Arnold Seppo

Arnold Seppo (31 December 1917 St. Petersburg Region – 19 April 1980 Tallinn) was Estonian surgeon and traumatologist.[1]

1941 he graduated from Leningrad I Medical Institute.[1]

1941-1946 he was surgeon of 8th Estonian Rifle Corps.[1]

From 1947 to 1949 he worked as a researcher at the Estonian Academy of Sciences, and at the same time was a surgeon at East Tallinn Central Hospital.1949-1956 he was lecturer at Tartu University and head of general surgery chair. 1957-1977 he was head of traumatology department of Tallinn Tõnismäe Hospital.[1]

Since 1977 he was related to Metal Osteosynthesis Scientific Research Institute. From 1992 until the closing in 1994, this institute bore his name: A. Seppo Traumatology and Orthopaedic Centre.[1]

References

Kändler, Tiit (2002). A Hundred Great Estonians of the 20th Century. Estonian Encyclopaedia Publishers. pp. 172–173. ISBN 9985-70-103-8.

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[100_suurkuju,_2002-1] Kändler, Tiit (2002). A Hundred Great Estonians of the 20th Century. Estonian Encyclopaedia Publishers. pp. 172–173. ISBN 9985-70-103-8.