History of the Kazan School of Dermatovenereology

The Department of Skin and Venereal Diseases is one of the oldest departments of Kazan State Medical University. It originates in the bowels of the medical faculty of the Kazan Imperial University. The founder and first head of the Department of Skin and Syphilitic Diseases was Professor A.G. Ge. There are three periods in the development of the scientific school, which differ in research issues and teaching methods. The first period from the birth of the school of A.G. Ge until the end of the 1920s, it is characterized by the fight against syphilis, which is reflected in the name of the department of skin and syphilitic diseases. The starting point of the second period in the history of the Kazan school of Dermatovenereology can be considered 1930, when the medical faculty of the university formed an independent institute the Kazan State Medical Institute. At this stage, it is difficult to identify the main scientific direction, the research was carried out based on the urgent tasks of the time. The third stage (from the 1970s to the present) is characterized by research into issues of allergy and its skin manifestations. Employees of the Department of Dermatovenerology of the Kazan State Medical University are currently continuing the main traditions of the Kazan dermatovenerological school.