The Department for Pediatric Diseases was established in 1922.
In different periods the Department was headed by:
1925-1930 – Prof. A.V. POPOV, MD
1930-1946 – Prof. Olga D. SOKOLOVA-PONOMAREVA, MD, PhD, a Full Member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
1946-1948 – Assoc. Prof. Olga A. FILINA, MD, PhD
1948-1953 – Assoc. Prof. Sofia R. GRINBERG (LEIFER)
1954-1988 – Prof. Valentina P. BISYARINA, MD, PhD, a Full Member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. Under her supervision many new treatment methods were implemented in Children’s Hospitals of Omsk Region: the use of the vaccine for the treatment of brucellosis in children, continuous bicillin administration for prophylaxis of rheumatism, the use of brufen (ibuprofen) in rheumatoid arthritis in children.
1988-1993 – Assoc. Prof. Igor M. BREIMAIER, MD, PhD
1993-2010 – Prof. Lyudmila A. KRIVTSOVA, MD, PhD
2010-2015 – Assoc. Prof. Nellie Yu. DEMDOUMI, MD, PhD
Since September 1, 2015 – Assoc. Prof. Elena B. PAVLINOVA, MD, PhD