The Department of Psychiatry of the Semipalatinsk State Medical Institute was organized in 1956 on the basis of a neuropsychiatric dispensary. For two years, Associate Professor V.V. Lastovetsky was in charge of the department and one assistant A. I. Kuznetsov worked. From 1959 to 1961, the duties of the head of the department were performed by assistant Kuznetsov Alexander Ivanovich. From 1961 to 1975, Professor Grudev Philip Iosifovich was the head of the department. Over the years, 1 doctoral and 4 candidate dissertations have been defended.
From 1975 to 1981, the head of the department was Associate Professor Viktor Pavlovich Kadykov. During this period, the main directions at the department are devoted to the topic “Features of chronic alcoholism in women “. From 1981 to 2001, the department was headed by Professor, Doctor of Medical Sciences Stepanov Alexey Fedorovich. Under the guidance of Professor A.F. Stepanov, graduate student B.S. Vladimirov defended his PhD thesis in 1993. For a short period of time, the position of head of the psychiatry course was occupied by assoc. Burnashov V.S., then acc. Vladimirov B.S.
In different years, Associate Professor Em V. D., assistants Ashirbayeva A.K., Belikhina T.B., Kanapin T.B., Dokenova S.V., Burakhanova G.K. worked at the department.
From 2018 to the present, the head of the department is PhD doctor Moldagaliev T.M. During this period, associate professor, PhD Nargul Narimanovna Ospanova, PhD Sarsembina Zh.D., Master of Medicine Altybayeva G.K., assistant doctors of the highest category Almagambetova A.A., PhD Zhanybekov S.D., Shaimardanov E.K. are working on the course., Candidate of Medical Sciences Bryzhakhina Zh.D., after completing the residency in psychiatry, assistants Seksenbayev N.Zh., Ermekbayev A.U. have been hired since 2018.
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