Open AccessTHE ‘FATHERS OF THE SOVIET PEDIATRICS’: YU.F. DOMBROVSKAYA AND A.F. TUR
Author(s) -
Галина Львовна Микиртичан
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
rossijskij pediatričeskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2413-2918
pISSN - 1560-9561
DOI - 10.18821/1560-9561-2017-20-4-250-256
Subject(s) - russian federation , political science , soviet union , scientific society , medicine , library science , pediatrics , family medicine , law , sociology , social science , politics , regional science , computer science
This article, dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the Society of Children’s Doctors of Russia, presents short biographical reviews of the most prominent Russian pediatricians: Yu.F. Dombrovskaya (1891-1976) and A.F. Tur (1894-1974), the academicians of the Academy of Medical Science of the USSR, Honoured scientists of the Russian Federation, laureates of the Lenin Prize in 1970. Their high professionalism and achievements in scientific and clinical pediatrics, exceptional personalities and their special style of communication with colleagues, pediatric patients and their parents were reasons for these pediatricians gained the highest respect in medical circles. Both of them took part in all congresses of pediatricians that were held in their lifetime and presented major papers at most of them. A.F. Tur was elected the president of the Society of Children’s Doctors of the Russian Federation in 1957, and Yu.F. Dombrovskaya was elected the president of the Board of the Society of Children’s Doctors of the USSR in 1962. Under the chairmanship of Yu.F. Dombrovskaya there were held three congresses of the Society of Children’s Doctors of the USSR, A.F. Tur was elected the chairman at four congresses of the Society of Children’s Doctors of the Russian Federation. Between the congresses, a number of conferences and meetings were held (pan-Soviet-Union, pan-Russian-Federation, regional, municipal). The activities of both Societies of Children’s Doctors - of the USSR and the Russian Federation - have contributed a lot to the improvement of qualifications of pediatricians, clinical and prophylactic activities, specific medical aid to children, using a wide range of new technologies in theory and practice of pediatrics, positive changes in health indexes of children.