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Galina Shatalova
Galina Sergeyevna Shatalova (born October 13, 1916, Ashgabat, Transcaspian Oblast, died on December 14, 2011, Moscow Oblast) was a Russian neurosurgeon, a military surgeon, the head of the cosmonaut selection and training department, and the laureate of the Burdenko Prize (1951).[2] BiographyShatalova was born on October 13, 1916. At the age of 15, she started her career. She entered the Rostov Medical Institute,[2] graduated from it, and was left in the residency of the surgical clinic of the same institute.[2] In 1939, with the outbreak of hostilities on the Karelian Isthmus, she was drafted into the Army, where she became a military surgeon. She participated in the Second World War from the first to the last day, as a military surgeon, and head of the hospital department. After the war, she worked as a neurosurgeon at the Central Institute of Neurosurgery of the USSR Academy of Sciences.[2] "She directly met the needs of the post-war period: there were many such unfortunates (with) severe head wounds. Plasty of dura mater defects has prolonged the lives of thousands of veterans."[1] In the 60s, she worked at the Institute of Space Research[2] of the USSR Academy of Sciences as the head of the cosmonaut selection and training sector.[3][2] She was the organizer and participant of successful extreme multi-day hiking trips in Karakum, Altai, Tien Shan, and Pamir. She was also a teacher of a healthy lifestyle,[3] and author of the System of Natural Health.[4] WorksShe was the author of many books and a large number of publications including:[5]
AwardsFamily lifeGalina Shatalova was married to Major General and Professor Alexander Shatalov.[1] She had three children.[1] References
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