There was organized assistant course of pediatric surgery as a part of Semipalatinsk state medical institute at the base of pediatric regional hospital in 1974. Head of the assistant course was been the most experienced surgeon, candidate of medical sciences A.A. Koch, whereas high-qualified surgeon A.K.Lopata was assistant of course.

There was organized Semipalatinsk state medical institute department of pediatric surgery in 1975. Assistant Akhanzaripov Zamanbek Akhanzaripovich, who defended doctoral dissertation in 1989, was head of the department from the organization till 2002. Bulanova A.A., Sanbayev M.S., Isakhanov M.A. are defended their dissertations under the leadership of Akhanzaripov Z.A..

There was built Interregional center of pediatric surgery in Pavlodar, East Kazakhstan and Semipalatinsk regions under the leadership of Akhanzaripov Z.A.. There was trained high-qualified personnel, which played an important role in the development of pediatric surgery and in the establishment of the East Kazakhstan pediatric surgeon’s school.

Since the September of 2002 year the chair of pediatric surgery is directed by the Doctor of medical sciences, Professor Dyussembayev Azat Anuarbekovich.  During the work of Professor Dyussembayev A.A. high – efficient surgical interventions for cranial – brain injuries and large joints with malformations of the musculoskeletal system in children have beenintroduced into the Pediatric surgical department. This is indicated by dozens of performed operations on the skull and the grateful words of the parents of the rescued babies. Under the guidance of Professor Dyussembayev A.A. the candidate dissertation was defended by Kurmangazina A.E.

Since the 2018 year the chair of Pediatric Surgery and orthopedics is directed by candidate of medical sciences Kurmangazina  Aigul Esenkeldievna. The staff of the department are Doctor of medical sciences, Professor Dyussembayev A.A., department assistants: Candidate of medicalsciencesSanbayev M.C., Candidate of Medical sciences Aubakirov M.T., Alikenov K.K., Gamzayeva E.M., department’s  PhD students Zharkimbayeva A.D. and Tuktieva N.A., laboratory assistant Turarbekova A.M.

In department following people have worked: professors Tashev I.A., Rakhmetov N.R., graduate of “Bolashak” program, doctor of medical sciences, head of anesthesiology and critical care department Syzdykbayev M.K., candidates of medical sciences, docents Yelisseyev N.T., Maussymbayev K.M., Saparovak.G., assistants Iskakbayev M.O., Yushycyn E.F., Zhurbenko A.I., Sadykov A.A., Zharinov V.F., laboratory worker Trumova K.K.

1 doctoral work and 5 candidate dissertations were worked out by the workers of the department, more than 520 articles were published, 2 monographs, 10 methodical guidance released, 25 inventions and more than 40 innovational suggestions were patented, 3 tutorials and textbook of pediatric surgery were published in state language from the moment of department establishment. 

Studying of results of intestinal resection in children, development of severe peritonitis treatment, severe cranioencephalitic trauma and spinal cord hernias in children, purulent-destructive lung diseases treatments are priority directions of scientific work of the department.

Workers of the pediatric surgery and orthopedics show consultation help for pediatric surgery departments in Oskemen and Pavlodar cities.

The next developments of the department and practical doctors of the hospital to the practical work of basic institution were  included: ways of application of interintestinal anastomosis; methods of prophylaxis of intestinal suture insolvency; surgical treatment methods of eventrations; lymphotropic antibacterial therapy; endovascular laser irradiation of blood at purulent inflammatory diseases; prophylaxis methods of intestinal paresis; methods of echinococcus cysts plasty; new methods of appendectomy at children; methods of treatment of cranioencephalitic trauma; methods of treatment condyle fracture at children; new methods of hypospadias treatment at children and etc.

At this moment the department and pediatric surgery department of SH SMU represents a collective of teachers and pediatric surgery doctors targeting preparation of high qualified specialists who are able to provide treatment and preservation of children health at condition of new direction of social development.