History

The Department of Pathological Physiology at the Grodno State Medical Institute was organized in 1960 in accordance with the staffing schedule approved by the Ministry of Health of the BSSR on October 29, 1959 (Rector's Order No. 295 of September 12, 1960), i.e., two years after the institute's founding. The department is located on the second floor of the laboratory building and has six classrooms, a laboratory, an interdepartmental computer lab, and utility rooms. The department houses a museum office dedicated to the former rector, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, and Honored Scientist of Belarus D.A. Maslakov, after whom the department has been named since August 28, 2011.

The first head of the department was the institute's first rector, Associate Professor Leonard Felixovich Supron (1960-1962), a candidate of medical sciences. He arrived from the Minsk Institute for Advanced Medical Studies, where he had headed the toxicology course. L.F. Supron had extensive teaching experience and possessed excellent organizational skills, thanks to which, under his leadership, in a short period of time, the institute equipped classrooms, workshops, and laboratories, and created a foundation for the educational and pedagogical process and scientific work.

The first faculty members of the Department of Pathophysiology were Associate Professor Vera Vasilyevna Bakanskaya, assistants Lyudmila Lukinichna Govor, Taisiya Vasilyevna Kalinina, and Yan Vladislavovich Lagodsky (since 1962). V.V. Bakanskaya played a key role in establishing and developing the educational process in the department. Before being selected through a competition for the position of associate professor, she worked as an assistant at the Dushanbe Medical Institute, where she defended her PhD dissertation and gained ten years of experience in teaching and teaching students.

In 1962, D.A. Maslakov was appointed rector of the institute to replace L.F. Supron. He also headed the Department of Pathophysiology. Dmitry Andreevich arrived from the Vitebsk Medical Institute, where he held the positions of associate professor in the Department of Pathophysiology and dean of the Faculty of General Medicine. D.A. Maslakov possessed considerable experience, great teaching skills, and organizational abilities. Under his leadership, the department's educational, training, and research work were improved.

Under D.A. Maslakov, the department significantly increased the number of visual aids and technical teaching aids, introduced new practical exercises (cold heart block, modeling periodic breathing in a frog, etc.), and designed new devices that enriched and raised the teaching of pathophysiology to a higher level.

From 1965 to 1969, the department was staffed by M.V. Borisyuk, a future Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Vice-Rector for Research, and concurrently Head of the Department of Biomedical Physics.

From 1969 to 2009, after graduating from our university, K.A. Eismont, one of the most experienced faculty members (with over 40 years of experience), worked in the department. He passed away in 2024. From 1980 to 1991, he combined his work in the department with his position in the dean's office as Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the State Medical Institute, devoting much of his energy to the education of students and the training of physicians.

The staff of the Department of Pathophysiology of the Grodno State Medical Institute (1983)

Bottom row, left to right: Assistant Ya.V. Lagodsky, Department Head Professor D.A. Maslakov, Professor V.V. Bakanskaya, Assistant K.A. Eismont.

Top row, left to right: Senior Lab Assistant V.A. Drizgolovich, Assistant I.K. Dremza, Preparator O.V. Olehovskaya, Assistant A.B. Schneider, Preparator S.G. Stanevskaya, Preparator S.I. Tiss, Lab Assistant N.F. Kirilyuk.

The following also worked at the department: P.M. Korolev (1970–1980, now associate professor of the department of normal physiology), assistant A.B. Schneider (1981–1985), assistant I.K. Dremza (1980–1982, now associate professor of the department of pathophysiology, responsible for the student research circle).

In 1984, the department's staff was renewed. A.B. Schneider and I.K. Dremza were replaced by S.S. Mal'chik and N.Ye. Maksimovich, who were appointed assistants. In 1988, G.M. Sukhotskaya was transferred from the Central Scientific Research Laboratory to the department. Since 2000, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor M.N. Khodosovsky has worked in the department and currently holds the position of Head of the Department of Medical and Biological Physics. In 2001, Candidate of Biological Sciences E.I. Troyan was transferred from the Central Scientific Research Laboratory to the department, initially as a senior lecturer, and since 2010 to the present, she has held the position of Associate Professor.

Since 2005, after completing his postgraduate studies, A.V. Lelevich has worked as an assistant and currently as a senior lecturer.

From 2007 to 2011, E.V. Gerasimchik served as an assistant. In 2009, T.A. Beger and I.A. Gushcha joined the department as teaching interns, followed by V.V. Popovich (Ermak) as a teaching intern in 2010 and then as an assistant in 2011. From 2011 to 2014 and 2013 to 2019, V.A. Sobolevsky and Yu.E. Razvodovsky served as assistants in the department, respectively.

From 2006 to 2010, obstetrician-gynecologist T. S. Milosh worked as a part-time faculty member at the department. In 2010, under the supervision of N. Ye. Maksimovich, she defended her PhD dissertation (she was then promoted to assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology).

From 2013 to the present, T. I. Filistovich has served as an assistant professor in the department. E. V. Gusakovskaya has served as an assistant professor since 2014, and as a senior lecturer since 2022. S.V. Fliuryk has served as an lecturer since 2021, and as a senior lecturer since 2023. Since 2017, E. I. Bon has joined the department, first as an assistant professor (2017–2018), then as a senior lecturer (2018–2020), and then as an associate professor since 2020. Since 2022, graduate student N.A. Valko, as well as M.V. Vasilevich (2022–2024) and M.A. Feduto, have been working as assistants in the department, and since 2023, T.S. Rusak, who completed their master's degree in Pathological Physiology, has been working as assistants. Since 2025, M.A. Feduto has been promoted to senior lecturer in the department.

The staff of the Department of Pathophysiology of the Grodno State Medical University (2011)

Bottom row, left to right: Lab Assistant E.P. Yakimovich, Professor D.A. Maslakov, Department Head Professor N.Ye. Maksimovich, Associate Professor E.I. Troyan.

Top row, left to right: Assistant V.V. Ermak, Assistant E.V. Gerasimchik, Lab Assistant E.O. Belyavskaya, Assistant T.A. Rukan, Assistant A.V. Lelevich, Assistant V.A. Sobolevsky.

In the first years after the department's organization, instruction was conducted in the 5th and 6th semesters, consisting of three-hour practical classes and one weekly lecture. In the 1960-1961 academic year, the department enrolled 250 students. In the 1967-1968 academic year, the number of students increased to 400. Consequently, two streams of lectures were organized within the Faculty of General Medicine. In the 1981-1982 academic year, instruction was organized within the Faculty of Pediatrics (established in 1979). That same academic year, for achievements in educational and research work, the department staff was awarded a Certificate of Honor and a pennant as the winner of the socialist competition between departments.

After 1982, further improvements were made to the educational process, which was significantly modified in connection with the new program approved by the Main Directorate of Educational Institutions of the USSR Ministry of Health on September 19, 1983. In particular, new lectures and practical classes were introduced, technical teaching aids began to be used more widely in the educational process, educational films ("microcirculation," "hemosorption," etc.) were shown during lectures, and the first teaching aids were written and published.

In the 1988-1989 academic year, a new curriculum was introduced, which moved the subject from the fourth to the fifth semester, reduced lecture hours, and introduced independent study at a rate of 30 hours per academic year. The transition to the new curriculum proved unsuccessful, and a year later, the old curriculum was reverted.

In 1991, the university launched a full-time and part-time program for nursing students with higher education at the Faculty of Nursing.

In the 1995-1996 academic year, the Faculty of Medical Psychology (established in 1993) was established and began offering courses.

That same year, a faculty for international students with Russian as the language of instruction was established. Since 2005, the department has offered instruction in English. Over the years of the Faculty of International Students' existence, we have had students from 26 countries.

In the 2011-2012 academic year, the Faculty of Medical Diagnostics (established in 2008) was established and began instruction.

On February 25, 2011, Professor D.A. Maslakov passed away. He had worked in the department for nearly 50 years and headed it for 42 years (1962-2004). In 2012, the department was named after Dmitry Andreevich Maslakov, and a museum was established in his office. Following D.A. Maslakov's retirement, Natalia Evgenyevna Maksimovich, a student of D.A. Maslakov, took over the department in 2004. In 2005, under the supervision of D.A. Maslakov, she successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, and in 2010 she received the academic title of professor.

Under the direction of N.Ye. Maksimovich, the department continues research on the topic of "Detailing Organ Damage in Certain Types of Hypoxic Conditions and the Search for Pathogenetic Pathways for Their Correction," and improves educational and training programs. N.E. Maksimovich was awarded the University's Certificate of Honor for her personal contribution to the university's development, the third prize of the Special Fund of the President of the Republic of Belarus for the social support of gifted pupils and students, and in 2011, the Certificate of Honor of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus for her long-term productive work.

The staff of the Department of Pathophysiology named after D.A. Maslakov of the Grodno State Medical University (2013)

Bottom row, left to right: Lab Assistant E.P. Yakimovich, Assistant V.V. Ermak, Assistant A.V. Lelevich, Department Head and Professor N.E. Maksimovich, Associate Professor E.I. Troyan, Assistant T.I. Filistovich, Lab Assistant T.R. Karimova.

Top row, left to right: Assistant Yu.E. Razvodovsky, Lab Assistant N.Ye. Maksimovich, Associate Professor A.N. Borodinsky, Associate Professor M.N. Khodosovsky, Associate Professor I.K. Dremza, Assistant V.A. Sobolevsky.

In 2010, the department organized and held the Republican conference with international participation “Current theoretical and applied aspects of pathophysiology”, published a collection of scientific papers, a bibliographic index of the works of the department’s staff and an Anniversary booklet for the 50th anniversary of the department.

The staff of the Department of Pathophysiology named after D.A. Maslakov of the Grodno State Medical University (2018)

Bottom row, left to right: Senior Lab Assistant N.Ye. Maksimovich, Assistant E.I. Bon, Head of Department Professor N.E. Maksimovich, Associate Professor I.K. Dremza, Lab Assistant E.P. Yakimovich.

Top row, left to right: Lab Assistant E.O. Bondarik, Associate Professor M.N. Khodosovsky, Senior Lecturer A.V. Lelevich, Assistant Yu.E. Razvodovsky, Assistant A.V. Zaerko, Assistant T.I. Filistovich, Associate Professor E.I. Troyan.

Over the past five years, six dissertations have been defended in the department (one doctoral dissertation by M.N. Khodosovsky, two candidate dissertations by E.V. Gusakovskaya and A.V. Lelevich, and three master's dissertations by M.V. Vasilevskaya, M.A. Feduto, and T.S. Rusak). Associate Professor E.I. Bon' is currently working on a doctoral dissertation, while graduate student N.A. Valko is pursuing a candidate dissertation.

In the 2021-2022 academic year, the department consisted of 12.5 full-time faculty members. In recent years, the number of faculty members has been reduced due to a decrease in the number of English-speaking students, as well as the absence of full-time students from the Department of Nursing studying nursing.

In the 2024–2025 academic year, the department introduced technical teaching aids in the form of video lectures and practical classes on YouTube channels.

The staff of the Department of Pathophysiology named after D.A. Maslakov of the Grodno State Medical University (2024)

Bottom row, left to right: Assistant N.A. Valko, Associate Professor I.K. Dremza, Associate Professor E.I. Troyan, Head of Department Professor N.E. Maksimovich, Associate Professor E.I. Bon, Senior Lecturer E.V. Gusakovskaya, Lab Assistant E.P. Yakimovich.

Top row, left to right: Assistant T.S. Rusak, Senior Lecturer A.V. Lelevich, Assistant T.I. Filistovich, Lab Assistant E.O. Bondarik, Professor M.N. Khodosovsky, Senior Lecturer S.V. Fliuryk.

Based on the results of the 2024 department ranking, the D.A. Maslakov Department of Pathological Physiology was awarded a photo placement on the university's Honor Roll.