Faculty History
The Medical Faculty of PIMU began its existence 100 years ago in March 1920 as the Medical Faculty of Nizhny Novgorod State University. Its organizer and first dean was Professor P.G. Avramov. In 1930, the faculty was transformed into an independent medical institute (NMI), which in 1994 received the status of an academy (NGMA, NizhGMA), and in 2018 was reorganized into the Volga Research Medical University.
During the existence of the faculty, research teams have formed that have created the largest medical schools. A notable contribution to their formation was made by: Honored Scientist, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences B.A. Korolev, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences N.N. Blokhin, as well as academicians of the Russian Academy of Sciences L.K. Bogush, I.N. Blokhina, N.N. Trapeznikov and Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences N.Yu. Belenkov, Honored Scientists Russian Federation, Professors E.L. Berezov, V.I. Kukosh, A.I. Kozhevnikov, M.P. Batunin, Professors F.D. Agafonov, G.Ya. Gorodisskaya, A.I. Gefter, V.G. Vogralik, V.Yu. Shakhov, I.F. Matyushin, E.M. Khvatova, E.V. Shakhov, S.S. Dobrotin, K.G. Nikulin, N.V. Ivanov.
In different years, the deans of the faculty were talented organizers and researchers, professors: I.A. Levin -1926, B. Kovalsky - during the war, in the postwar period - Ya.A. Lazaris, A.I. Laws, B.V. Protopopov, A.A. Necklace, Yu.A. Kulikov. For a long time, from 1966 to 1986, the faculty was headed by Professor M.F. Karpov, a participant in the war, who was replaced by Professor V.Yu. Shakhov, also a participant in the war. From 1988 to 1994, the dean was Professor of the Department of Neurology A.V. Gustov. From 1994 to 2017 The faculty was headed by an Excellent Student of Healthcare, Chairman of the regional Society of Therapists, head of the Department of Faculty and Polyclinic Therapy, Professor A.N. Kuznetsov. From 2017 to 2018, the dean of the faculty was Professor of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology G.O. Grechkanev, from 2018-2019 L.V. Lovtsova, Head of the Department of General and Clinical Pharmacology.
Now the medical faculty has more than 2000 students. Every year, every tenth graduate of the faculty receives a diploma with honors from the rector. In 2019, the faculty was headed by Associate Professor of the Department of Social Medicine and Healthcare Organization E.A. Perevezentsev; Associate Dean for Junior courses from 2006 to the present is Associate Professor of the Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology I.B. Karpukhin, Associate Dean for Senior courses since 2017 – Associate Professor of the Department of General, Operative Surgery and Topographic Anatomy named after A. I. Kozhevnikova V.Y. Zablotsky.
For more than 50 years, the senior dispatcher of the faculty was S.L. Sorokina, well known to many generations of graduates of our university. Currently, the senior dispatchers of the faculty are E. Y. Klimova and S.I. Kholkina.