Georgios Papanikolaou
Greece
Greek Doctor George Papanicolaou Saved Countless Lives with Pap Smear
Georgios Papanikolaou, born in Kymi, Euboea in 1883 and the son of a doctor, invented the ‘Pap smear’ in 1943 and has saved the lives of countless women.
Greece
George Papanicolaou: The Greek Physician Who Saved Countless Lives
February 19 marks the day every year when Greece and the global community celebrates the shining memory of Dr. George Papanicolaou, the Greek pioneer in cytopathology and early cancer detection, who invented the ''Papanicolaou Test,'' also known as the...
Europe
Papanikolaou’s Career to Be Presented in Ukraine
The Odessa branch of the Hellenic Foundation for Culture has organized various events to honor the renowned Dr. Georgios Papanikolaou, a Greek pioneer who invented the so-called Pap test, a test allowing early detection of cervical cancer.
Entitled The Great...