Ernest Juvara

Ernest Juvara
Born(1870-05-05)May 5, 1870
DiedMay 5, 1933(1933-05-05) (aged 63)
Alma materUniversity of Paris
AwardsOrder of the Star of Romania, Knight rank
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine
InstitutionsCarol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Doctoral studentsNicolae Hortolomei

Ernest Juvara (May 5, 1870 – May 5, 1933) was a Romanian physician, innovative in surgical and instrumental techniques. He was a professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Bucharest, with contributions in the field of bone prostheses, intestinal anastomoses, and spinal anesthesia.[1]

He was born in Bârlad, Vaslui County, the son of Iorgu Juvara and Maria Docan. He went to Saint Sava High School in Bucharest, after which he studied at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Paris from 1888 to 1895.[2] He was awarded the Order of the Star of Romania, Knight rank.[3] He died at his home in Bucharest, aged 63, due to an electrical injury from an appliance.[2] A street next to the Bucharest Botanical Garden is named after him.

Publications

  • Juvara, Ernest, Dr. (1895), Anatomie de la région ptérygo-maxillaire (in French), L. Bataille, OCLC 457779820{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Juvara, Ernest (1899), Leitfaden für die chirurgische Anatomie (in German), Hirschwald, ISBN 9783743449855, OCLC 1104865711 {{citation}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

References

  1. ^ Târcoveanu, E.; Vasilescu, A. (2015). "Ernest Juvara (1870–1933) — founder of the Surgical Anatomy School of Iași" (PDF). Chirurgia. 110 (1): 7–8. ISSN 1221-9118. PMID 25958419.
  2. ^ a b Pena, Cătălin (May 14, 2020), "A murit curentat de veioză după ce ridicase chirurgia românească la nivel european", Evenimentul Istoric (in Romanian), retrieved November 30, 2025
  3. ^ "145 ani de la nașterea medicului Ernest Juvara". www.romedic.ro (in Romanian). May 14, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2025.