The Department of Biology, Histology, Pathomorphology and Forensic Medicine of the Luhansk State Medical University is currently united. It includes:
Department of Medical Biology
The Department of Biology was founded in 1956. The founder of the department and its first head was Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor Nina Semenivna Volkova.
N. S. Volkova
Assistants A.T. Kulik, R.M. Omelaeva and senior laboratory assistant N.B. Nazdracheva worked at the department.
Thanks to the efforts of the teaching staff, the material base was created and the educational and methodological work was established. Along with the usual preparations, tables, slides, microscopes, and technical teaching aids necessary for everyday work, a museum of the department was created. For this purpose, students and staff of the department (personally its head) brought unique exhibits from expeditions and travels. They formed the basis of the educational museum, which included various collections of exhibits from Ukraine, Russia, Central Asia, and Cuba.
From the very first day of its existence, the department was headed by N.S. Volkova and conducted scientific work. For 25 years, the research team has been dealing with issues of parasitology (medical helminthology). As a result, three dissertations were defended. Senior Lecturer R. M. Omelaeva, assistants N. P. Moskvich and G. I. Tokhtar became candidates of biological sciences. More than 100 scientific papers were published. Associate Professor N.S.Volkova, Senior Lecturer R.M.Omelaeva, Lecturers L.L.Shevchenko, L.A.Mayboroda participated in the work of the All-Union Society of Helminthologists, in the Republican Scientific Society of Helminthologists and Parasitologists. At that time, together with the regional sanitary and epidemiological station, self-supporting studies of the helminthological situation in fields where wastewater is used were conducted, and the epidemiology of malaria and opisthorchiasis in the Luhansk region was studied.
Since 1982, with the arrival of Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor S.M. Fedchenko, who became the Head of the Department, a new stage in the history of the Department began. From 5 September 2013 to August 2014, Professor Smirnov S.N. was the Head of the Department.
Department of Histology, Cytology and Embryology
The Department of Histology, Cytology and Embryology was founded in 1956 and was located in the building on Oboronnaya Street.
M.А. Skutskyi
The first head of the department was Mykhailo Skutskyi, PhD, Associate Professor, a student of Professor N.I. Zazibin, a participant in the Great Patriotic War, awarded with many orders and medals, including the Order of Alexander Nevsky. He was the first to head the department, prepare it for the educational process, provide it with the necessary educational equipment (microscopes, microdissecting instruments, tables, etc.), and create an embryological museum. Under the guidance of Associate Professor Skutskyi, scientific research was conducted on the study of reactive changes in the peripheral nervous system of the digestive tract.
V. V. Mykhalskyi
Since 1973, the Department was headed by Doctor of Medicine, Professor Vsevolod Vsevolodovych Mykhalskyi (1973-1987). After graduating from Odesa Medical Institute and postgraduate studies under the supervision of Professor Volynskyi F.A., in 1956 V.V. Mykhalskyi was sent to Luhansk Medical Institute as an assistant of the Department of Normal Anatomy, where he completed and then defended his PhD thesis in Odesa. Under the leadership of Professor V.V. Mikhalsky, in 1973 the staff of the Department began to study morphological changes in various parts of the central nervous system under the influence of endogenous and exogenous factors, which was reflected in the published works and planned PhD theses. The department establishes close scientific contact with the Brain Research Institute of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences, histological laboratories of other research institutes and histology departments of medical institutes and universities.
1983 was a special year in the history of the Institute and the Department. According to the order of the Ministry of Health, foreign students started studying at Luhansk Medical Institute in September 1983. Thus, 55 students from 16 countries of Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East were enrolled to the first year of the School of Medicine in 1983-1984. Therefore, the staff of the department started a new responsible work on training doctors for foreign countries.
L.D. Starlychanova
From 1987 to 1989, Associate Professor Larisa D. Starlychanova was the Head of the Department. At that time, the Department intensively conducted an experiment on modelling the impact of environmental factors in deep mines, and carried out comprehensive research work in conjunction with the Department of Human Anatomy. Educational and methodological work was intensified. Methodological instructions for independent work of students in the section ‘Special Histology’ were prepared and published. Progressive teaching methods were widely used in lectures and practical classes, and students' scientific work was revived.
L.D. Savenko
In 1989, the Department was headed by Doctor of Medicine, Professor Liudmyla Danylivna Savenko, a graduate of Luhansk Medical Institute. Under her leadership, the department staff was actively engaged in educational and methodological work, searching for new forms of student education. The department has a computer classroom and has developed computer programmes that are implemented in the educational process. Tests are widely used to intensify the learning process and control students' knowledge. Improving the teaching and methodological work, the teaching staff of the department under the leadership of Professor L.D. Savenko constantly prepares for publication textbooks, methodological instructions for teachers and students in the course of histology, cytology and e-biology. In 1989, the Department reconstructed and expanded the embryological museum. The museum's exposition is replenished with electrified stands, a gallery of portraits of prominent histologists, as well as stained-glass windows of the department's teaching, methodological and patent-licensing work. The department successfully carries out research work, the main direction of which is the study of morphological changes in the structures of the nervous and endocrine systems under the influence of environmental factors. Six PhD theses were defended on this topic under the supervision of Prof. L.D. Savenko. Much attention was also paid to patent and licensing work. Thus, Liudmyla Danylivna received the honorary badge ‘Inventor of the USSR’. Since 1997, the Department has been located in a new morphological building and is the largest department of this profile in Ukraine in terms of area and equipment.
On the first of April 2016, the Department of Medical Biology, Histology and Embryology, Microbiology and Hygiene was reorganised and disbanded by merging the Department of Topographic Anatomy, Pathomorphology, Forensic Medicine and Medical Legislation. As a result, two separate departments have been formed today - the Department of Biology, Histology and Embryology, Pathological Morphology and Forensic Medicine with Medical Legislation and the Department of Microbiology, Hygiene and Ecology.
Also, in a short period of time, the material base of the department was improved, and modern equipment was purchased - a microscope, etc. The department began to accept applicants for postgraduate studies again.
In 2015, after the University moved to the city of Rubizhne, the Department of Topographic Anatomy, Pathological Morphology and Forensic Medicine with Medical Legislation was established. Yurii Mykolaiovych Vovk, Doctor of Medicine, Professor, Honoured Worker of Public Education of Ukraine, became the acting Head of the Department.
Vovk Y.M. continues the best traditions of the department both in educational and methodological and scientific terms.
Professor Vovk is the author of 230 articles, 6 monographs, more than 40 inventions and 54 research proposals.
In 2016, the department was merged. Thus, it became the Department of Biology, Histology and Embryology, Pathological Morphology and Forensic Medicine with Medical Legislation. Associate Professor Oleksandr Pavlovych Sysoienko became the acting Head of the Department.
HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY AND
FORENSIC MEDICINE, MEDICAL LEGISLATION
The Department of Pathological Anatomy of the Luhansk Medical Institute was founded in August 1957. The first head of the department was Dr. M. S., Professor Palchevsky Yevhen Ivanovich, who at that time was the director of the Luhansk Medical Institute.
Palchevsky Yevhen Ivanovich was born in 1899 in the city of Lubny, Poltava region. He graduated from the Kyiv Medical Institute, Medical Faculty in 1925. From 1929 to 1932 - assistant and scientific secretary of the Ukrainian Institute of Pathological Anatomy in Kharkov. In 1934 he was approved as an associate professor, currently he heads the Department of Pathological Anatomy of the Medical Institute in Stalino. In 1942-1943 he was in the ranks of the Soviet Army as a pathologist in hospitals. In 1944 he defended his doctoral dissertation. Since 1946 he has been a professor. From 1957 to 1960 he headed the Department of Pathological Anatomy of the Lviv State Medical University. During this period, museums of macro- and micro-preparations were created. In 1958, the regional scientific society of pathologists was created. From 1957 to 1960, two candidate theses were defended (Karpova A. N., Ignatiev S. A.). Palchevsky E. I. is a member of the board of the All-Union Society of Pathologists. Among the first teachers were E. N. Karpova, E. I. Zavadovskaya, M. D. Ignatiev, A. D. Pokotylenko, L. P. Sergienko.
In 1960-1970, the head of the department was Associate Professor Nestaiko V.V.
He was born in 1913 in Kharkov. He graduated from the Kyrgyz State Medical Institute, Medical Faculty in 1942. Since 1942, he worked as a pathologist. In 1950, he defended his PhD thesis. From 1953 to 1956, he was the chief pathologist of the Kharkiv Regional Department of Health. From 1960 to 1970, he was the head of the Department of Pathological Anatomy of the Lugansk Medical Institute, the chief pathologist of the Lugansk Regional Department of Health, and the head of the Pathological Anatomy Department of the Lugansk Regional Clinical Hospital. During these years, the following Yu. N. Eryshev, E. B. Mozhaeva, V. M. completed their clinical residency at the department: Goncharenko. After completing her clinical residency, E. B. Mozhaeva remained to work as an assistant at the Department of Pathological Anatomy. At that time, the following worked at the department: Associate Professor A. N. Karpova, Assistants V. V. Blyznyuk, K. I. Mironova, L. M. Motkova, T. M. Kumanok and N. V. Yevtushenko.
Since 1970, the department has been headed by Associate Professor Isakova Elena Nikolaevna.
She was born in 1923 in the city of Slovsk, Chernihiv region. In 1947, she graduated from the Leningrad State Pediatric Institute. In 1951, she completed postgraduate studies at the department of the same institute. 1955 - she defended her dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Medical Sciences "Features of the structure of appendicitis and its morphological changes in various clinical and anatomical forms of appendicitis in children." From 1958-1962 - Associate Professor of the Department of Pathological Anatomy of the Ivano-Frankivsk Medical Institute. From 1962 to 1970 - Associate Professor of the Department of Pathological Anatomy of the Ternopil State Medical Institute. From 1970 to 1975 - Head of the Department of Pathological Anatomy of the Voroshilovgrad Medical Institute. From 1975 to 1980 - Associate Professor of the Department of Pathological Anatomy of the Voroshilovgrad Medical Institute. Trained 3 clinical residents.
Since 1975, the department has been headed by Professor Lev Alexandrovich Barkov.
He was born in 1926 in Saratov. 1953 - graduated from the Omsk Medical Institute, Faculty of Medicine. In 1972, he defended his doctoral dissertation “Morphological changes in the placenta and internal organs of the fetus and newborn in late toxicosis of pregnancy”. Barkov L. A. is the author of more than 142 scientific works, including the monograph: “Alcohol: impact on the mother-placenta system, fetus, child”, published in 1988. During the years of leadership of the department by L. A. Barkov, the following candidate dissertations were defended by the teachers: Reshetnikova O. S. - “Structural and metabolic mechanisms of placenta adaptation in late toxicosis of pregnancy” (1982). Pavlova T. V. - “Ultrastructural, ultracytochemical and morphometric features of the placenta in normal and late toxicosis of pregnancy” (1987). Aleshchenko V. E. - Morphofunctional correlations of the placenta and organs of the immune system in disorders of fetal and newborn development” (1988). Doctoral dissertation: Reshetnikova O. S. - "Morphological characteristics of the fetoplacental system under conditions of hypoxia" (1993).
Reshetnikova Olga Sergiyevna, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor - Head of the Department of Pathological Anatomy and Forensic Medicine, Medical Legislation of Luhansk State Medical University from 1993 to 2014.
Graduated from the Medical Faculty of Luhansk Medical Institute in 1977. From 1977 to 1980, she studied in postgraduate study at the Department of Pathological Anatomy of LMI. In 1982, she defended her dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Medical Sciences "Structural and metabolic mechanisms of placenta adaptation in late toxicosis of pregnant women". From 1980 to 1990, she worked as an assistant at the Department of Pathological Anatomy of Luhansk Medical Institute.
From 1990 to 1993 - Doctoral student at the Luhansk Medical Institute in the specialty of pathological anatomy. In 1993, O. S. Reshetnikova defended her dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Medical Sciences - "Morphological characteristics of the fetoplacental system in conditions of hypoxia". Since 1993 - Associate Professor of the Department of Pathological Anatomy. In 1994 - Dean for work with foreign students.
Since 1996 - Professor. Under the supervision of Prof. O. S. Reshetnikova, a number of dissertation research and scientific works were carried out for the title of Master and Candidate of Medical Sciences in the specialty of pathological anatomy: Zinchenko O. V. - "Pathomorphological characteristics of the system "placenta-endocrine organs of the fetus in late spontaneous abortions", Teleshova O. V. - "Morphological characteristics of the placental barrier in pregnancy complicated by gestosis, hypochromic anemia, and their combination", Ivchenko S. N. - "Functional characteristics of thyro-thymic relationships of the "mother-placenta-fetus" system in nephropathy of pregnant women", Milovydova A. E. - "Morphological characteristics of cellular cooperations of the human placental barrier in conditions of hypoxia of the mother- placenta-fetus system", Naidyonova O. V. - "Morphological characteristics of the feto-placental system at a gestational age of 20-27 weeks with delayed intrauterine fetal development", Sysoenko A. P. - "Morphological characteristics of the fetal kidneys at a gestational age of 20-27 weeks with delayed intrauterine fetal development". O. S. Reshetnikova is the author of over 300 scientific papers, including in the foreign press.
The Department of Forensic Medicine was founded in 1958. The first head from 1960. since 1975. was Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor Kondratov Mikhail Grigorovich.
From 1975. since 1984. the head of the department was Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor Fadeev Anatoly Nikolaevich, he was also the rector of our medical institute.
Fadeev A. M. expanded the premises of the department. On the basis of the department he created an event room, which is used for training students and cadets of law universities and at the present time.From 1984. since 1987. the acting head of the course was Anatoly Leonidovich Turevich.From 1987. for 2004. the head of the course was Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Kostylev Vladimir Ilyich. From 2004 to 2014 the department was headed by Dr. m. n., Professor Reshetnikova Olga Sergiyevna.From 1974 to 2004, issues of medical law were taught by associate professors Popov Ivan Vasilyevich, Kvasovtsev Ilya Timofeevich from 1996 to 2004. Currently, the course of forensic medicine and medical legislation is part of the Department of Pathomorphology, Forensic Medicine and Medical Legislation. The scientific direction of the department is the issue of differential diagnosis of sudden death.
Mikhail Grigorovich Kondratov graduated from the 1st Moscow Medical Institute in 1939. Participant of the Great Patriotic War. He was a senior regiment doctor and a forensic expert of the army. From 1946 to 1949, he worked as a forensic expert in the Yaroslavl and Kharkov regions. From 1949 to 1959, he was an assistant at the Department of Forensic Medicine of the Kharkov Medical Institute. In 1955. defended his PhD thesis on the topic: "Coronary arteries of the heart in sudden death in X-ray imaging". From 1960 to 1975 - Head of the forensic medicine course at the Luhansk Medical Institute. In 1961. approved in the academic rank of associate professor. During his work, 50 scientific papers were published. Prepared one candidate of sciences. Awarded 10 government awards, of which 8 - for military merit and 2 - for labor achievements. Anatoly Nikolaevich Fadeev graduated from the Odessa Medical Institute in 1955. From 1955. - 1957. he studied in postgraduate studies at the Department of Forensic Medicine, worked as a research associate in the laboratory of toxicology and medical radiology of the Research Institute of Eye Diseases and Tissue Therapy named after Academician V. P. Filatov, since 1959. - Assistant at the Department of Forensic Medicine of the Ternopil Medical Institute. Since 1968. Associate Professor of this Department. In 1963. defended his PhD thesis on the topic: "Histomorphological changes of the lens in traumatic, radiation, diabetic and toxic cataracts". In 1968. - 1975. worked as an associate professor of the Department of Forensic Medicine of the Odessa Medical Institute. From 1969. to 1972. was the dean of the Pediatric Faculty, from 1972. to 1973. Dean for the Education of Foreign Students. From 1975. to 1984. - Rector of the Luhansk Medical Institute and Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine. Under his leadership, the following faculties were opened: foreign students, pediatric, advanced training of doctors, and one of the educational buildings of the main building was also built. Scientific direction: forensic medical examination of physical evidence and its legal aspects. Published over 70 scientific papers.
Anatoly Leonidovich Turevych graduated with honors from the Luhansk Medical Institute in 1980. From 1980 to 1981. he completed an internship at the regional bureau of forensic medical examination in the specialty of forensic medical examination. From 1981 to 1982 - senior laboratory assistant of the department of forensic medicine and fundamentals of law. From 1982 to 1984 - assistant of the department. From 1984 to 1987 - head of the department of forensic medicine of the Luhansk Medical Institute. Since 1981. he worked part-time as a forensic medical expert of the department of corpse examination of the regional bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. From 1990 to 2014 he worked as the head of the department of corpse examination of the Luhansk regional bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Since 2014, he has held the position of Deputy Head of the Luhansk Regional Bureau of Forensic Medical Examination. Author of 6 scientific papers, 14 rationalization proposals, 1 invention in co- authorship. Vladimir Ilyich Kostylov graduated with honors from the Luhansk Medical Institute in 1968. From 1968 to 1997. worked as a forensic medical expert-criminalist, head of the forensic medical-criminalistics department of the Luhansk Regional Bureau of Forensic Medical Examination. During the specified period, V. I. Kostylov simultaneously worked as an assistant, associate professor and then head of the Department of Forensic Medicine of the Luhansk Medical University. In 1978. defended his candidate's thesis on the topic: "Expert assessment of dynamic traces on cartilage and bone tissues when identifying sharp traumatic objects", and in 1989. - doctoral dissertation on the topic: "Forensic medical determination of the statute of limitations of death using immune indicators of cadaveric blood". In 1991, he was approved for the academic title of professor. He published 156 scientific papers, 2 monographs. He prepared five candidates of medical sciences. Professor V. I. Kostylov was the chairman of the board of the Ukrainian Scientific Society of Forensic Physicians and Criminologists, a member of the Specialized Council at the Kyiv Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education. He was awarded the badge "Excellent Health Care Worker", the medal "Veteran of Labor". Since 1992, Professor V. I. Kostylov has taken an active part in the training of forensic and scientific personnel in forensic medicine in the country of Angola.
MODERN DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY, HISTOLOGY, PATHOMORPHOLOGY AND FORENSIC MEDICINE
After the evacuation of the State Institution "Luhansk State Medical University" from Luhansk in December 2014, the following united departments were created: the Department of medical biology, histology and embryology, microbiology and hygiene, and the Department of topographic anatomy, pathomorphology, forensic medicine and medical legislation. During the period 2016-2024, the departments underwent several reorganizations and as a result, the Department of biology, histology, pathomorphology and forensic medicine has been formed today.
In Rivne, the department is located at 3 Simon Smith Street.
Since April 2024, the department has been headed by Oleksandr Yanchevskyi. As of the beginning of the 2023-2024 academic year, the following employees work at the department:Prof. Kozar Y., Associate Professor Mirzebasov M., Associate Professor Korobko I., Sternik V., assistant Zozulyak V., assistant Kucher V., assistant Bukan O., laboratory assistant Sirotkina M.
The following educational components are taught at the department for higher education applicants: SС "Medical Biology", SС "Histology, Cytology and Embryology", SС "Pathomorphology", SС "Forensic Medicine. Medical Law of Ukraine", EC "Modern Problems of Molecular Biology", EC "Medical Significance of Plant Flora", EC "Sectional Course", EC "Applied Genetics", EC "Cellular Mechanisms of Structural Homeostasis", EC "Cytophysiology", EC "Legal Aspects in the Activities of a Doctor", EC "Current Problems of Clinical Pathomorphology"
In the period from 2022 to 2024, the Department established a Laboratory of Histological Research, which is equipped with the most modern equipment. Training classes are held in the laboratory, and postgraduate students of the Department of biology, histology, pathomorphology and forensic medicine and postgraduate students of other departments of the university conduct research.
Today, the Department of biology, histology, pathomorphology and forensic medicine continues its active activity in training highly qualified specialists in the field of medicine and pharmacy.
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY, HISTOLOGY, PATHOMORPHOLOGY AND FORENSIC MEDICINE
After the evacuation of the State Establishment "Lugansk State Medical University" from the city of Luhansk in December 2014, several integrated departments were established: Medical Biology, Histology and Embryology; Microbiology and Hygiene; and Topographic Anatomy, Pathomorphology, Forensic Medicine and Medical Law.
Between 2015 and 2020, in the city of Rubizhne, a key role in the development of these newly formed structural units was played by Dr. Viktoriia Andrushchenko, Head of the Department of Biology, Histology and Embryology. Under her leadership, the foundation for the department’s future development was laid, including the organization of the educational process, the establishment of material and technical resources, and the revival of scientific activity under conditions of forced relocation.
From 2020 to 2024, the university's departments underwent several reorganizations, resulting in the formation of the Department of Biology, Histology, Pathomorphology and Forensic Medicine.
Since April 2024, the department has been headed by Dr. Oleksandr Yanchevskyi, who has made an invaluable contribution to its development. During his tenure, the department significantly enhanced its academic and scientific potential, implemented innovative teaching methods, expanded research directions, and strengthened interdepartmental collaboration. His initiatives gave new momentum to the department’s modernization.
Particularly noteworthy is the creation of the Histological Research Laboratory during 2022–2024, which was equipped with modern instrumentation. This facility now hosts classes and supports research activities conducted by postgraduate students of the department and other university divisions.
In 2025, the department was reorganized into the Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Pathological Anatomy and Social Medicine. The current Acting Head of the Department is Inna Chebernina.