The Department of Dermatology and Venereology of the Semipalatinsk Medical Institute was organized in 1957. The founder of the department and its permanent leader for 20 years (from 1957 to 1976) was Associate Professor Abdusametov Rafik Hamraevich (1915- 1986), who for a number of years was vice-rector for science of SMI also.
Subsequently, the department from 1976 to 1982 was headed by Professor Bazyka Anatoly Pavlovich (1920-1986) – a world known scientist, an excellent lecturer and clinician, he wrote a large number of scientific works, including two monographs.
From 1982 to 2002, the Department was headed by Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Savitskaya Lyubov Nilovna. She is the author of more than 300 scientific works, 20 inventions and rationalization proposals, has prepared 7 candidates of medical sciences and about 30 clinical interns.
From 2002 to 2017 the department was headed by Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Nurmukhambetov Zhumash Naskenovich (1952-2019). Under his leadership, 3 Ph.D. theses were defended, he is the author of more than 200 scientific papers, including 4 inventions, 5 innovation proposals and 2 monographs. Currently, under his supervision, of a PhD candidate Ibraeva T.B. is performed.
From 2017 to the present, the head of the department is Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor Akhmetova Almira Kalikapasovna.
Over the years, Associate Professor Almira Kabazhanovna Zhunusova, Tatyana Belyaeva, Associate Professor Nurgul Sultanova, Associate Professor Valentina Vladimirovna Rusanova, Tatyana V. Khryapova, Assistant Professor Rusanova, Ph.D. Khramikh-Overchenko Natalya Mikhailovna, Ph.D. Sundeeva Elena Alekseevna, Ibrayeva Torgyn Berikzhanovna were working in the department.
The employees of the department prepared a lot of teaching materials for students, including «Mycosis of skin», «Photodermatosis»,some in Kazakh languages: «Микоздар», «Пиодермиялар», «Дерматиттер», «Экзема», «Нейродерматоздар», «Пемфигус», monographs “Allergic skin diseases” and “Emotional stress and correction of adaptive disorders”.
In 2017, the department passed the international accreditation for the training of residents in the specialty “Dermatovenereology, including children’s” and currently there are seven residents. The department works in close cooperation with practical public health: cycles for retraining and advanced training of dermatovenereology specialists, medical scientific and practical conferences, meetings of the regional scientific society of dermatovenerology specialists are held.
