Academician of the Russian academy of sciences Yu.L. Shevchenko and his contribution to the development of the Military Medical Academy and health care of the Russian Federation (on his 75th anniversary)

Abstract

April 7, 2022 marks the 75th anniversary of the outstanding national cardiac surgeon, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Yuri Leonidovich Shevchenko. Yu.L. Shevchenko graduated from the Military Medical Academy in 1974 and after a year of servicing in the military he returned to the Academy, where he worked for a quarter of a century, having done his way up from a senior resident of the clinic of the Hospital Surgery Department to the Head of the Academy. During his leadership of the Academy (19922000) he did a lot not only for its preservation but also for its development and re-equipment. Great attention was paid to the international scientific cooperation, increasing the public prestige of the Academy and preserving its historical heritage: the academician B.V. Petrovsky medal "For outstanding surgeon in the world" was established; the monument "Military medics who died in wars" was opened; the Institute of honorary doctors and academicians of the Military Medical Academy was restored; the Academy was included in the State List of especially valuable objects of cultural heritage of Russian Federation. Internship and certification of graduates were introduced in the educational and scientific activities, and the Academy scientific schools were preserved and strengthened. As the Minister of Health of Russian Federation Yu.L. Shevchenko participated in the development of a number of federal target programs: justified and implemented in practice the territorial system of health care, also he was one of the initiators of creation and formation of health insurance system. Yu.L. Shevchenko contributed greatly to the development of Russian and world cardiosurgery. His works were a milestone in solving the problems of surgical treatment of infectious endocarditis. For the first time, the "sanitizing effect" of artificial circulation was theoretically substantiated and proved in practice, the optimal values of perfusion during surgical treatment of generalized forms of infection were developed, and the integral approach to sanitation of the heart chambers was substantiated. Since 2002 Yu.L. Shevchenko has been the head of Pirogov National Medical-Surgical Center. For his great contribution to the development of medical science academician Yu.L. Shevchenko was awarded the State Prize and honorary titles of Honoured Scientist and Honoured Physician of Russia, he was awarded the Order of Merit for the Motherland of 4th Class and the Order of Honour.