itebsk State Medical Institute was established as a hospital-medical institute in November 1, 1934 by Resolution of the Council of People's Commissars of the BSSR. The total number of students on all courses was 250. MD, Professor Moisei Anisimovich Khazanov, a graduate of the Medical Faculty of the University of Bern (Switzerland) was appointed as the first Rector of the Institute. 12 Professors, well-known in the USSR and abroad medical scientists, started to work with him: Professor Pavel Markovich Gurevich, a graduate of the University of Strasbourg (Alsace - France), became the first dean. In 1938 a hospital-medical institute was renamed into Vitebsk Medical Institute. Until 1941 seven turn-outs of physicians was carried out. The Great Patriotic War stalled the development of the Institute for many years. At the beginning of the war the Institute was evacuated to Chelyabinsk, and then in 1943 - to Yaroslavl. Subsequently, Yaroslavl Medical Institute was established on the basis of Vitebsk Medical Institute. In 1944 a part of the Institute staff returned to Minsk and participated in the reconstruction of Minsk Medical Institute. And only in 1946 the Institute returned to its native Vitebsk region. From 1946 to 1950 the Institute was headed by Anisim Ivanovich Savchenko, Deputy Minister of Health of the Byelorussian SSR. In 1948 the student scientific society was created. In 1951 the Institute was headed by a graduate of First Moscow Medical Institute, Professor Ivan Illarionovich Bogdanovich. In 1952-53 a large group of famous academicians and professors came to the Institute from Moscow and Leningrad: V.V.Shapurov, S.B.Vainberg, I.B.Aleshkovich, L.N.Goldman, E.S.Ketiladze, N.M.Yanchur, K.L.Markuze, P.N.Maslov, L.Ya.Shostak, I.L.Sosnovik and others. For 10 years they have created strong medico-biological and clinical schools which are still honored both in our country and abroad. For the years of working the University has trained more than 14,000 physicians and more than 6,000 pharmacists. Graduates of the University are great organizers and leaders of practical public health, heads of clinic departments, head physicians. Over the years, superior positions in the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus were occupied by K.N. Anishchenko, N.I. Stepanenko, V.M. Orekhovskiy, V.V. Kolbanov, A.S. Romanenkov. I.M. Drobyshevskaya was the Minister of Health. S.N. Govorushkin and V.N. Lectorov were the Chairmen of the Committee on Health of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus. A.N. Kosinets was Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus (2005-2007), the Chairman of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee (24.11.2008-27.12.2014) and currently he is the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office. Yu.N. Derkach is the Chief of health in Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee. All CEOs of the unitary enterprises “Pharmacy” and the leaders in the field – M.G. Shalaeva, V.V Kupriyanov, N.N. Gritsevich, V.F. Sosonkina, G.V. Godovalnikov, L.A. Reutsky, S.N. Kiselyova, Z.A. Filipenko, S.K. Ustyugova - our graduates. The rector of Gomel Medical University A.N. Lyzikov - a graduate of VSMU. Only in the Russian Federation 5 generals-our graduates serve today. Main Military Medical Department of the Russian Federation is headed by Colonel General I.M. Chizh. The Department of Medical Service of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus is headed by our graduate - Colonel L.A. Bogdanov, the Central military hospital – S.F. Savitskiy. In March 18, 2015 MD Anatoliy Tadeushevich Shchastniy, the graduate of 1984, Professor of Surgery Chair of the Faculty of Advanced Training and Retraining was appointed as a rector.

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