Michael Lapinsky

Michael Lapinsky
Born5 November 1862
Died1947
Argentina
Citizenship Russian Empire
 Yugoslavia
Alma materSaint Vladimir Imperial University of Kiev
Awards Order of Saint Vladimir, 4th class
Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class
Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class
Scientific career
FieldsNeurology and psychiatry
InstitutionsImperial University of Kiev, University of Zagreb
Academic advisorsIvan Sikorsky
Notable studentsBoris Mankovsky

Michael Lapinsky (Russian: Михаил Никитич Лапинский; 1862–1947) was a Russian neurologist and psychiatrist. He was a professor at the Imperial University of Kiev and later founded the Department and Clinic for Nervous and Mental Diseases at the University of Zagreb. He authored over 150 scientific publications in Russian, French and German. and played a key role in shaping the early development of neurology education in Kiev. Lapinsky was widely regarded as one of the most prominent Russian neurologists of his time.