Kazanjian, Varaztad Hovhannes

Varaztad Hovhannes Kazanjian (1879-1974) was an internationally known pioneer in plastic surgery, specializing in the treatment of numerous congenital and acquired facial deformities. His innovative surgical procedures were recorded in more than one hundred and fifty journal articles. With John Marquis Converse, he authored the classic plastic surgery textbook, The Surgical Treatment of Facial Injuries .

Dr. Kazanjian came to the United States in 1895 from Turkish Armenia at the age of sixteen. During most of the next seven years, he worked in a wire mill in Worcester, Massachusetts, at the same time attending Worcester night schools and taking correspondence courses to supplement his early education in missionary schools in Armenia. He became an American citizen in 1900 and that year decided to study dentistry.

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