Valery Shumakov Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth and Family

In 2002, Valery Shumakov received the Russian state’s highest distinction, the Order of Saint Andrew. Speaking in the ceremony, Vladimir Putin described Shumakov as “a surprising personality, a scientist whose name known to the world and an uncommonly talented surgeon.”

He was the founding father of organ transplants in Russia, creating the Medical Research Institute of Transplantation and Artificial Organs, which he headed for more than 30 years (since 1974). He was the first doctor in Russia to successfully transplant a liver, a heart and a thyroid. Valery Shumakov has written more than 20 books and 450 scientific publications.

Valery Ivanovich Shumakov (Russian: Валерий Иванович Шумаков; 9 November 1931 – 27 January 2008) was a Russian surgeon and transplantologist, famous for being the founding father of organ transplants in Russia and was a pioneer of artificial organ surgery.