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Mirsaid M. Mirrakhimov (1927–2008)

Mirsaid M. Mirrakhimov was born in 27 March 1927 at Frunze, Soviet Union (currently Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan), into a family of wellknown local musician and director of National Philharmonics. After graduating school with honors, he decided to study medicine, despite a talent in music and his father’s insistence to follow his path. He was the first ever member of his family to pursue medicine. After passing entrance examinations, he became a student of the Kyrgyz State Medical Institute (KSMI, currently Kyrgyz State Medical Academy), from which he graduated with distinction. Despite an invitation from a famous local surgeon to enter surgical residency, Mirsaid M. Mirrakhimov pursued the internal medicine pathway, in which he had a keen interest. He finished residency in 1952, and was recruited as assistant professor of medicine at the Department of Internal Medicine, and started his Ph.D. work. In 1966, he became a full professor and was elected as the chief of Internal Medicine Department….etc.