On March 1, 1993, responding to the invitation of the dean of the newly established medical faculty, Professor V.E. Markevich, Oleksandr Vasyliovych Ataman, who until then held the position of professor of the Department of Pathological Physiology of the Kyiv Medical Institute, came to Sumy. Acad. O.O. Bogomolets Painstaking work on the organization of the department, its personnel and material support has begun.
On August 16, 1993, this work culminated in the creation of the Department of Normal and Pathological Physiology at the then Sumy Institute of Physics and Technology (rector’s order N125-1 dated August 13, 1993).
The first employees of the department were Dr. honey. of Sciences O.V. Ataman (head), candidate. honey. of Science G.Yu. Pishnov, Ph.D. honey. of Science T.V. Korshniak, L.Yu. Litovchenko. The following year, associate professors became teachers of the department. G.V. Yanchyk, Dr. biological of Sciences A.S. Pavlov, T.I. Mikhailov. At that time, associate professor worked part-time at the department. V.I. Kindya At the end of the 1990s, V.Yu. Garbuzova, L.O. Elk.
The first candidate of sciences trained at the department was V.Yu. Garbuzova, who in 2004 successfully defended her dissertation in the specialized council of the Institute of Physiology named after O.O. Bogomolets National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Since 2001, the department has been training scientific and pedagogical personnel in postgraduate studies. The first graduate student was a graduate of the Faculty of Medicine R.F. Naumko (defended his thesis in 2005).
In 1999, in connection with the reorganization of the faculty structure, the course of microbiology and medical biology was added to the department (head – M.M. Kaplin), and since 2003 the course of medical biology remained in the department (head – O.Yu. Smirnov) . During the existence of this course, medical biology was taught by: prof. M.M. Caplin, Ph.D. ped. of Sciences S.M. Shevchenko, Ph.D. honey. Sciences F.G. Kolenko, Ph.D. biological of Sciences O.Yu. Smirnov, Ph.D. village Sciences V.S. Tokman, T.O. Lazebna, N.E. Makarenko, O.A. Obukhova, O.V. Lukashenko, K.P. Khomenko
During the time that has passed, the department has created a modern material and technical base necessary for the proper training of medical students, organized 2 computer classes, established educational experiments on laboratory animals, created and implemented test programs to control the current training of students and the final level of their knowledge, virtual workshops are being developed.
In 2011, the scientific laboratory of molecular genetic research (head – V.Yu. Garbuzova) began its work, which studies the connection of allelic polymorphism of many genes with the development of common pathological processes and diseases.
On December 18, 2021, Professor O.V. died suddenly. Ataman, which became an irreparable loss for the team.
From January 1, 2022, the department will be headed by Professor V.Yu. Garbuzova
The teachers of the department took an active part in the work of the faculty (and then the medical institute) as a whole. In different years, the deputy deans were prof. O.V. Ataman (from methodical work), Assoc. G.V. Yanchyk (from educational work), Assoc. O. Yu. Smirnov (from methodical work), Prof. V.Yu. Garbuzov (from educational and methodical work), R.F. Naumko (from work in hostels), O.A. Obukhova (from work in dormitories).
Today, the following work at the department: 1 Professor V.Yu. Garbuzova (head of the department), 2 associate professors (Obukhova O.A., Besedina A.A.), 2 senior teachers (Demenko M.M., Starchenko A.Yu.), 3 assistants (Oleshko T.B., Levchenko Z .M., Oleshko T.M.), 2 senior laboratory assistants (Kryvonos T.V., Mykhailichenko H.G.), 1 preparation technician (Bursai O.P.). 6 people are studying at the graduate school (Y.D. Chumachenko, P.V. Knyazkova, E.A. Stroi, M.V. Smiyanova, V.V. Pokhmura, P.Yu. Shkatula).
At the department, holders of the Master’s degree in the specialties 222 – Medicine, 221 – Dentistry of the 1st-4th courses, who are taught the mandatory academic disciplines: “Medical Biology” (1st course), “Physiology” (2nd course) study at the department. ,
“Pathophysiology” (3rd year), subjects of free choice – “Modern problems of molecular biology” (1st year), “Problem-oriented learning” (2nd-3rd year), “Clinical physiology” (4th year) and holders of the educational degree “Doctor of philosophy” majors 222 – Medicine and 091 – Biology, who study the compulsory subject “Systems Biology” and the subject of free choice “Modern problems of biological research”.
