Lev Ivanovich Medved

Lev Ivanovich Medved (Russian: Лев Иванович Медведь, Ukrainian: Левко Іванович Медведь; 18 June 1905 – 22 February 1982) 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 (1961).

Career In 1927, he graduated from the Vinnitsa Chemical and Pharmacological Institute (now Vinnytsia National Medical University. N. I. Pirogov). In 1939, he graduated from Kyiv Medical Institute (now Bogomolets National Medical University). 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.

Order of Lenin (1948) Order of the Red Banner of Labour

Order of the Red Star Two Orders of the Badge of Honour