1. Oleg Atkov is a professor of medicine at the Russian National Research Medical University and currently serves as the vice president of Russian Railways.
20 Facts About Oleg Atkov
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Oleg Yur'yevich Atkov was born May 9,1949, in Khvorostyanka, the former USSR.
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Oleg Atkov gained some fame in his field when he discovered a method to diagnose cardiovascular diseases using ultrasound.
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Oleg Atkov is notable for his lengthy time in orbit, with a total flight time of 236 days, 22 hours, and 49 minutes.
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In 1977, Oleg Atkov joined the training group of the Soviet cosmonauts.
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On September 3,1983 Dr Oleg Atkov was selected to be part of the AMN selection group along with Ural Sultanov and Magomed Tolboyev.
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On February 8,1984 Oleg Atkov made a spaceward flight as a cosmonaut-researcher at the spaceship "Soyuz T-10V".
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When Oleg Atkov returned to Earth he ended his cosmonaut career by retiring on October 2,1984.
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Oleg Atkov's decision led to the return to the Myasnikov Institute of Clinical Cardiology, where he became Head of Department of new diagnostic methods.
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Oleg Atkov has since written about 150 published articles and has done several monographs.
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Oleg Atkov has helped and supervised 30 candidates from Russia for the Doctor of Medical Science and five candidates for a master's degree in space studies at the International Space University.
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Oleg Atkov has now been a part of 15 projects that produced a new type of technology to help with cardiology research.
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Oleg Atkov was not the leader of this project but he helped experiments and design.
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In 2000, Dr Oleg Atkov became the President of the Russian Telemedicine Association.
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Oleg Atkov answered the question by saying that we need to focus on returning to the Moon, but with a different goal than the space race that occurred half a century prior.
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Oleg Atkov told the interviewer that space exploration used to be two superpower nations, the United States and the Soviet Union, racing against each other.
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Once Dr Oleg Atkov returned from space, he participated in many research studies.
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Oleg Atkov participated in a study titled The Variations of Intrathoracic Amount of Blood as a Reason of ECG Voltage Changes.
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Oleg Atkov holds several patents for inventions he produced or helped develop.
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Oleg Atkov has been a part of many other cardiology technology developments but most were small or did not impact the cardiology field as much as the device for positioning a cardiograph sensor or the Photogrammetrical plotting projector apparatus for radial nadir point triangulation.