Academician Zarifa Aliyeva

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   Mrs. Zarifa Aliyeva was born on April 28, 1923 in Shahtakhty village of Nakhchyvan, a beautiful corner of Azerbaijan. Her father Aziz Mammadkerim Aliyev and mother Leila Jabbar Abbasova were born in Iravan, our eternal and historical land. 
Z.Aliyeva entered in 1942 the Treatment and Prophylaxis Faculty of the Azerbaijan State Medical Institute that she graduated in 1947 with excellent marks. At the time, trachoma, an infectious disease causing harm to eye, grave consequences and even amaurosis, was widespread in Azerbaijan and effective fight with this infection and its serious consequences was an important issue not for ophthalmology only, even for the Republic of Azerbaijan. In such situation Azerbaijan strongly needed Zarifa Aliyeva, who was in detail studying this infectious disease and its treatment.

   From 1960 to 1967 Zarifa Aliyeva worked as senior scientific worker at the Ophthalmology Research Institute. In 1963 the USSR High Attestation Commission granted her the title of senior scientific worker in ophthalmology.

   This desire took her to Moscow City and she acquired specialization of ophthalmologist after successfully completing the 2-year advanced training course at the All-Union Central Doctors Improvement Institute. Afterwards, Z.Aliyeva returned home and in 1949 began working as scientific worker at the Azerbaijan Eye Diseases Research Institute. In 1950 she entered the post graduate course, continued her researches. In 1967 Z.Aliyeva was invited to the office of lecturer in the Eye Diseases Department at the Azerbaijan State Doctors Improvement Institute. This institute was named after Z.Aliyeva’s late father Aziz Mammadkerim Aliyev, professor who led the Department in last years of his life.

Zarifa Aliyeva studied prevention and cure of eye injury as well. In her scientific works she studied existing surgical methods in the event of harm to eyesight, developed useful recommendations to improve those methods. These recommendations further eased the cure of the vision damaged undergoing surgery.

Some scientific works of the Scholar covered diagnostics and cure of malignant tumors in the vision. Monographs ‘Physiology of epiphora’, ‘Treatment of epiphora via modern surgery’ Z.A.Aliyeva dedicated to dacriology attracted attention of ophthalmologists and physiologists. 

   Z.Aliyeva is one of the authors of fundamental book ‘Therapeutic ophthalmology’, which remains as handbook for every ophthalmologist.

   Z.Aliyeva was awarded with orders and medals, also the title of Honorary Figure of Science of Azerbaijan.

Unfortunately, Zarifa Aliyeva could not see the present days of our independent Azerbaijan. She died in the 62^nd spring of her life. In 1985 she passed away leaving a person, protecting Azerbaijan from every pursuit, inspiring this land and popularizing it all over the world, lonely. 

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