Agabek Ashum Oglu Sultanov - prominent Azerbaijani psychiatrist, scholar and public activist.
Education
Agabek Sultanov graduated from Azerbaijani Medical Institute in 1960. In 1961, he moved to Moscow where, in 1967, he defended his Doctor of Philosophy candidacy dissertation and by 1973 obtained a doctorate degree from the Moscow Serbsky Institute for Social and Forensic Psychiatry.
Career
Later he moved back to Azerbaijan. Since 1990 Agabek Sultanov headed the Faculty of Psychiatry of Azerbaijan Medical University. Agabek Sultanov published about 200 scholarly works, 32 of which were published abroad.
He was well-known also for his public activity in Azerbaijan, particularly related to protection and development of cultural heritage.
Membership
He was a Chief Psychiatrist of Azerbaijan, member of World Federation of Psychiatrists, Vice-President of Association of Azerbaijani Psychiatrists on Ethics and Protection of the Rights of Mentally Illinois Persons.