The Department of Hospital Pediatrics No. 2 of the Samarkand State Medical Institute was established on September 22, 1981, and a young doctor of medical sciences, Dzhankhuraz Ishkabulovich Ishkabulov, was appointed head of the department.
From the very first days of its establishment, the department’s staff, headed by J. I. Ishkabulov, worked in close contact with the Department of Hospital Pediatrics No. 2 of the Moscow State Medical Institute (Head: Professor V. A. Tabolin), the Department of Nephrology (Head: Professor V. I. Naumova), the Research Institute of Pediatrics of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences (Director: Academician M. Ya. Studenikin), and the Department of Nephrology (Head: Professor M. S. Ignatova). Moscow Research Institute of Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery (Director: Academician Yu. E. Veltishchev). Under the supervision of J. I. Ishkabulov, 3 doctoral and 13 candidate dissertations were defended. Currently, his students work in virtually all CIS countries. Being the founder of pediatric nephrology in the Republic of Uzbekistan, as a result of research conducted over several years, the epidemiology of kidney diseases in the Zerafshan Valley was studied for the first time in Uzbekistan. J. Ishkabulov has published over 400 publications, including two textbooks, two monographs, and over 40 teaching aids. From June 2012 to October 2019, the department was headed by Doctor of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor B.A. Yuldashev. From October 2019 to December 2024, he held the position of Associate Professor. He currently holds the position of Head of the Department since December 2024.
He graduated from SamMI in 1994. From 1994 to 1997, he completed postgraduate studies in pediatric surgery at the Department of Pediatric Surgery No. 2. From 1998 to 1999, he worked as a resident at the Samarkand Scientific Center for Pediatric Surgery.
From 2000 to 2006, he worked as an assistant at the Department of Pediatric Surgery (Faculty of Advanced Medical Studies) in the Department of Hospital Surgery at SamMI. From 2006 to 2012, he was an associate professor in the Department of Hospital Pediatric Surgery with a course in the Faculty of Advanced Medical Studies in Pediatric Surgery. In 2024, he defended his dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Medical Sciences. Under the supervision of B.A. Yuldashev, one dissertation for the degree of PhD in medical sciences has been defended, and two dissertations are currently underway. She is the author of three textbooks, four monographs, and over 300 scientific papers.
From October 2019 to December 2024, the Department of Pediatrics was headed by Nargiza Ismailovna Akhmedzhanova, MD, Associate Professor.
N.I. Akhmedzhanova graduated with honors from the Pediatrics Department of the Samarkand State Medical Institute in 2003. From 2003 to 2006, she held a master's degree in the department, and from 2007 to 2010, she was a postgraduate student in the Department of Faculty Pediatrics and Medical Genetics. In 2010, she successfully defended her dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Medical Sciences, and in 2019, she defended her dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Medical Sciences. Under N.I. Akhmedzhanova's supervision, four PhD theses in medical sciences have been defended. She is the author of two textbooks, five teaching aids, three monographs, and over 300 scientific papers. She currently holds the position of Professor in the department.
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