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Arch Ophthalmol. 2000;118:1594.

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Svyatoslav Fyodorov, an outstanding Russian ophthalmologist, businessman, and politician, died in a helicopter crash on June 3, 2000, at age 72.

As a child, Dr Fyodorov dreamed of becoming a pilot, but at age 18 he lost a foot in an accident. This event changed his goals, and Dr Fyodorov decided to devote his life to medicine. He graduated from the medical institute in Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia, and started his career in ophthalmology, which was, in his opinion, the best medical specialty.

For several years, he worked in hospitals in provincial Russian towns improving his ophthalmosurgery skills. But he was never satisfied with a routine job. His inquisitive mind and aspiration to be an innovator in ophthalmology led him to search for new surgical techniques. In 1960, Dr Fyodorov implanted an artificial crystalline lens for the first time in the Soviet Union. This was the start of his multifaceted . . . [Full Text of this Article]