Serafima Bryusova

Serafima Bryusova Born Serafima Semyonovna Sidorova (31 December 1894 in Moscow - 1958 in Moscow) was the world's first female neurosurgeon.[1][2]

Serafima Bryusova
Born
Serafima Semyonovna Sidorova

(1894-12-31)December 31, 1894
Moscow, Russian Empire
Died1958 (aged 62–63)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Burial placeNovodevichy Cemetery
NationalityRussian
EducationSecond Moscow State University
SpouseAlexander Bryusov

Biography

She graduated from the second Moscow Institute for Medicine in 1923.[3] She started surgical residency in 1924 and in 1928 was invited by Nikolay Burdenko to work as a neurosurgical consultant in his newly founded clinic in Moscow.

She obtained her PhD in 1939 and became a professor in 1941. In 1951, she published the first Russian neurosurgical monograph "Brain angiography", making significant contributions the knowledge of the anatomy of the Circle of Willis. She also studied pain perception in the dura mater, traumatic brain injury, and intracranial pressure.[3]

Personal life

She was the wife of famous archeologist Alexander Bryusov, brother of the symbolist poet Valery Bryusov. They had a son named Boris.[4]

References
  1. Hernández-Durán, Silvia; Kim, Eliana; Ivan, Daniela; Rosseau, Gail; Murphy, Mary (2021-02-05). "Four Athenas – Europe's first female neurosurgeons". Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 86: 332–336. doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2021.01.033. ISSN 0967-5868. PMID 33558183.
  2. Hernández-Durán, Silvia; Murphy, Mary; Kim, Eliana; Al-Shehhi, Noora; Broekman, Marike; De Praeter, Mania; Dubuisson, Annie; Emery, Évelyne; Gazioglu, Nurperi; Grossman, Rachel; Janssen, Insa Katrin; Karampouga, Maria; Khorbaladze, Lika; Lambrianou, Xanthoula; Lippa, Laura; Magnadottir, Hulda; Mihaylova, Stiliana; Pajaj, Ermira; Rabiei, Katrin; Rodríguez-Hernández, Ana; Tasiou, Anastasia; Vayssiere, Pia; Rosseau, Gail (2021). "European women in neurosurgery: I – A chronology of trailblazers". Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 86: 316–323. doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2021.01.026. PMID 33551325. S2CID 231791637.
  3. Likhterman, L.B. (2019). "Памяти Серафимы Семеновны Брюсовой (к 125-летию со дня рождения)" [In memory of Serafima Semyonovna Bryusova (on the occasion of her 125th birthday)]. Journal "Issues of Neurosurgery" named after N.N. Burdenko (in Russian). 83 (6): 135–136. doi:10.17116/neiro201983061135 – via Media Sphera.
  4. Kuzminykh S.V., Shchavelev S.P. A.Ya. Bryusov’s memoirs «On the paths of archaeology».


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