The course of endocrinology was set up in 1975 as a part of the 1st Department of Internal Medicine (Minsk State Medical Institute, Head of Department, Professor E.V. Frolenko) general course under the guidance of PhD, associate professor Vera Pavlovna Lisun-Lobanova. At that time, the course was held in the 2nd City Clinical Hospital in Minsk on the basis of the hospital endocrinology department.
From 1985 to 1997, the endocrinology course (1st Department of Internal Medicine, head of the department Professor I.I. Goncharik, N.I.Artishevskaya) was lead by PhD, associate professor Tatyana V. Mokhort. In 1983, T.V. Mokhort, working as an endocrinologist in the city hospital, defended her first PhD thesis “The functional status of some hormonal axes in thyroid disease.” At that time, due to the city endocrinology services system reorganization, the course changed its clinical site to the endocrinology department of the 1st City Clinical Hospital. The course teaching staff included Valery V. Seregin, the endocrinologist of the 1st City Clinical Hospital Unit and the part-time assistant of the 1st Department of Internal Medicine and assistant Irina I. Burko. Then, a student scientific club and training of clinical residents in endocrinology were started. The first clinical residents in endocrinology graduated from the Belarusian State Medical University were Olga G. Zaleskaya, Regina S. Bikanova, Irina V. Tretyak, Vitaly A. Goranov.
In 1997. T.V. Mokhort was assigned as the Deputy Director for Science at the Clinical Research Institute of Radiation Medicine and Endocrinology. The endocrinology course was headed by the PhD, associate professor Zoya V. Zabarovskaya, who led the course until 2011 (Head of the 1st Department of Internal Diseases, Minsk State Medical Institute, Professor A.E. Makarevich). At that time training of PhD students in endocrinology was started. The first postgraduate student of the 1st Department of Internal Medicine was Alla P. Katushkina (now A.P. Shepelkevich). In 2000, she successfully defended her first PhD thesis “Bone mineral density changes in type 1 diabetes mellitus” in endocrinology and internal medicine under the guidance of Doctor of Medical Science, Professor N.I. Artishevskaya and PhD, Associate Professor T.V. Mokhort and started working as an assistant.
Initially, the staff of the course was not numerous: PhD, associate professor Z.V. Zabarovskaya and PhD, assistant, and then associate professor A.P. Shepelkevich, who was actively involved on the scientific research in the field of diabetology and bone disease in endocrine disorders.
In 2006, T.V. Mokhort returned to the course of endocrinology. In 2006, she defended her doctoral thesis “Diabetes mellitus type 1, its development and course. Refinement of diabetes technologies”. Before her comeback to the course she was holding the position of the Deputy Director for Science in the Scientific Research Clinical Institute of Radiation Medicine and Endocrinology and then the position of the Chief Physician of the Republican Consultative Endocrinology Center.
In 2011, Z.V. Zabarovskaya defended her doctoral thesis “Gestational and pregestational diabetes mellitus. Pathogenesis, clinical picture, diagnosis, monitoring, prognosis for mother and fetus”. Professor Z.V. Zabarovskaya was always trying to introduce new diagnostic methods and treatment approaches in everyday clinical practice. From 2000 to 2004, she was the head of the “Republican Center for the Endocrine Disorders in Pregnancy” in the section of endocrinology. For a long period of time she was a consultant endocrinologist in the city center “Extragenital diseases in pregnancy” (1st City Clinical Hospital in Minsk). Z.V. Zabarovskaya has 64 acts of implementation in practical healthcare concerning special aspects of carbohydrate metabolism disorders (gestational diabetes mellitus and type 1 diabetes mellitus) in pregnancy. She is an author of the instruction for use “Screening and monitoring of gestational diabetes”, as well as “Method of teaching patients diabetes self-control and disese monitoring”
Since 2011, the endocrinology course has been led by Doctor of Medical Science, Professor T.V. Mokhort. On August 30, 2012 the Department of Endocrinology was founded. The teaching staff included the head of the department, Doctor of Medical Science, Professor T.V. Mokhort, Doctor of Medical Science, Professor Z.V. Zabarovskaya, PhD, associate Professor A.P. Shepelkevich, PhD, assistant E.I. Shishko, Ph.D., assistant I.K. Bylodid, PhD, assistant N.V. Karlovichn, PhD, assistant I.M. Khmara.
Since 2006 PhD theses were defended by Olga V. Chernysh, Olga N. Vasilkova, Maria G. Rusalenko, Elena S. Makhlina, Olga N. Shyshko, Irina P. Doroshevich, Yuliya V. Dydyshko on various aspects of diabetology and endocrinology. The pioneering work of that time was the implementation of a continuous glucose monitoring into the clinical practice, carried out by E.S. Makhlina. The problem of co-morbiity, androgen deficiency in diabetes mellitus, was the topic of scientific research of O.N. Vasilkova. In 2017, O.N. Shyshko successfully defended her PhD paper “Antioxidant status, microcirculation and genetic polymorphisms in prediabetes and diabetes mellitus” under the guidance of T.V. Mokhort. T.V. Mokhort’s priority research areas include type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome, osteoporosis and thyroid disease.
Professor Z.V. Zabarovskaya died In November 2013, following a serious prolonged illness. As a consultant in the Minsk City Center for Extragenital Diseases in Pregnancy, Zoya V. Zabarovskaya initiated the use of innovative approaches in the management of pregnant women with endocrine disorders.
The staff of the Department of Endocrinology contributed a lot to the development of the endocrinology service in Belarus. From 1998 to 2003, T.V. Mokhort, served as the chief external expert in endocrinology of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus. Then, since 2005, this position was held by Z.V. Zabarovskaya, and since 2009 – A.P. Shepelkevich.
The staff of the young Department of Endocrinology supports its best traditions, has a powerful scientific and intellectual potential for solving up-to-date problems in endocrinology.