tapdiq oğlu Amiraslanov is an Azerbaijani scholar, public-political figure, surgeon-oncologist, Doctor of Medical Sciences (1984), professor (1989), a full member of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (since 2001) and the Polish Academy of Medical Sciences (1998), as well as a foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2001). He has been the academic secretary of the Biology and Medical Sciences Division of ANAS since 2007.
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Faraj Guliyev
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- politician
- Biography
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Faraj Guliyev is an Azerbaijani politician. Guliyev is a leader and chairman of the nationalist opposition party – National Revival Movement Party. In 2013 and 2018 he was presidential candidate.
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Məlahət Həsənova
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- politician
- Biography
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Malahat Ibrahimgizi is an Azerbaijani politician. She has been a member of the National Assembly. She has served as a member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly since 2006 and is a member of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly.
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Goshgar Tahmazli
- Enrolled in Azerbaijan Medical University
- Studied in 1988-1994
- Occupations
- civil servant
- Biography
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Goshgar Ilahi oglu Tahmazli is the Chairman of the Food Safety Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
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Movsum Samadov
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- politician
- Biography
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Movsum Mardan oghlu Samadov is an Azerbaijani political figure who has been serving as the 3rd chairman of the Azerbaijan Islamic Party, a Shia Islamist organization, since 2007.
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Nuru Bayramov
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- scientistphysician
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Nuru Bayramov is a surgeon, a professor and head of first department of surgical diseases in Azerbaijan Medical University.
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Mursal Garayev
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- physiciansociologistsurgeon
- Biography
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Mursal Garayev was a Soviet surgeon, doctor of sciences in medicine, chief surgeon of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Azerbaijan SSR.
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Valentina Zhuravleva
- Enrolled in Azerbaijan Medical University
- Studied in 1956
- Occupations
- writerscience fiction writer
- Biography
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Valentina Nikolayevna Zhuravlyova was a Soviet science fiction writer born in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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Konstantin Slavin
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- researcherprofessor
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Konstantin Slavin is a Professor and Head of the Department of Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery at the University of Illinois College of Medicine. He is a former president of the American Society for Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery and current vice-president of the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. His specialties include Aneurysm, Brain surgery, Brain Tumor, Cerebrovascular Disorders, Craniotomy, Dystonia, Essential Tremor, Facial Nerve Pain, Facial Pain, Glioblastoma, Headache disorders, Laminectomy, Lower back pain, Movement Disorders, Multiple Sclerosis, Neck Pain, Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Procedures, Pain, Parkinson Disease, Spinal Cord Injuries, and Stroke.
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Məsud Aşina
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- neuroscientistresearcher
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Messoud Ashina is a Danish-Azerbaijani neurologist and neuroscientist. He is currently Professor of Neurology at the University of Copenhagen and Senior Consultant of Neurology at Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet. He is the Director of both the Center for Discoveries in Migraine, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, and Director of the Danish National Knowledge Center on Headache Disorders. Ashina is also Past President of the International Headache Society. As of 2024, Ashina is ranked as the world's leading expert on headache disorders by Expertscape.
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Mahmud Aliyev
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- diplomatphysicianpolitician
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Mahmud Ismayil oghlu Aliyev was an Azerbaijani and Soviet politician and diplomat who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Azerbaijan SSR from 1944 to 1958.
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Haji Mammadov
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- physiciantar playermusiciansurgeon
- Biography
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Haji Mammad oghlu Mammadov was an Azerbaijani tar player and People's Artist of the Azerbaijani SSR.
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Kanan Yusif-zada
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- surgeon
- Biography
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Kanan Yusif-zada is an Azerbaijani surgeon, a professor of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, an honorary doctor, past-Head of the Military Medical Division of the State Border Service (Azerbaijan), retired colonel of medical services, and a member of international medical organizations.
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Musa Abdullayev
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Musa Mirmammad oglu Abdullayev was a prominent Azerbaijani hematologist, doctor of medicine, professor, and philologist-translator. He was one of the eight members of the anti-Soviet nationalist student-youth political organization "Lightning" (İldırım), formed for the independence of Azerbaijan within 1942–1944.
