Andijan State Medical Institute

The history of this department is connected with the establishment of the Andijan State Medical Institute in 1955. Simultaneously, the Department of Human Anatomy was established headed by Professor I.G. Marderstein.
From the first days, I.G. Mardershtein worked hard to create the material and technical base of the department, paid great attention to the elaboration of teaching aids, manuals.
A local specialist was involved in the department, filling the need for staff and involving them in scientific work. I.G. Marderstein took a philosophical approach to morphology, he took a new look to the life of the following geniuses: A.Vezaliy, Abu Ali ibn Sino, N.Kopernik, N.I.Pirogov, V.N.Shevkunenko.
In 1958-64 new interpretation of endemic goiter was developed by I.G. Marderstein.
In 1959, O.Kh. Kholmatov completed his research work on “Surgical anatomy of the laryngeal bifurcation” and defended his dissertation.
Continuing one of the scientific directions of I.G. Marderstein, Sh.Kh. Khamidullin defended his dissertation on “Endemic goiter in the Fergana Valley” in 1963. Sh.Kh.Khamidullin continued his activity as an associate professor of the department of social hygiene.
In 1956, a young associate professor V.A. Babaeva came to work at the department and in 1965 successfully defended his doctoral dissertation on “Features of the spread of cancer.” For many years V.A. Babaeva worked as the head of the department of histology and embryology.
In 1965 G.N. Khaimov defended his dissertation, completing his experimental work “The effect of physiotherapeutic methods on collateral blood flow formed after injury of the main arteries of the foot.” Continuing his career at the Department of Biology, he completed his doctoral dissertation in 1974 and worked as the head of the department until the last moments of his life, training a number of talented students.
In 1958 young scientists N.N. Chukanin and N.G. Alexandrov were involved in the department. Teaching and methodological work of the department was significantly developed.
N.G. Alexandrov defended his doctoral dissertation in pathological anatomy in 1973 and worked as the head of the department until the end of his life.
In 1965 a young talented employee of the department M.S. Soatov successfully defended his dissertation on “Morphology of the thyroid gland of fetuses and infants in the Fergana Valley”.
J.I. Valiev started working at the department in 1962, in 1970 defended his dissertation on “The effect of physiotherapeutic methods on collateral blood flow after trauma of the main arteries of the hand”. From 1988 to 1993 J.I. Valiev worked as the head of the Department of Human Anatomy.
The first graduate of Andijan State Medical Institute I.K. Kasimkhodjaev was invited to work at the Department of Human Anatomy in 1962, in 1966 he successfully defended his dissertation on “Anatomy of the anterior border of the human pleura.” Then he developed his scientific activity working as the head of the department of operative surgery and topographic anatomy. In 1983 he successfully defended his doctoral dissertation on “Age-specific topographic and anatomical features of the pleura, pulmonary root, pericardium, heart and coronary arteries in 710-month-old fetuses, infants and children under 7 years.” From 1978 to 2009 he worked as the head of the department of operative surgery and topographic anatomy.
During his period I.K. Kasimkhodjaev won lots of prizes, he created new school of learning anatomy by age groups. Under the guidance of Professor I.K. Kasimkhodjaev 44 candidate and 10 doctoral dissertations were defended.
In 1997 he was awarded the title of Academician of the International Academy of Integrative Anthropology.

Research project of the department

1. Following the results of several years of work by the scientific team under the leadership of the head of the department Zafar Abdurakhmanovich Kakharov the project “Creation of a virtual simulation educational laboratory for distance learning in anatomy and clinical anatomy” worth more than 700 million soums was awarded a state award. The project is designed for 2022–2024 and is aimed at the introduction of modern innovative educational methods in the process of training quality personnel and the production and commercialization of advanced training technologies. The production of modern anatomical models on a 3D printer as part of the project was carried out by two private researchers, associate professor Z.A. Kakharov and O.Kh. Nazirjanov, who were trained at the Samara State Medical University of the Russian Federation in March 2023. The project was highly appreciated and recognized by world scientists at several international conferences.
   In the virtual simulation training laboratory of the department, students created opportunities for a more complete study of the structure of the human body in 3D format using a smart board equipped with modern anatomical programs. In addition, virtual glasses that are capable of displaying a three-dimensional model of a person on a real human body serve this purpose.