Background
Nikishin, Igor Fedor was born on December 25, 1917 in Kharkov, Russia. Arrived in United States, 1949, naturalized, 1954. Son of Fedor F. and Maria A. (Dikarev) Nikishin.
Nikishin, Igor Fedor was born on December 25, 1917 in Kharkov, Russia. Arrived in United States, 1949, naturalized, 1954. Son of Fedor F. and Maria A. (Dikarev) Nikishin.
AB, French Lyceum Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1936. Doctor of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, 1941.
Intern George August University Medical School, Goettingen, Germany, 1941—1942, resident, 1942—1946. Chief surgeon 326th Reserve Detachment Military Government Hospital, British Army of the Rhine, 1945—1947, senior medical officer, headquarters 509, 1947—1948. Senior medical officer 609 Headquarters Control Commission Germany, 1948—1949.
Chairman, department surgery & senior attending surgeon Aultman Hospital, Canton, Ohio, since 1970. Associate professor department human anatomy North-East University College Medicine. Assistant professor surgery George August University, Goettingen, 1943—1947.
Senior attending surgeon Timken Mercy Hospital, Canton, 1959—1980.
President Canton Symphony Association, 1964—1968, East Central Heart Association, 1965—1967. Board directors AmDoc., Santa Barbara, California, 1965—1969, American Cancer Society, 1976. Member of American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association, Stark County Medical Society, Medical Educators Association North-East Ohio, New York, Ohio Academies Sciences, Ohio State Surgical Association, Ohio State Medical Association, American Geriatrics Society, American College Angiology, American Society Abdominal Surgeons, Canton Club.
Children: Nina, Alexander, Michael, Igor.