22 Notable alumni of Azerbaijan Medical University
Updated: June 03, 2026 EliteDegrees
Azerbaijan Medical University is ranked #5,206 in the world and #4 in Azerbaijan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 22 notable alumni from Azerbaijan Medical University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Azerbaijan Medical University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Haji Mammadov
1920-1981 (aged 61)
physician
tar player
musician
surgeon
Haji Mammad oghlu Mammadov was an Azerbaijani tar player and People's Artist of the Azerbaijani SSR.
2. Kanan Yusif-zada
1973-. (aged 53)
surgeon
Kanan Yusif-zada is an Azerbaijani surgeon, a professor of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, an honorary doctor, past-Head of the Military Medical Division of the State Border Service (Azerbaijan), retired colonel of medical services, and a member of international medical organizations.
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3. Musa Abdullayev
1927-1979 (aged 52)
Musa Mirmammad oglu Abdullayev was a prominent Azerbaijani hematologist, doctor of medicine, professor, and philologist-translator. He was one of the eight members of the anti-Soviet nationalist student-youth political organization "Lightning" (İldırım), formed for the independence of Azerbaijan within 1942–1944.
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4. Nuru Bayramov
1963-. (aged 63)
scientist
physician
Nuru Bayramov is a surgeon, a professor and head of first department of surgical diseases in Azerbaijan Medical University.
5. Mursal Garayev
1919-1975 (aged 56)
physician
sociologist
surgeon
Mursal Garayev was a Soviet surgeon, doctor of sciences in medicine, chief surgeon of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Azerbaijan SSR.
6. Valentina Zhuravleva
1933-2004 (aged 71)
writer
science fiction writer
Valentina Nikolayevna Zhuravlyova was a Soviet science fiction writer born in Baku, Azerbaijan.
7. Konstantin Slavin
1970-. (aged 56)
researcher
professor
Konstantin Slavin is a Professor and Head of the Department of Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery at the University of Illinois College of Medicine. He is a former president of the American Society for Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery and current vice-president of the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. His specialties include Aneurysm, Brain surgery, Brain Tumor, Cerebrovascular Disorders, Craniotomy,...
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8. Məsud Aşina
1965-. (aged 61)
neuroscientist
researcher
Messoud Ashina is a Danish-Azerbaijani neurologist and neuroscientist. He is currently Professor of Neurology at the University of Copenhagen and Senior Consultant of Neurology at Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet. He is the Director of both the Center for Discoveries in Migraine, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, and Director of the Danish National Knowledge Center on Headache Disorders. Ashina is...
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9. Mahmud Aliyev
1908-1958 (aged 50)
diplomat
physician
politician
Mahmud Ismayil oghlu Aliyev was an Azerbaijani and Soviet politician and diplomat who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Azerbaijan SSR from 1944 to 1958.
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10. Ahliman Amiraslanov
1947-. (aged 79)
politician
oncologist
university teacher
surgeon
Ahliman Tapdiq oğlu Amiraslanov is an Azerbaijani scholar, public-political figure, surgeon-oncologist, Doctor of Medical Sciences (1984), professor (1989), a full member of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (since 2001) and the Polish Academy of Medical Sciences (1998), as well as a foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2001). He has been the academic secretary of the Biology...
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11. Faraj Guliyev
1962-. (aged 64)
politician
Faraj Guliyev is an Azerbaijani politician. Guliyev is a leader and chairman of the nationalist opposition party – National Revival Movement Party. In 2013 and 2018 he was presidential candidate.
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12. Məlahət Həsənova
1958-. (aged 68)
politician
Malahat Ibrahimgizi is an Azerbaijani politician. She has been a member of the National Assembly. She has served as a member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly since 2006 and is a member of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly.
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13. Movsum Samadov
1966-. (aged 60)
politician
Movsum Mardan oghlu Samadov is an Azerbaijani political figure who has been serving as the 3rd chairman of the Azerbaijan Islamic Party, a Shia Islamist organization, since 2007.
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14. Ali Insanov
1946-. (aged 80)
physician
scientist
university teacher
politician
Ali Binnat oghlu Insanov was the Minister of Health of Azerbaijan from 1993–2005.
15. Lala Shevket
1951-. (aged 75)
politician
Lala Shevket; born 7 November 1951, Baku) is an Azerbaijani politician, the leader of the National Unity Movement, and former leader of the Azerbaijan Liberal Party. She served as the Secretary of State between 1993 and 1994.
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16. Rovshan Javadov
1951-1995 (aged 44)
physician
military personnel
politician
Rovshan Bakhtiyar oghlu Javadov was an officer in the Azerbaijani Armed Forces and the chief of the Special Purpose Police Detachment of Azerbaijan (OPON).
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17. Vali Akhundov
1916-1986 (aged 70)
politician
Vali Yusif oghlu Akhundov, also spelled as Veli Akhundov, was an Azerbaijani politician and physician who headed the Azerbaijan SSR as the First Secretary of the Azerbaijan Communist Party from 1959 to 1969.
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18. Yuli Gusman
1943-. (aged 83)
television presenter
KVN actor
film director
actor
politician
Yuli Solomonovich Gusman is a Soviet, Russian and Azerbaijani film director and actor. He is the founder and CEO of the Nika Award.
19. Ganira Pashayeva
1975-2023 (aged 48)
physician
politician
journalist
Ganira Alasgar gyzy Pashayeva was an Azerbaijani politician who was a Member of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan from 2005 until her death in 2023.
20. Goshgar Tahmazli
1970-. (aged 56)
civil servant
Goshgar Ilahi oglu Tahmazli is the Chairman of the Food Safety Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
21. Flora Karimova
1941-. (aged 85)
actor
singer
khananda
Flora Alakbar gyzy Karimova is an Azerbaijani pop, mugam and opera singer and actress.
22. Ogtay Shiraliyev
1950-2025 (aged 75)
politician
physician
Ogtay Shiraliyev Kazim oglu was an Azerbaijani academic and politician who served as the Minister of Healthcare of Azerbaijan Republic from 2005 to 2021.
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