The history of the Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimatology dates back to 1970, when for the first time a course was organized for teaching the discipline (at the Department of Hospital Surgery, head of Associate Professor V. M. Prokhorov, clinical base is the 1st City Clinical Hospital of Minsk) at the Minsk State Medical Institute. The course was headed by Associate Professor A. A. Plavinsky, and F. B. Kagan and E. B. Lipen worked together with him on the development and teaching of anesthesiology and resuscitation.
In 1980, O. T. Prasmytsky became a Professor Assistant of the course, who headed it later in 1991 , and from 2008 to 2019 he was the Head of the Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimatology. The decision to create the department was due to increasing demand of the health care system for anesthesiologists-resuscitators, which determined the need to start an advanced course in anesthesiology and resuscitation at the university. Since 2019 the department has been headed by S. S. Grachev.
In 1990-2000, the teaching staff included N. K. Ivankovich, T. A. Chervyakova, D. A. Budko, A. G. Skryagin, R. E. Rzheutskaya, I. M. Rovdo. O. T. Prasmytsky, V. P. Zanevsky, S. S. Grachev, O. B. Pavlov, N. N. Makovsky, E. M. Kostrova, I. Z. Yalonetsky, A. A. Shmatova, E. V. Koroleva, A.V. Agaeva, O. P. Selitskaya continue to work at the department nowadays.
Training sessions are held at 8 clinical bases of the department in healthcare organizations in Minsk and in a specialized module of the practical training laboratory of the University, where students have the opportunity to master the skills of emergency care on high-class simulators. Interactive forms of training allow students to learn how to solve practical problems of various levels of complexity, regardless of the initial level of training: both students and medical specialists.
The scientific direction of the department is to optimize the methods of anesthesia and intensive care of critical conditions. The scientific work of the department is supervised by Associate Professor O. B. Pavlov.
In 1970 F. B. Kagan organized the work of the Student Scientific Circle on anesthesiology and resuscitation. O. B. Pavlov and S. S. Grachev supervised students’ scientific at different times. Currently, the Assistant E. V. Koroleva directs the work of the Circle.
The department is actively engaged in medical and advisory work. Every year the staff of the department conducts more than 500 anesthesias, participates in more than 2000 boards of doctors, and carries out about 30 advisory visits around the Republic, including the patients with COVID-19. Assistant I. Z. Yalonetsky is the chief freelance specialist in anesthesiology and resuscitation of the Health Committee of the Minsk City Executive Committee.