[Military-medical academy celebrates the 60th anniversary]

The first field therapy department in our country was established in the S.M.Kirov Military Medical Academy in November, 1955. The new department was established by merging of academical Department's of military toxicology, nuclear weapon and field therapy course, taught in Hospital Therapy Department. The new department was imposed as teaching and research center of organizational issues of field therapy, pathology and clinic of radiation injuries and injuries due to chemical agents. Scientific researches were also conducted on the same direction. Department was headed by outstanding field therapist such as Ivanosvky B.D., Zakrzhevsky E.B., Gembitsky E.V., Alexeev G.I., Shishmarev Yu.N, Sosukin A.E. Since 2010 the head of department is Khalimov Yu.Sh. Over the last 60 years of its activity department has became a scientific and academic center on field therapy, alma mater of specialists on clinical radiology, clinical toxicology, military professional pathology, and organization of therapeutic medicine for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and other foreign countries. Department became famous as in our country as outside. Today department answers neccessary requirements for scientific-and-research work and successful training and professional improvement of the army and navy physicians.