History

Welcome to the Department of Pediatrics I of the Grodno State University (GrSMU). Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of the children of Grodno Region through patient care and education.

SOME SIGNIFICANT DATES

The history of the Grodno Pediatric School dates back to August 1962, when the Department of Pediatrics for the Faculty of Medicine of the Grodno State Medical Institute was founded on the basement of the Grodno Regional Children's Hospital.

The first head of the Department of Pediatrics was Professor Mikhail Petrovich Sheybak (MD, DSc.). He became the founder of the Grodno Pediatric School.

In 1979, the Pediatric Faculty has been established at the Grodno State Medical Institute. Accordingly, the Department of Pediatrics № 2 for the Faculty of Pediatrics (currently the Department of Pediatrics II) have started to work in 1985. Professor M.P. Sheybak was appointed head of the Department of Pediatrics № 2. At the same time, the Department of Pediatrics for Medical Faculty was renamed to the Department of Pediatrics № 1 (currently the Department of Pediatrics I).

From 1985 to 1990 the head of the Department of Pediatrics № 1 for Medical Faculty was Associate Professor Boyko Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich (MD, Ph.D).

In 1990, the Head of the Department of Pediatrics №1 became Professor Evets Larisa Vasilyevna (MD, DSc.).

From 1999 to 2004, the Department of Pediatrics №1 was headed by Associate Professor Paramonova Nella Sergeyevna (MD, Ph.D). She obtained her second scientific degree (DSc.) in 2009 and became Professor of Pediatrics in 2010. Paramonova N.S. has been appointed head of the Department of Pediatrics II from 2004.

From 2004 to 2011, the Department of Pediatrics I was headed by Associate Professor Lyalikov Sergey Alexandrovich (MD, Ph.D). He obtained his second scientific degree (DSc.) in 2009 and became Professor of Pediatrics in 2010. His main scientific interests were clinical immunology and allergology. Therefore, from 2011 Lyalikov S.A. has been appointed head of the Department of Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics, Allergology and Immunology.

Since 2011, the head of the Department of Pediatrics I has become Associate Professor Maksimovich Nikolay Andreevich (MD, Ph.D). He obtained his second scientific degree (DSc.) in 2013 and became Professor of Pediatrics in 2014. His doctoral thesis was devoted to endothelial dysfunction in children with disorders of the autonomic nervous system.

Currently academic staff of the Department of Pediatrics carries out their different types of activities under leadership Professor Maksimovich N.A.

On December 1, 2022, Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor Natallia Mihaylovna Tsikhan was appointed head of the Department of Pediatrics I.

Academic staff of the Department of Pediatrics I,2021

Academic staff of the Department of Pediatrics I,2022