By Martin Deranian, DDS
From modest beginnings in Worcester, Massachusetts, Kazanjian managed to enter Harvard Dental School. He went on to serve in World War I, earn a medical degree, and make remarkable advances in plastic surgery. He is remembered not only for his medical innovations and accomplishments but also as a kind and modest person, “the gentle genius of plastic surgery.
An inspiring story of Varaztad Kazanjian, a 16-year old who flees oppression in Turkish Armenia, combines night school with a daytime job in a wire mill in Worcester, Mass., attends Harvard Dental School, volunteers for the British Army Royal Medical Corps, invents modern plastic surgery in battlefield hospitals on the western front, and is honored by the King of England receiving a lesser knighthood, nicknamed the Miracle Man of the Western Front for his accomplishments.
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By Martin Deranian, DDS
From modest beginnings in Worcester, Massachusetts, Kazanjian managed to enter Harvard Dental School. He went on to serve in World War I, earn a medical degree, and make remarkable advances in plastic surgery. He is remembered not only for his medical innovations and accomplishments but also as a kind and modest person, “the gentle genius of plastic surgery.
An inspiring story of Varaztad Kazanjian, a 16-year old who flees oppression in Turkish Armenia, combines night school with a daytime job in a wire mill in Worcester, Mass., attends Harvard Dental School, volunteers for the British Army Royal Medical Corps, invents modern plastic surgery in battlefield hospitals on the western front, and is honored by the King of England receiving a lesser knighthood, nicknamed the Miracle Man of the Western Front for his accomplishments.