Russia (1962 SG2752) Vladimir Petrovich Filatov

Vladimir Petrovich Filatov (1875 – 1956) was born in Milkailovka South of Moscow and obtained his 
medical degree in 1897 from the University of Moscow. He became a lectuere and later professor of 
Ophthalmology in Odessa. 
His main claim to fame is the creation of the first eye bank in 1931. In that year, he performed a
successful corneal transplant using a donor eye stored in a moist chamber at 2 to 4 degrees 
centigrade and popularized the technique.
He died in Odessa in 1956 at the age of 81. The stamp was issued by the Soviet Union in 1962.