Lev Medved
Lev Ivanovich Medved was a Soviet medical worker. He is the founder and former head of the Institute of Ecohygiene and Toxicology. He was a professor of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences, and Honored Scientist of the Ukrainian SSR.
Career
- In 1927, he graduated from the Vinnitsa Chemical and Pharmacological Institute.
- In 1939, he graduated from Kyiv Medical Institute.
- From 1941 to 1945, he was director of the Kyiv Medical Institute.
- From 1947 to 1952 he was Minister of Health of the Ukrainian SSR.
- In 1964, he started and headed the Institute of Ecohygiene and Toxicology until his death in 1982.