PROFESSOR M.Z. SIGAL AND HIS DISCIPLES (ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ONCOLOGY AND SURGERY OF KAZAN STATE INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED TRAINING OF DOCTORS AND THE ONCOLOGY SERVICE OF TATARSTAN)

V.A. Chernyshev, R.G. Khamidullin, A.M. Sigal

Republic Clinical Oncology Dispensary named after Prof. M.Z. Sigal, Kazan

Chernyshev V.A. — surgeon-oncologist of the Oncology Department No. 5 (tumors of head and neck)

29 Sibirskiy trakt, 420029 Kazan, Russian Federation, tel.: +7 (843) 202-27-40, e-mail: vladcher@list.ru, ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0539-3731

Abstract. The article traces the history of the Department of Oncology and Surgery at Kazan State Institute for Advanced Training of Doctors, headed by Professor M.Z. Sigal for 25 years. The authors provide an overview of Professor M.Z. Sigal’s research, his colleagues and students. The article focuses on the creative and scientific potential of the Professor, as well as his ideas and discoveries that implemented by his disciples.

Key words: Professor M.Z. Sigal, Department of Oncology and Surgery, Kazan State Institute for Advanced Training of Doctors, Republican Oncology Dispensary