S.V. Zinchenko, I.M. Fatkhutdinov, D.M. Ivanova
Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Kazan
Fatkhutdinov Ilsur M. ― Cand. of Sci. (Med.), Associate Professor of the Department of Surgery of Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology of Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University
74 Karl Marks Str., Kazan, 420012, Russian Federation, tel. +7-987-225-11-35, e-mail: ilsur1801@mail.ru, ORCID ID: 0000-0003-4008-7860
Abstract. In the middle of the last century surgical oncology was born in Kazan. It is a little-known fact that Yuri Alexandrovich Ratner was at the origin of the formation of the Kazan school of oncologists. The Ratners were a famous medical dynasty in pre-revolutionary Russia. Y.A. Ratner ― Honoured Scientist of Russia, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, oncologist. From the student bench young Ratner became interested in surgery, thanks to his teacher Professor V.L. Bogolyubov. After graduating from university, he plunged into the work of a surgeon. In his daily work he tried to implement modern at that time methods of treatment of patients. Ratner was not only a good doctor-surgeon, but also an excellent health care organiser. He showed his organisational skills to the full extent during the Great Patriotic War, working in evacuation hospitals. In addition to treating and rehabilitating wounded soldiers, Yuri Alexandrovich was engaged in training doctors, middle and junior medical personnel. In 1946 at the Kazan State Institute for Advanced Training of Physicians was created chair of surgery and oncology, which was headed by Professor Ratner Yu.
Key words: Yuri Aleksandrovich Ratner, chair of oncology, surgeon.