The Department of Cardiology and Internal Diseases of Belarusian State Medical University (BSMU) was established on August 27, 2008. The decision to create the department was based on the need for improving the system of medical education aimed at deepening the knowledge of a modern doctor in the field of therapy, as well as on understanding the need to form the ability of a future doctor to respond quickly and professionally in emergency situations, thereby saving people’s lives. Another important objective was to help the student in mastering modern methods of examination.
The founder and organizer of the department is Ms. Natalia Pavlovna Mitkovskaya, Professor and Doctor of Medicine, who utilizes the vast experience and best traditions of her teachers: Professor G. P. Matveykov, Professor S. S. Pshonik, Academician G. I. Sidorenko.
In 1963, Professor Grigory Pavlovich Matveykov was at the head of the newly created Department of Hospital Therapy of the Minsk Medical Institute, his successful management having lasted for 31 years.
A talented scientist and team-leader, Prof. Matveykov pioneered the development of the rheumatology service in Belarus. Together with his students, Prof. Matveykov actively developed the most pressing problems of rheumatology including methods of early diagnosis of diffuse diseases of the connective tissue and joint diseases, the most effective schemes and methods of their treatment.
Prof. Matveykov was the author of more than 320 printed works. He published 12 monographs, textbooks and reference manuals for clinicians and students of medical universities. 5 doctoral and 58 PhD theses were defended under the guidance of Prof. Matveykov.
Professor Susanna Semyonovna Pshonik actively combined practical and research activities. Her doctoral dissertation was devoted to the problems of contractile function of the myocardium and regional hemodynamics in rheumatism. She was engaged in studying the problems related to the treatment of joint diseases and diffuse diseases of the connective tissue, and was the author of about 110 scientific papers.
Georgy Ivanovich Sidorenko, Professor and Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus in the specialty “Cardiology”, was the founder of the problem laboratory of cybernetic methods of diagnosis and bio-management, on the basis of which the Belarusian Research Institute of Cardiology was organized. His doctoral dissertation, prepared under the supervision of Academician V. V. Parin, was the first work on cybernetic therapy.
G. I. Sidorenko's research interests included clinical, experimental, and medical-technical aspects. His numerous scientific works, methods and devices in the field of diagnosis, prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases are characterized by originality and novelty, which was confirmed by more than 150 patents and author's certificates of Belarus, Russia, the United States, France, Japan, Germany and Canada.
Under the scientific supervision and with the advice of Prof. Sidorenko, 17 doctoral and 54 PhD theses were completed. Currently, his students head institutes, departments, and laboratories.
The results of Prof. Sidorenko's scientific activity are reflected in more than 650 publications, including 10 monographs.
Professor Z. P. Shulman successfully worked in the field of biomedicine and, in particular, blood rheology, description and modeling of thermal processes in controlled hyperthermia.
Z. P. Shulman was the author of 23 monographs and more than 400 scientific papers, as well as 242 copyright certificates and patents for inventions. 27 doctoral and 104 PhD theses were prepared under his supervision.