Academician Vladimir Mikhailovich Mysh (1873-1947) - founder of the Siberian school of surgeons and a prominent scientist

The main milestones of V.M. Mysh's life are analyzed. Since 1901 he was a Professor at the Department of General surgery, and from 1909 to 1931 was head of the Department of faculty surgery at Tomsk University. It is noted that V.M. Mysh in 1927 organized the Institute of advanced training of doctors in Tomsk, since 1932 he was the head of the Department of surgery of this institution. After transferring the University to Novosibirsk, he continued to head the Department of surgery until the end of his life and at the same time (since 1936) was the head of the Department of faculty surgery of the Novosibirsk medical Institute. It is noted that during the great Patriotic war V.M. The mouse was the main consultant of the evacuation hospitals of Novosibirsk. It is noted that V.M. Mysh has published more than 130 scientific papers, including manuals and monographs, on abdominal and thoracic surgery, Oncology, urology, bone and joint diseases, General and plastic surgery. It is shown that in 1912, he was the first in our country to perform a radical operation for alveolar echinococcosis of the liver, a two-stage transpesicular prostatectomy for prostatic hypertrophy. Mysh proposed a number of original interventions: ureteral transplantation according to a modified method, plastic surgery as a method of treating phimosis; restoration of mobility of the mandibular joint in its bilateral bone ankylosis, etc. Vladimir Mikhailovich, being one of the founders of the Siberian school of urology, as well as a mentor and teacher of outstanding clinicians, is rightfully recognized as one of the patriarchs of Russian surgery. The scientific priorities are analyzed and prominent surgeons of the school of V.M. Mysh are presented. Among his students were V.S. Levit, G.M. Mukhadze, M.S. Rabinovich, A.G. Savinykh, S.L. Schneider, K.N. Cherepnin, D.V. mysh et al. It is noted that the clinic of faculty surgery of the Novosibirsk medical Institute was named after V. M. Mysh.