Background
Mikhail was born on October 12, 1916 Muchkap, Borisoglebsky district, Tambov province, Russian Federation.
Mikhail was born on October 12, 1916 Muchkap, Borisoglebsky district, Tambov province, Russian Federation.
At school, he showed an interest in biology and medicine. He graduated from the medical working school (the city Kirsanov of the Central Chernozemnaya region, 1934), studied at the Voronezh State Medical Institute (1934-1935). He graduated from the Military Medical Academy (Leningrad, 1940).
Lecturer, associate professor, professor, head of the department of faculty surgery, rector of the 1st Moscow Medical Institute (1957-1974). Director of the Institute of Surgery named after A.V. Vishnevsky (1976-1988) of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR. Chief surgeon of the Ministry of Health of the USSR (1966-1987).
He is the author of more than 250 scientific works, including “Electro-Anesthesia in Surgery” (Moscow, 1986), “Myasthenia” (Moscow, 1996). One of the initiators and co-chairs of the movement " Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War." In December 1967, he participated in the 3rd All-Union Conference of Surgeons, Traumatologists, and Orthopedists in Voronezh.
Wife - Kuzina Galina Petrovna (born 1924). Son - Kuzin Nikolay Mikhailovich (born 1951 - December 2, 2013), surgeon oncologist-gastroenterologist, from 1990 to 1998. headed the department of faculty surgery of the Moscow Medical Academy named after IM Sechenov, professor. Granddaughter - Kuzina- Kasyan Victoria Nikolaevna (born 1979).