Petros Kokkalis

Petros Kokkalis
Secretary of Health and Social Welfare in the Provisional Democratic Government
In office
1947–1949
Personal details
Born(1896-09-18)September 18, 1896
Livadeia, Greece
DiedJanuary 15, 1962(1962-01-15) (aged 65)
East Berlin, German Democratic Republic
Political partyCommunist Party of Greece
SpouseNiki Kouletsi
ChildrenSocrates Kokkalis
Avgi-Polyxeni Kokkalis
Parent(s)Socrates Kokkalis (1856–1944)
Polyxeni Nakou (1866–1937)
RelativesPetros S. Kokkalis (grandson)
Alma materUniversity of Athens
Humboldt University of Berlin
OccupationPhysician, surgeon, professor
Known forAdvances in thoracic surgery; pioneering heart and lung transplantation

Professor Petros Kokkalis (Greek: Πέτρος Κόκκαλης, 18 September 1896 – 15 January 1962) was a distinguished professor of Medicine in the University of Athens has been one of the leading figures of Medicine in pre WWII Greece, introducing pioneering methods in thoracic surgery and neurosurgery. His main medical achievements include the introduction of  thoracoplasty in Greece and removal of the phrenic nerve for the treatment of tuberculosis, as well as the first pneumonectomy with the Tourniquet method and the first pericardiectomy for the release of compressive pericarditis.[1][2]

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