Nicolae Testemițanu (1 August 1927 in Ochiul Alb, Drochia district – 20
September 1986) was a Moldovan scientist, surgeon, hygienist, and politician from sovietic period. In 1951 he finished studies at university of medicine from RSSM,and in the same year admitted in clinical order to the Department of General Surgery.Also in the same year he was working as a doctor in the Surgery Department of the District Hospital in Riscani.
From 1954 he was employed as an assistant, later as an associate professor,
professor, and later - head of this department. He also had the position of medic-chief of the Republican Clinical Hospital and founds the magazine «Ocrotirea sanatatii’’ . At the age of 32,he became the rector of the University of Medicine. Testemitanu manages to open the faculties of Dentistry (1959), Doctoral Training (1962), Preventive Medicine (1963) and Pharmacy (1964). Due to this fact, the number of students doubles, solving the problem of medical staff in the country. In 1963 he became the minister of health in RSSM.He pleaded for the provision of the health system with medical staff, mainly local, and the introduction of the Romanian language in the training process, an initiative for which, in 1968, he was removed from the post of minister. He has published over 220 scientific works (papers) including 15 monographs, methodological works (papers)on public health management and the history of medicine. Under the leadership of Nicolae Testemitanu, the concept of providing the rural population with specialized medical assistance was elaborated. Nicolae Testemitanu passed away on September 20, 1986 due to a heart attack. Since 1990 the university of medicine from Republic Of Moldova has his name in front.