Tashkent Medical Academy

Given the urgent need for training doctors in Turkestan, on August 2, 1919, the Department of Higher Education Institutions approved the organization of a medical faculty at Turkestan State University.[2][3] On September 17, 1919, the opening of the first Turkestan State University took place, and professor P.P. Sitkovsky (Ситковский П.П.) was elected dean of the medical faculty. 1919-1921 the material and technical base of the medical faculty was created, and in 1921, first medical students were enrolled for studies.[2][3] Medical Faculty deans P.F.Borovsky (1926-1928) (Боровский П.Ф. ), N.I. Ragoza (1928-1929)).[8] and G.P. Fedorov (1929-1931) made a great contribution to the medicine development.[2][3][4]

In 1931, Tashkent Medical Institute (Ташкентский медицинский институт) was established on the basis of the Faculty of Medicine at the Turkestan State University.[2] The first rector was G.P. Fedorov, who was then worked as the dean as of the medical faculty. The second rector of the institute was Kh.U. Umarov.

During the World War II (1941-1945), more than 10 evacuation hospitals were opened at the Tashkent Medical Institute, and professors e.g. D.A. Vvedensky (Введенский Д.А.), L.D. Vasilenko, A.M. Geller, B.A. Stekolnikov and others went to the front of war. Of 2,122 doctors trained during the World War II period, 1,630 of them were sent to the front.[3] In memory of those who died during the war, the names of A.A. Airapetov, R.L. Aminov, A.Yu. Gulkorov, G.D. Mukhanov, V.I. Mazhitov, R.S.Oripov, N.G. Raschenko, Z.S.Rzhevsky, U.Z. Umarova and U. Khikmatkhozhaeva.were carved in gold letters in the history of the Tashkent Medical Institute.

A 6-year study was established after the Second World War. During this period, new educational programs were created by professors and faculty members.

In 1972, the Tashkent Pediatric Medical Institute was established, and students from the faculty of pediatrics of Tashkent Medical Institute were transferred there.[3]

Foreign students were accepted for studies since 1961. In 1980, their number exceeded to 170.[3]

1980-1990 was a period of active international collaborations between Universities of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Hungary, Germany, Poland and others. During these years, students began to enter the leading medical Universities of Russia and Ukraine.[5]

By the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers in 1990, on the basis of the old and new campuses of Tashkent Medical Institute in Tashkent, two medical institutes were formed: the First Tashkent State Medical Institute and the Second Tashkent State Medical Institute. The first rector of the First Tashkent State Medical Institute was Professor, Academician of the Academy of Sciences T.A. Daminov, the rector of the Second Tashkent State Medical Institute became professor Kh.Ya. Karimov. At the initial stage, the First Tashkent State Medical Institute had medical and dental faculties, and the Second Tashkent State Medical Institute had medical and sanitary-hygienic faculties.[6]

Interuniversity Scientific Research Laboratory (IRSL) has the scope to organize interuniversity cooperation between universities, institutes of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, enterprises and organizations (conclusion of economic contracts, agreements on scientific and technical cooperation) within the framework of the integration of education and science.

The activities of ISRL are directly related to the educational and scientific work of the academy. Scientific directions are carried out on the basis of state grants approved by the Committee for the Coordination of the Development of Science and Technology under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan. ISRL in its activities is guided by regulatory and legislative documents concerning the activities of research institutions[10][11][12][13]