Dmitry Ivanovich Shirshov is the founder of Russian urogynecology. Оn the occasion of the 150th anniversary of his birthday

Bezhenar V.F., Kira E.F., Turlak A.S., Novikov B.N., Kira K.E.

1) Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductology, Academician I.P. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, Saint Petersburg, Russia; 2) Department of Women’s Diseases and Reproductive Health, N.I. Pirogov National Medical and Surgical Center, Ministry of Russia, Moscow, Russia
Dmitry Ivanovich Shirshov was 150 years of age in 2018. The paper is devoted to his biography, describes his research path, and notes major achievements in the field of obstetrics, gynecology, and urogynecology. It also characterizes his clinical and teaching activities.

Keywords

history of medicine
obstetrics/gynecology
urogynecology
D.I. Shirshov
Academician I.P. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

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Received 08.02.2019

Accepted 22.02.2019

About the Authors

Vitaly F. Bezhenar’, MD, professor, obstetrician-gynecologist, Head of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Neonatology, Head of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductology Pavlov First Saint-Petersburg State Medical University,Chief of the Obstetrics and Gynecology University Hospital; L’va Tolstogo str. 6-8, Saint Petersburg, 197022, Russia.
Evgeny F. Kira, MD, professor, obstetrician-gynecologist, Head of the Department of Women’s Diseases and Reproductive Health, N.I. Pirogov National Medical and Surgical Center, Ministry of Russia, Moscow, Russia. Nizhnyaya Pervomayskaya str., 70, Moscow, 105203, Russia.
Anastasia S. Turlak, student of the Academician I.P. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, Saint Petersburg, Russia;
L’va Tolstogo str. 6-8, Saint Petersburg, 197022, Russia.
Boris N. Novikov, MD, professor, obstetrician-gynecologist, Academician I.P. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia,
Saint Petersburg, Russia. L’va Tolstogo str. 6-8, Saint Petersburg, 197022, Russia.
Ksenia E. Kira, obstetrician-gynecologist, Academician I.P. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
L’va Tolstogo str. 6-8, Saint Petersburg, 197022, Russia.

For citations: Bezhenar V. F., Kira E. F., Turlak A. S., Novikov B. N., Kira K. E. Dmitry Ivanovich Shirshov is the founder of Russian urogynecology. Оn the occasion of the 150th anniversary of his birthday. Akusherstvo i Ginekologiya/Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2019; (7):143-7 (in Russian).
http://dx.doi.org/10.18565/aig.2019.7.143-147

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